When how to edge concrete.
How to round concrete edges on a wall.
Repairing concrete edges corners.
An edger looks like a small trowel with one curved side.
It is made of either rubber or wood.
Robert harrington of milford ct offers his method for pouring curved concrete.
The formwork build for the laying of concrete is fixed with the chamfer strip at the edge.
The concrete is ready when pressing hard only leaves a 1 4 in.
Depending on the requirement of chamfered edge size chamfer strips are available in the sizes of 1 2 3 4 and 1 inches.
Using the proper edging tool to round the edges before the forms are removed will not work if the concrete is still too wet to hold a shape.
I ve had good luck in the past using hardboard to form odd shaped curves but the material i had on hand wouldn t bend to this tight a radius.
Perform edging after the bleedwater disappears from the concrete surface but before the forms are removed.
Repair broken edges and corners on concrete steps curbs slabs and walls without the use of forms with quikrete quick setting cement along with quikrete acrylic fortifier.
To apply scoop a small amount of the patch material onto a putty knife and lay it down in thin layers on the areas you just rounded.
This method of chamfering of concrete edges is done prior to the laying of concrete.
Watch the video to learn more.
If you need to build a form for a concrete step and you want a tight radius on the front corners you could get a piece of tempered hardboard and try to bend it to the right radius but there s a better way.
Concrete edgers produce a neat rounded edge along the slab perimeter which helps the slab resist chipping and spalling damage after the forms are removed.
Project instructions shopping list.
I was on a job that required a poured concrete step with 6 in.
Start by running the edger around the perimeter to round and compact the corner photo 4.
Sometimes it s a little tough at first as you push larger aggregate back into the concrete and round over the edge.