As one who is about to see my own house poured, you certainly take the mystery out of it. And yet still there is so much going on at the same time, so you make it look easy. Years of experience, there is nothing like it. thanks for the vid, Awesome.
Thanks Ninja for exposing your trade too a wider skilled and unskiled audience! Always a pleasure to see a tradesman take pride in his life's artworks. Mate, these concrete finishing lessons are invaluable not only to us older heads but especially to the new breed of trademen. I enjoy your content and great work bud by educating us all on the intricacies of the trade. We need more of this spirit across the construction industry in Australia. Cheers JP (Electrician)
Nice work mate. I was a contractor in nz and we always did it just as you showed. Your technique is nearly perfect. Some of the stupid comments show a complete lack of understanding for ffl and ff, or how important the screeding is to the final product. Great video
Gr8 work buddy. Ive been out of the game a while due to health but, the taste of concrete is well cemented & set. Its great to see someone like yourself share your skill and experience.. Awesome
Love ya videos mate, as a 32 year old just starting, I have learnt heaps from your videos. nice simple and effective, Your great at explaining and a weapon at work 👌💪
Hi Concrete NINJA just like to say hi from the U.S we are from Louisville Kentucky and i have been watching your videos for the last 2 years and you have earned every thumbs up you ask for and receive because concrete work is hard and very physical. I have been doing concrete work ever sense 1994 in the U.S i would like one of your all's finish triles and floats and would love a bull float also to see the pros and cons of yours compared to ours. And screw the 2 thumbs up you deserve 10 thumbs up and would like to thank you personally for all the time you spend making all the videos for the new and old guys in the business i think there are a lot of haters and na sayers out here who are just hating on you but they need to be looking back at themselves instead of you, your just trying to educate some of us guys in the business. So thank you again and again and they suck. I went out on my own 3 and a 1/2 years ago and its been a lot of ups and a couple of downs but i wouldn't trade it for nothing at all and i have stayed more busy then i could of ever thought and you have helped me in some ways. So thank you and send me a few free tools or what ever you can spare. Keep up the awesome work brother and stay healthy you and your family and your mother and and Lawrence and all your concrete brothers. Waiting for the next video💪💪🥋🥋🥋🤙🤙🤘🤘💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍😄😃😄😃😄😃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I've done a little bit of labouring and had a couple goes at screeding. Had a couple goes screeding the last metre or so and was taught very similar lessons/ that you spoke about bloke
Thanks mate thanks for watching and it’s not very easy specially when your first loan you think it’s the hardest thing in the world but once you get used of it like anything if you comes easy and these days that’s all I do
@@concreteninja yeah I can't wait till my mate gets out of jail so can get stuck back into it. Been working with a older bloke who has a completely different style and doesn't like when I try the proper way haha
@@Michael-zm6vm yeah some of them all guys have their Waze and I don’t like changing them which is sad because there is easier ways to do stuff times have changed hopefully your mate gets out soon
Quality screeding mate, get a line down either side, pull the middle out and close it up, important to keep the screed square to ur body too, U know it job well ;)
Hi Concrete Ninja, Fantastic educational concrete screeding video! The camera angles were perfect; we can see exactly what you are trying to achieve. This could be used as a teaching aid in construction courses at schools. With screeding like that, there is almost no need to bull-float. I find it difficult to use the longer screed (low strength). You could point out that wider side could be screeded perpendicularly, using the shorter (8 foot) screed, and then continued down the centre as before. Thanks for the tuition 🤗 🤗 🤗 P.S. can you please show us what happened after the rain
Thanks mate and there is some teachers out there that do use my videos in their taste classes some of the boys send me clips of them watching them in class all the time and there is a picture on my story of the finishing job
Here in the states we use a 2x4 or a 1 1/2 x 4 aluminum screed !! But alot of guys use power screeds !! I always use a aluminum screed !! Its fairly easy if you have a good rake man or 2 !!
It took me ages to find a place selling a real screed up here in Canada finally found a small family own building supply store selling OX products those 1 1/2 x 4 aluminium screeds just feel too flimsy
Very true!! Good raker/shovel man makes a hell of a difference. Also ive learnt from experience, if the screeder is a grumpy old italian guy, youll never be doing it right. The only guy he'll accept behind him is another grumpy old italian guy.
