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06/11/2026

Which prep method reaches which concrete surface profile? ICRI's guideline 310.2R-2013 has the table: grinding reaches CSP 1-2, shot blasting CSP 2-9, scarifying CSP 4-7.

Slide 3 sets all ten bands against the methods, and slide 8 is a save card of the profile each coating thickness asks for. Your coating datasheet's own CSP overrides the table.

Grinders, shot blasters and scarifiers for hire at the counter in Dublin 10. Ring 01 889 9000.

Which band is your next job?

05/11/2026

Diamond grinding tools don't all fit your machine.

Angle grinders take cup discs, on an M14 thread or a 22.23 mm bore. Floor grinders take Easy Fit segments, on a carrier plate made for that machine. Some floor grinders use quick-change tools, on their own holder plate.

None of these swap, so check what your machine takes first. Then pick the bond by the floor: hard floor, soft bond. Soft floor, hard bond.

Tell us your machine. Ring 01 889 9000.

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02/11/2026

Grinder or scarifier? The grinder wears the slab down with diamonds and leaves CSP 1-2. The scarifier hammers it with loose carbide cutters and leaves CSP 4-7 (ICRI 310.2R, Table 7.2).

Slide 1 is a drawn section of both heads, slide 6 a table of the jobs each maker names, slide 8 a save card. Pictured: HTG 460 and Von Arx VA 25 S.

Grinders and scarifiers for hire at the counter in Dublin 10: 01 889 9000.

Which one do you reach for first?

02/11/2026

Grinder or scarifier? They leave different floors behind.

A floor grinder wears the slab down with diamond tools on a spinning head. Near flat: ICRI CSP 1-2.

A scarifier breaks it up. Carbide cutters on a drum hammer the surface: CSP 4-7. Our Von Arx VA 25 S cuts 3 mm in hard concrete, 6 mm in softer.

Neither reaches CSP 3. Read the coating maker's sheet first, then pick the machine.

Grinders and scarifiers for hire, Dublin 10. Ring 01 889 9000.

30/10/2026

A three-phase generator rated 22 kVA does not give you 22 kVA at its 230 V sockets. The Ayerbe AY-24000 V TX E is 22 kVA nominal at 400 V and 7 kVA at 230 V.

With no mains on site, the generator is the supply. Slides 3 to 7 cover nominal against max, the 230 V figure, what machines draw, kW against kVA and phase. Slide 8 is a save card.

Questions on fitment go to the counter in Dublin 10: 01 889 9000.

Which of those have you seen catch someone out?

30/10/2026

Hard floor, soft bond. Soft floor, hard bond.

Easy Fit segments are two diamond segments on a steel base, and you pick two things: grit and bond.

Grit is how coarse. On a polished floor you grind at 30, then 80, fill the cracks, then 140. 16 grit is for prep, when another system goes on top.

Bond goes against the floor, and there are six of them, XXSF to XXHF. Put a hard bond on a hard slab and it glazes over and stops cutting. Put a soft bond on a soft slab and it wears away before the job is done.

Each grinder takes them on its own carrier plate, so tell us the machine as well.

Not sure what your floor is? Ring the counter on 01 889 9000.

28/10/2026

The Irish hand-arm vibration figures, from Regulation 135(1) of S.I. No. 299 of 2007: an exposure action value of 2.5 m/s2 A(8) and an exposure limit value of 5 m/s2 A(8). A(8) is the day's exposure normalised to eight hours, so the time on the tool counts as well as the machine.

Slide 5 has the figures the makers list for four machines we hire out. They are maker-listed values, not in-use readings. Slide 8 is a save card for the van.

Scarifiers and breaker hammers for hire at the counter in Dublin 10. Ring 01 889 9000.

Which of the four do you use most?

26/10/2026

Pair the vac to the grinder: ten slides on which extraction goes with which machine, from the 125 mm angle grinder set to the 800 mm planetaries. Every dry grind pairs with an M-class vac. What is on the end of your grinder's hose?

23/10/2026

PCD or diamond segments for coating removal? Ten slides on which tool does what, how to tell them apart and how to match the rotation. Easy Fit PCD and Easy Fit segments both fit the Easy Fit mount, so the grinder stays put when the tooling changes. What are you fitting for glue?

22/10/2026

Irish construction sites run portable tools off a 110 V transformer with the midpoint earthed. That is Regulation 81(4)(c) of S.I. No. 299 of 2007: above 25 V and up to 125 V AC, the secondary midpoint (star point on three-phase) goes to earth and a transformer is double wound isolating.

Check before you plug in: taped or damaged leads, a long thin lead on a high-load tool and a transformer carrying more than its continuous rating. Slides 5 and 6 cover them, and slide 8 is a save card for the van.

We sell site transformers and 110 V leads at the counter in Dublin 10. Ring 01 889 9000.

Which of those have you found on site?

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