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Recommended for smaller slabs and medium-to-low slump concrete, the LBG 800 bull float screed provides deeper vibration and single-step levelling.

Chicago Pneumatic enters core concrete equipment lines

A bull float can smooth the surface but it cannot perform the cut-and-fill process; and due to its short length, its use will reduce the floor flatness.

Conventional finishing steps essentially make the floor less flat, especially when using 4- to 5-foot-wide bull floats and power trowels fitted with float or combination blades.

How to achieve flatter floors: by using the proper finishing tools and techniques, you can significantly increase your FF numbers so that placing very flat and super flat floors becomes routine

Instead, rent a bull float (shown above; $20 per day).

Tips for trouble-free concrete: avoid hassles now and cracks later

Most bull float handles are adjustable to allow proper operation on any reasonable width of slab by a person of any height.

Chapter 23 Concrete paving

Usually the bull float is a flat board 3/4-inch thick, 2 to 3 feet long, and 10 to 12 inches wide.

Tools and terms for horizontal concrete work

Three or four passes with the bull float is usually sufficient.

Pour your first big slab: a pro shows you how to build strong forms, place a solid slab and trowel a smooth finish

Smoothing of the surface with a bull float and hand float follows.

Section 6 Summary

If you can't reach the entire slab from the edges with a darby, rent a bull float and handle to use instead.

Finishing concrete

Use the bull float right after screeding (Photo 12) if there's no bleed water present.

Pour a Concrete Sidewalk

Use the bull float immediately, but wait until the concrete stiffens before using the edger and broom.

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a bull float for the first smoothing--be sure to get two or three extension handles;

Building a concrete pad

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