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Speedcrete has never seen demand so high for hire equipment and machinery. We are pleased to say that due to current demand we have expanded our fleet of hire equipment. It seems like the Construction Industry has gone from strength to strength in 2021, maybe this upturn has arisen due to a mix of good weather and the fact that...

We are pleased to see many Concrete Professionals have embraced the Orange Thunder Bullfloats and Hand tools which we introduced into the United Kingdom in January. We were very surprised that our initial stock sold out very quickly as we tested the waters with this new product from Kraft Tool USA. What is Orange Thunder? The Orange Thunder brand is...

One of our top customers, J Murphy & Son has just completed the first phase of a newly designed biomass power plant in Cramlington, Northumberland. The new plant uses a new reheating technology which allows for heat to pass through two heating chambers instead of just the regular single stage process. The plant will generate close to 30 MW of...

Speedcrete brings to market Husqvarna's new floor grinders developed specifically for the industrial floor grinding market. The all new Husqvarna PG 680 RC is the latest top of the range product offered by Husqvarna's UK dealer Speedcrete. It is a remote control machine designed for large scale projects to facilitate removal and reinstatement of large areas or allow removal of...

'A simple technique for laying large or small concrete slabs, at exceptional high tolerance' ' Easy as 1, 2 ,3 ' Step 1: Prepare formwork Step 2: Pour and vibrate the concrete. Step 3: Pull tube in opposite direction of travel to level concrete Continue reading →

A power float is a concrete finishing machine designed to smooth and to some degree level the surface of the concrete to an exceptionally high tolerance. For the best results a power float, can finish your concrete to an exceptionally flat, hard and durable surface. Continue reading →

Pan floats, or float disks, attached to the blades of walk-behind or nonoverlapping ride-on power trowels are increasing in use. Contractors who have been using float pans for more than four years are strong supporters of their Increased productivity giving you.. • Flatter floors • Easier transition from wet to dry areas when floating • Superior ability to break open the concrete surface To obtain the benefits from these advantages, inexperienced finishers must learn what experienced finishers know; how to properly use the equipment. Continue reading →

What is Curling? Curling is the distortion of a slab into a curvedshape by upward or downward bending of the edges. This distortion canlift the edges of the slab from the base leaving an unsupported edge orcorner which can crack when heavy loads are applied. Sometimes, curling is evident at any early age. In other cases, slabs may curl over an extended period. Continue reading →

'A practical technique for laying large or small concrete slabs, without the requirement for formwork, screed rails or shuttering' 3 easy steps to performing ‘Wet screeding' with a Multi-Vibe or Screed King Step 1: Pour and vibrate the concrete Step 2: Using a rake and laser level concrete. Mark level with ' X ' at 2ft intervals. Step 3: Vibrate through marks using Multi-vibe or Screed King and finish as required Continue reading →

.art td { padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; } .art td div { text-align: justify } .art img { border:0 } p { text-align: justify } Finishing concrete has always been about timing: being in the right place at the right time with the right tool. Good power troweling techniques are essential since floor flatness depends directly on a finisher's ability to run trowel machines. The right tool and time The purposes of power floating are: to embed the large aggregate just be­neath the surface of mortar to remove slight imperfections, humps, or voids to compact the concrete and consol­idate mortar at the surface in prepara­tion for other finishing operations. As I mentioned, timing is every­thing in finishing. The rule of thumb when to power float a floor is that your footprint should be 1/4 inch deep or less, with little or no bleed water present. Most floors that result in low F-numbers are the direct result of fin­ishers getting on a floor too early with power trowels and creating lumps and bumps. Remember, this is the most plastic state that the floor will be in during a power floating sequence. Timing is everything — poor timing causes finishing problems. Also remember that any finishing operation done while there is excess moisture or bleed water on the surface can cause dusting or scaling. Continue reading →