Skip Float Finish Concreting

The Skip Float Concreting finish is the most basic of finishes & is the starting point for all other finishes. It requires a highly experienced tradesman to run a skip float over the surface while wet to flatten & seal the concrete.

Seals and Flattens surface

The first stage in removing blemishes and flattening surface

A Skill acquired with experience

Our team of concrete tradesmen are experts in finishing concrete floors with a skip float

Fast and effective finishing methods

Experts in Skip Float concrete finish

What is it?

When is it used?

How it's applied

Skip Float Concreting Finish

Concrete Skip Float specialists

Skip float concreting uses a special tool designed to flatten, compact and spread concrete manually. The skip float tool is effectively a blade attached to a long pole which is dragged across the concrete pour whilst its still wet in order to provide a final finish, or as a precursor to a power float finish for a higher level of flatness.

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Suitable Concrete floors for Skip Float finish

Skip Float concrete finish to start

For most projects you’ll find our team opting to use the skip float finishing tool as a precursor to a final power float finish.

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The skip float finishing process

Skip Float Concreting by a skilled practitioner

The process of concrete skip float flooring requires highly skilled and experienced concrete tradesperson to implement. The act of smoothing off and leaving an acceptable tolerance of flatness means that timing and judging of speed and pressure are critical in providing a smooth surface.

Wait for the concrete to begin the drying process. If this is started too early the concrete may shift and spread in unexpected ways.
Take the skip float tool & carefully pull along set lines to spread & compact the concrete; applying the correct pressure to move the right amount of concrete.
Further passes may be required depending on the wetness of the concrete
Repeat step 2 -3 until desired finish is achieved

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Recommended Preparation

Shuttering

The frame around the pour area to keep the concrete in place whilst it dries.

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Recommended Finishes

Laser Screed

The quickest method for laser level accuracy (up to FM1) for large scale concrete pours.

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Screed Rail

A screed rail system allows the manual levelling of a pour when you can’t use a laser screed.

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Hand Lay

Skilled specialists use a metal tamp to spread the concrete evenly across a surface.

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Concrete Skip Float Finish Projects

Concrete Skip Float Finish Case Studies

After laying, we are occasionally required to carry out a skip float concreting finish when there aren’t stringent conditions for the floor level (FM levels)