Hi Mate,ive seen your videos on exposed concrete and they are very helpful Could you give the exact recipe/formula for the sugar water that you use as retarder ? cheers Nick
Nice work and very informative. I have only used a big screed once to do my own garage slab and it came out OK but I worked a lot harder to get it. I should have hired out a couple of blokes with rakes.
Yeah that's a good tip bout the handle some people hold it like a bike grip aye hahaha. Sometimes on the 3.6m I'll hold the screed not the handle at all you get more control
hello mate, are all bullfloats made out of magnesium and if not which do you prefer? also these videos are superb, really love watching them so thankyou 👍
...and agree with your consistent Boral quality comments. Neck up across the board or keep losing contracts on all big or small projects. Listen to the end user.
Why do you screed so much in the same place? The time it takes you to screed on those first two feet a finisher from California would have already been more than half way done same goes for the guys hand floating the edges
Hey Ninja If you wanna know how to make any concrete from 25 MPA all the way up to 80 MPA high strength structural never ever set and not go off at all ever making it stay in a liquid form than reply to me and I'll tell you the secret and you can do a video on it ,than you can show how that the strongest concrete can be also the weakest slop on earth Plus by adding a very small amount of this to your exposed sugar mix you will achieve the most consistent wash off that you'll ever know My self I hate doing exposed ,it's to far outdated and old fashion, honed grinding and semi polished to full grinding polished of exposed mix concrete is by far a full step above any exposed slab but people still want exposed and there's a trick to it that I'm sure you'll want to know
@@concreteninja hey mate can you send me your email address and I'll send to you how to make any strength concrete never set Its very easy but I'll keep it between us so nobody beats you to making the video . plus I don't tell to many people this trick cause if anyone adds this to your mud on the job it will fuck the job your doing very quickly
“A good raker should fill my holes up” Yeah stand with your legs a bit wider then lmao, so the raker behind you can pull and push the concrete between your feet. Smh
And it probably would’ve been up and and everywhere I can walk screen but what’s the point when you got a stand around for three hours waiting for the concrete to Go off and might as well do it properly and everything else is easy I hear where you’re coming from but it’s not about being the fastest . By the way you’re from
The standard are not low it's very high standard quality not like in the USA 2 men on a screed and very rough come to Australia and learn how to do concrete
As one who is about to see my own house poured, you certainly take the mystery out of it. And yet still there is so much going on at the same time, so you make it look easy. Years of experience, there is nothing like it. thanks for the vid, Awesome.
Thanks Mate I appreciate it. Good luck with your house
Thanks Ninja for exposing your trade too a wider skilled and unskiled audience! Always a pleasure to see a tradesman take pride in his life's artworks. Mate, these concrete finishing lessons are invaluable not only to us older heads but especially to the new breed of trademen. I enjoy your content and great work bud by educating us all on the intricacies of the trade. We need more of this spirit across the construction industry in Australia. Cheers JP (Electrician)
All good mate thanks for watching and I really appreciate the positivity all I’m trying to do is help at the end of the day .
Nice work mate. I was a contractor in nz and we always did it just as you showed. Your technique is nearly perfect. Some of the stupid comments show a complete lack of understanding for ffl and ff, or how important the screeding is to the final product. Great video
Those pegs with no caps give me shivers...
Great videos mate, keep it up!
Thanks Ryan I really appreciate it
Gr8 work buddy. Ive been out of the game a while due to health but, the taste of concrete is well cemented & set. Its great to see someone like yourself share your skill and experience.. Awesome
Love ya videos mate, as a 32 year old just starting, I have learnt heaps from your videos. nice simple and effective, Your great at explaining and a weapon at work 👌💪
Good tips , you make it look easy.
ledgend mate 👌 keep it up
Thanks mate you’re a legend for watching
Hi Concrete NINJA just like to say hi from the U.S we are from Louisville Kentucky and i have been watching your videos for the last 2 years and you have earned every thumbs up you ask for and receive because concrete work is hard and very physical. I have been doing concrete work ever sense 1994 in the U.S i would like one of your all's finish triles and floats and would love a bull float also to see the pros and cons of yours compared to ours. And screw the 2 thumbs up you deserve 10 thumbs up and would like to thank you personally for all the time you spend making all the videos for the new and old guys in the business i think there are a lot of haters and na sayers out here who are just hating on you but they need to be looking back at themselves instead of you, your just trying to educate some of us guys in the business. So thank you again and again and they suck. I went out on my own 3 and a 1/2 years ago and its been a lot of ups and a couple of downs but i wouldn't trade it for nothing at all and i have stayed more busy then i could of ever thought and you have helped me in some ways. So thank you and send me a few free tools or what ever you can spare. Keep up the awesome work brother and stay healthy you and your family and your mother and and Lawrence and all your concrete brothers. Waiting for the next video💪💪🥋🥋🥋🤙🤙🤘🤘💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍😄😃😄😃😄😃👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I've done a little bit of labouring and had a couple goes at screeding.
