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Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:35 pm
by dig dug dan
I am sure this has been asked before, but what do others use as screed rails. I was thinking of buym4 3m lengths of these
screedrails
I thought being ally they should last and hopefully stay straight
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Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:13 pm
by TheRockConcreting
What are you using screed rails for?
Never used then before but have seen them used, seems like a lot of hassle when it comes to removing them. I have always seen them like the bumpers women put up when i go bowling.
Try screeding like i do, 4 laser pads, screed to train tracks then screed the guts, bish bash bosh.
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:35 pm
by dig dug dan
Its for screeding block paving sand. Nothing to do with concrete
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:56 pm
by msh paving
20mm galvanised conduit £5 for a 3m length been using it for years, most of mine are 6 years old plus,
tube stays straight compared to box or channel, channel you will struggle to keep strait as is bows when picked up
20mm tube give you allowance for any highs in sub base using 40mm sand layer,]
i'm shure there will be other ideas but conduit has worked for me since i started in 93' MSH 
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:01 pm
by dig dug dan
great. any ideas of where i can get some?
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:41 pm
by mickg
I have been using the same as Mark since the 80's, galvanised steel trunking as used by electricians but they are not used much now as everything has changed to plastic
not many places sell it now but I found this link
Galvanised Steel Conduit - 20mm x 3.75M
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:31 am
by lutonlagerlout
same as mark and mick here
the female bit at the end is a pain but overall its easy
for some reason round tube or pipe works a lot better than square
jay was/is harry enfield big in Oz?
AFAIK he is the only bloke ever to say "bish bash bosh"
until you
cheers LLL
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:51 am
by TheRockConcreting
dig dug dan wrote:Its for screeding block paving sand. Nothing to do with concrete
I do the same for screeding whether is dry floor screed, sand or concrete.
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:12 am
by seanandruby
TheRockConcreting wrote:What are you using screed rails for?
Never used then before but have seen them used, seems like a lot of hassle when it comes to removing them. I have always seen them like the bumpers women put up when i go bowling.
Try screeding like i do, 4 laser pads, screed to train tracks then screed the guts, bish bash bosh.
You should try it then, it's the only way to get an even bed over along distance, no hassle, just very professional for a uniform
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:22 am
by dig dug dan
Perhaps you can post a video so we can see for ourselves
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:42 pm
by msh paving
any electricall wholesale will sell conduit, the bigger the merchant the better chance of it being on shelf, edmondson have it on shelf nationwide chain MSH
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:09 pm
by Injured
I have 15mm stainless steel bars which has I get in 5m lengths from a mate who works in an engineering shop
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:37 pm
by mickg
>>>any electrical wholesale will sell conduit
they used to have it in stock Mark, in my area its to order only now
never used the screw in ends to join them together because you end up with a lip of a few millimetres high in the sand laying course, I have always over lapped the tubes by 50mm - 70mm for speed really plus once you get grains of sand on the threads it will never screw all the way onto the end of the tube
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:14 pm
by rab1
90% of the sites we work on are all steel conduits but plastic is becoming a lot more common.
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:41 am
by TheRockConcreting
lutonlagerlout wrote:jay was/is harry enfield big in Oz?
AFAIK he is the only bloke ever to say "bish bash bosh"
until you
cheers LLL
I'm not sure, they might air him on uk gold?
The saying is a though back from the 90's for me.
Enfield was the man for the 1 liners for sure.