Screed support

A screed for smoothing and finishing a newly poured surface adjacent an upright form having an adjacent inwardly extended generally horizontal surface, comprising,

• an upstanding plate,
• a pair of elongated screed members, said screed members being supported in generally parallel spaced-apart relation,
• means for securing said screed members to said plate at a position such that the plate extends below said screed members,
• said plate having a generally flat bottom surface adapted for sliding movement along said horizontal surface, and
• said upright plate including a forward portion adapted for engagement against the end of one screed member and a rear portion adapted for connection to the other screed member adjacent one end thereof such that the support member is spaced from said one end of the other screed member with portions of said other screed member disposed on opposite sides of said support member.

A method of smoothing and finishing a newly poured surface adjacent an upright form having an inwardly extended generally horizontal surface, comprising,

• providing a pair of elongated screed members secured in generally parallel spaced-apart relation,
• supporting one end of said screed members on an upstanding plate having a flat bottom surface,
• arranging said plate in parallel relation to the upright form with the flat bottom surface supported on the horizontal surface,
• supporting the other end of said screed members at a height approximately level with said one end,
• maintaining said plate in uniformly spaced relation from the form whereby a portion of said poured surface lies between said plate and said form, and
• advancing said screed members across said surface and thereby simultaneously sliding said plate along the horizontal surface.