Cutting A Trench In Concrete

Step 5 install the pipes to finish the job mix the cement and spread a layer about 3 inches thick around the mouth and sides of the drainage channel.

Cutting a trench in concrete.

The slab was about 4in thick with wire mesh and a plastic barrier between the concrete and the wet clay like soil home located in new orleans. Check to make sure there are no electrical or plumbing lines. With the jackhammer cut the drainage channel down to where you dug the trench in your yard so that the water will flow in the correct direction. Continue to cut along the entire length of the chalk line then go back to the starting point and make a second pass.

I think he was seeing rebar. I was on a hotel project where all the floors were post cable tensioned and a separate xray company wall called out for xrays for before any coring cutting in slab. Snap a chalk line over the concrete where you want the center of the drainage groove. Considerations cutting through a concrete floor should be a last resort.

Though a good concrete cutter can tell the difference between rebar and cable if he s cutting it. I ve just cut several trenches 2 3 ft wide x 25 ft long in my existing concrete slab to run plumbing. Place the tip of a walk behind concrete saw blade over the center of one line. How to cut a shallow channel into a concrete floor.

How to cut drain grooves in concrete step 1. To cut concrete with a 15 amp circular saw start by using chalk to mark cut lines on the surface of the slab. Rosin paper stihl diamond saw exhaust fan if you have any questions. Turn on the saw blade and slowly.

Once you ve cut along the borders of the trench the next step is to remove the strip of concrete from between the two. Set the bit down between the two saw cuts and about four. Connect one end of a. Tools used in this video.

Next set the saw s blade depth to 2 inches and attach a 7 inch diamond blade using vice grips so that the teeth point in the opposite direction of movement. Measure to the left and to. The same guy that operated the scanner cut the trench. I also had to break up footings in a few locations as well.

This is how to video on cutting a plumbing trench in concrete.