Had a couple goes screeding the last metre or so and was taught very similar lessons/ that you spoke about bloke
Thanks mate thanks for watching and it’s not very easy specially when your first loan you think it’s the hardest thing in the world but once you get used of it like anything if you comes easy and these days that’s all I do
@@concreteninja yeah I can't wait till my mate gets out of jail so can get stuck back into it. Been working with a older bloke who has a completely different style and doesn't like when I try the proper way haha
@@Michael-zm6vm yeah some of them all guys have their Waze and I don’t like changing them which is sad because there is easier ways to do stuff times have changed hopefully your mate gets out soon
Great educational video, best video in a long time
Congratulations guys nice job
Excellent video Excellent work great professionals greetings from San Felipe chile
Thanks mate I really appreciate it coming from Australia 👊
Quality screeding mate, get a line down either side, pull the middle out and close it up, important to keep the screed square to ur body too, U know it job well ;)
Thanks mate I really appreciate it and you know it’s all about good screeding makes easy work for everybody later 😉👍
Great video ninja...one of your best.
Thanks mate I really appreciate it I did try 👊
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Hi Concrete Ninja,
Fantastic educational concrete screeding video! The camera angles were perfect; we can see exactly what you are trying to achieve.
This could be used as a teaching aid in construction courses at schools.
With screeding like that, there is almost no need to bull-float.
I find it difficult to use the longer screed (low strength). You could point out that wider side could be screeded perpendicularly, using the shorter (8 foot) screed, and then continued down the centre as before.
Thanks for the tuition 🤗 🤗 🤗
P.S. can you please show us what happened after the rain
Thanks mate and there is some teachers out there that do use my videos in their taste classes some of the boys send me clips of them watching them in class all the time and there is a picture on my story of the finishing job
Here in the states we use a 2x4 or a 1 1/2 x 4 aluminum screed !! But alot of guys use power screeds !! I always use a aluminum screed !! Its fairly easy if you have a good rake man or 2 !!
I find it pretty easy like you said if you have a good man behind you it’s good and good mud makes a difference
It took me ages to find a place selling a real screed up here in Canada finally found a small family own building supply store selling OX products those 1 1/2 x 4 aluminium screeds just feel too flimsy
@@TATE411 i’m going to start making some very soon and I’ll sell them all over the world to everyone . Because it is very hard to get
Thank you for share
Hope it helps mate 👍
Excellent video mate, keep goin hard
Thanks Tom I really appreciate it hope you enjoy the video
Loved the vid m8🤙💯🇦🇺
Good job man
Thanks buddy thanks for watching
Very good teaching video Mr Ninja, a lot better with the over dub. 👏👏👌👌👍
Nice work. We usualy 2 man it to make it easy.
Great video again mate top job
I worked with a guy that would pull the 16 footer by himself with one raker and 2 guys wheelbarrowing. Doing 15-20 yard basement floors.
Lots of meth
@@trentwalsh8168 he was a beast lol. Dude would pick the tamper, plate compactor up by himself and just toss it in the back of the truck like nothing.
@@LordDeuce-ul7my hahahaha god damn dude. Rip his back when hea done being a hero lmao
Very true!! Good raker/shovel man makes a hell of a difference. Also ive learnt from experience, if the screeder is a grumpy old italian guy, youll never be doing it right. The only guy he'll accept behind him is another grumpy old italian guy.
That is so true bro them old Italian guys they stick together 😂😉👍
Thanks ninja very helpful
Hi Ninja, do you run the sharp edge towards yourself? cheers Shannon from Gympie
Yes 👌👍
Hi Mate,ive seen your videos on exposed concrete and they are very helpful
Could you give the exact recipe/formula for the sugar water that you use as retarder ?
cheers Nick
@@NicholasPapadis 1 kg of sugar 10 L of water
Obviously temperature plays a part in concrete setting, but what slump do you use pending temp ?
