SETTING ELEVATION OF SLAB
• Use grade pins (A) to set height of slab in the middle of
the pour.
• Chalk line or expansion joint sets elevation around walls.
• Form boards set elevation where there are no walls.
MAKING WET PADS
1. Using hand float, make wet pads around all grade pins (A).
NOTE: Make sure all wet pad distances are shorter than
the length of blade being used.
2. Use blade to stretch from wet pad to wet pad
forming rows (B).
3. Once rows are formed, run screed blade off of the two
rows leveling the previously untouched concrete (C) in
between.
NOTE: Height of concrete in area (C) must be slightly
higher than wet pad rows (B) prior to striking off.
Once floated, wet pads (B) and concrete (C) will all be
the same height.
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HOW TO WET SCREED
Blade Length
1
A
12-18 inches
A
2
A
A
3
A
C
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
A
B
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