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Properly Apply the Edger for Square Edges

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What happens here

Use an edger to create smooth, rounded, and durable edges on the concrete slab. If you run the edger too early, or don't keep it flat against the formwork, you'll get rolled edges that are unsightly and weak. Keep the edger square and flat against the forms, waiting until the concrete has stiffened slightly, to achieve nice, flat, and well-defined edges.

Goal: Create strong, aesthetically pleasing, square edges on the concrete slab.

Tools and materials

  • Edger — Rounding and smoothing the edges of the concrete slab

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more likely to be wavy. If you get on or work on your concrete too early, you'll have low spots and ridge marks, and you'll get puddles on your concrete. If you run an edger too early and don't run it flat, you'll get rolled edges. If you keep your edger square, you'll get nice flat edges. If we bull float the opposite direction of the screed, if we wait till the right time to mag, around a quarter inch depression, the slab stays flat and is much easier to work

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