Concrete Tools
Here are all of the concrete tools you will need from setting the forms to finishing:
Tools to set the concrete forms: - Claw Hammer
- 3lb. Mini-Sledgehammer
- Tape Measure - (should be heavy-duty, inch wide and metal)
- Handsaw
- Square - (to make sure corners are 90 degrees)
- Heavy Duty String - (to be used as a guide for the forms)
- Carpenter Level
- Chalk Line
- Carpenter Pencil
- Nail Bag
- Safety Glasses
Forming Materials: - 2X4 Lumber - (make sure that it doesn't have any knots on the sides that will face the concrete)
- Masonite forms for radius - rounded edges
- Wood or Steel Stakes
- Double-headed Duplex Nails
- Expansion Joints
- Plastic Drain Pipe - generally for garage floors, pool decks and any situation where the concrete can not be sloped to move water away
- Rebar
Concrete Pouring and Finishing Tools: - Concrete Rake - A regular garden rake won't do. Make sure it is a heavy-duty, sturdy rake.
- Round Point and Square Point Shovel
- Concrete Wheelbarrow
- Concrete Knee Boards
- Concrete Broom
- Tamp
- Concrete Edger - Walking or a Hand Edger
- Concrete Groover
- Concrete Boots
- Rubber Gloves
- Concrete Float
- Pool Trowel
- Concrete Trowel
- Finishing Trowel
- Concrete Fresno
- Bull float - and extension poles so you don't need to walk on the concrete
- Screed Boards - These are just straight 2X4's
- Optional: Concrete Finishing Machine (power trowel)
Other Optional/Sometimes Needed Tools and Equipment: - Concrete Vibrator
- Concrete Buggy
- Concrete Cutting Saw and Saw Blades
- Concrete Curing Blanket
- Concrete Mixer
- Concrete Caulk
- Concrete Dye
- Concrete Floor Grinder
- Concrete Screws
- Concrete Screeds - a power screed
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