Nice work and very informative. I have only used a big screed once to do my own garage slab and it came out OK but I worked a lot harder to get it. I should have hired out a couple of blokes with rakes.
Just wondering why you don’t need a concrete vibrator? Thanks for your vids, very helpful.
Hi Concrete ninja, how would you overcome dips in the concrete when screeding larger areas when you are far from corners?
It’s the way you do it the screed can always be flat and find flat you just gotta learn how to run it over areas to check
You have to put in wet pads brother
when there is a cake been baked ,do you take control in doing the icing?lol great work mate
Thanks buddy
I would like to know the mix ratio and the aggregate size you used when you did thia
Uma profissão que exige bastante do físico, dói até às costas só de ver , não é fácil, parabéns , saudações Brasil.
Yeah that's a good tip bout the handle some people hold it like a bike grip aye hahaha. Sometimes on the 3.6m I'll hold the screed not the handle at all you get more control
getting a sore back just watching you
hello mate, are all bullfloats made out of magnesium and if not which do you prefer? also these videos are superb, really love watching them so thankyou 👍
Yes I believe they are, very similar to a mag
cheers 4 ya vids GO HARD KUZ
...and agree with your consistent Boral quality comments. Neck up across the board or keep losing contracts on all big or small projects. Listen to the end user.
How can the guy on the rake fill up under your feet , he can get your left and right side , but the mud under ur feet you need to kick some up
When you talk about closing it up bro, we say sealing it up That's what the USA guys don't do aye. And man they have to do alot of steel troweling
Been loving the vids ninja, too bad you lost that one, can’t win them all I guess
youre a badass dude
Your the Ninga Make it Black! with Silver handles!
Why do you screed so much in the same place? The time it takes you to screed on those first two feet a finisher from California would have already been more than half way done same goes for the guys hand floating the edges
whats lighter than alloy ?
Most screeds would be made of magnesium. Or aluminum maybe
Hey Ninja
If you wanna know how to make any concrete from 25 MPA all the way up to 80 MPA high strength structural never ever set and not go off at all ever making it stay in a liquid form than reply to me and I'll tell you the secret and you can do a video on it ,than you can show how that the strongest concrete can be also the weakest slop on earth
Plus by adding a very small amount of this to your exposed sugar mix you will achieve the most consistent wash off that you'll ever know
My self I hate doing exposed ,it's to far outdated and old fashion, honed grinding and semi polished to full grinding polished of exposed mix concrete is by far a full step above any exposed slab but people still want exposed and there's a trick to it that I'm sure you'll want to know
Hey mate I’m very interested in what you were talking about and I would be very interested in trying out and making a video to show the guys
Have you got an email address i can contact you on
@@concreteninja hey mate can you send me your email address and I'll send to you how to make any strength concrete never set
Its very easy but I'll keep it between us so nobody beats you to making the video . plus I don't tell to many people this trick cause if anyone adds this to your mud on the job it will fuck the job your doing very quickly
Im a good raker.
i got no idea!!!
“A good raker should fill my holes up”
Yeah stand with your legs a bit wider then lmao, so the raker behind you can pull and push the concrete between your feet. Smh
Make a ocean blue 1, make it out of titanium 😂
You sure you couldn’t get anymore blokes into this slab , that’s a two man job not six ,
Tooo slow on the screed , the concrete will dry on the barrell with max accel
How does a 17 year old with no experience get into concreting?
Sorry NINJA
Sydney concreters will be laughing at this video 😂 wouldn’t survive here. Walk screed buddy. Would of done that in 1 minutes 😂
And it probably would’ve been up and and everywhere I can walk screen but what’s the point when you got a stand around for three hours waiting for the concrete to Go off and might as well do it properly and everything else is easy I hear where you’re coming from but it’s not about being the fastest . By the way you’re from
😂😂 what a waste of energy! So much rolling in and out🤦♂️
Sorry I wasn’t up to your standard mate . We have never had a problem .
@@concreteninja 😂 that’s cos the stranded is so low in Australia😂 but please keep posting its entertaining
The standard are not low it's very high standard quality not like in the USA 2 men on a screed and very rough come to Australia and learn how to do concrete
@@umbertogalasso1280 don’t worry mate this guy has no idea what we do here and why we do it They must love being on their hands and knees 😂😉
True ninja there so far behind