yes, but it can be applied a a screed over a concrete slab....
my only suggestion would be to pour a 130mm concrete slab (aggregate <20mm) and pour a 50mm wetter smoother screed (aggregate <5mm) over, and tamp and smooth..
if you know how to use a hand screed and had the finishind tools like a bull float, walking trowel and hire a power float or a helicopter to get a nice flat almost burnt finish then you will have a floor level and nearly as polished as can be.
Two pours seems a bit much when the same result can be done in one, and tamping!?! if you want something that is going to be as smooth as a cattle stop grate then by all means tamp away
I vaguely remember doing larger areas by hand, (when we couldn't get a power float in) with a long float/trowel. Was about 2ft long and steel. Many moons ago.
I've just got a 21'x13' workshop floor laid, poured by cement truck at 10am, and had a lad with a powerfloat there for most of the day after that getting the floor just right. It is now snooker-table smoothe, and level to-boot !
Sounds good,was the power float expensive to hire? what size was it,are they hard to operate?
if you haven't been near one, now wouldn't be the best time to learn
it's like holding on to a sack full of raving mad pitbulls when it gets going
Thats certainly a very clear image you've painted,I can almost feel myself wrestling with the thing!Sounds like it does the trick though.
let us know what you decide on and how you get on?
Jaid
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