Concrete cutting in College Station TX - clean, straight cuts right where you need them
Need a drain line through the floor or a broken section out? We check what's inside the slab, then cut it clean.
Concrete cutting opens up a slab. Here's when you need it.
Concrete cutting is sawing or drilling through a slab or wall to make a straight line, a trench or a round hole. You need it when a pipe, drain or conduit has to go through, or when a section of driveway or floor has to come out cleanly.
Floors, driveways and sidewalks get a flat saw, a walk-behind saw that rides on the slab. Walls get a saw that runs on a track, since a floor saw can't work up there. The trouble is usually underneath. Rebar, the steel that holds a slab together, can sit right in the cut line, and so can a pipe or a cable.
The price moves with the surface, its thickness, the steel inside, the feet of cut and whether the pieces leave with us. The schedule usually turns on any permit and on the bigger job the cut belongs to, like widening a driveway or adding a patio onto the old slab. You get your own number in writing at the estimate.
You might need concrete cutting. Here's what usually starts it.
One section cracked or sinking
When one panel has broken up or dropped and the rest is sound, we can usually cut out just that section and replace it. Left alone, water works under the broken edges and the damage tends to spread.
A pipe or drain under the floor
A plumber needs a trench through the slab or a line under the patio. A saw keeps the opening the size of the job, and a sledgehammer is cheaper until you see the edge it leaves.
A driveway that's too narrow
You want it wider or a parking pad added. The new pour needs a straight, clean edge on the old concrete to meet, or the joint looks ragged for as long as the driveway lasts.
Concrete cutting starts with a look. Then a plan in writing.
You call, and I come out myself to look, measure and ask what the slab carries and what's under or behind it. Before the saw touches anything, we find out whether there are cables in the slab, and if there's any doubt, we act like there are.
You get a written estimate that says how we'll cut it, whether hauling the pieces off is in the price and where the water from the blade will run. If the job needs a permit, we pull it and hold the work until each inspection passes.
Our crew does the cutting with me on site running it, and we're licensed and insured. When we're done, we clean up the slurry, the gray mud a wet blade leaves, then walk the cuts with you and tell you what comes next.
Need concrete cutting done? Tell us where the cut goes.
Send the cut location, the surface, a rough length and any drawings, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free, no-obligation estimate at your property.
(979) 393-7025Concrete cutting around College Station. The address sets the rules.
The City of College Station requires a permit to cut into a curb along a street or alley, or to add more than 120 square feet of driveway. Where a driveway meets the street, the city looks hard at clean saw cuts of the old curb and sidewalk. We pull it and wait on the inspection.
We cut in Bryan and Navasota, usually for a wider driveway or a pipe under a slab, and I check with the office for each address.
Questions about concrete cutting. Here are straight answers.
Read through the answers below before you call. If your question isn't here, call (979) 393-7025 and I'll answer it myself.
How much does concrete cutting cost in College Station?
Professional saw cutting of slabs usually runs about $4 to $15 per linear foot of cut across the US, which is the market's price, not ours. Thicker or heavily reinforced slabs and wall sawing cost more per foot, and on a small job the minimum charge can outweigh the rate. I measure on site and put our number in writing.
Do I need a city permit to cut my driveway in College Station?
You do when the cut opens the curb or widens the driveway past the city's limit we covered above. Contractors must register with the city before getting a building permit, though you can get one without registering for the home you own and live in. For a cut inside your slab, I ask the city at the start.
Is it safe to cut a post-tensioned slab in College Station?
It can be, when the cables are located first, because a cable in a post-tensioned slab is held under force and can whip out if it's cut. One cable company's guide says to have a scanning contractor find them and a qualified engineer approve the cut, and to treat the slab as post-tensioned when in doubt.
Does a concrete cutter haul the broken concrete away?
Not always, because sawing and removing concrete are separate jobs, and some cutters make the cut lines and leave the pieces where they lie. Ask every bidder whether removal is in the price so you're comparing the same work. Our written estimate says which, either way.
Cutting, pouring or fixing a slab? Call us in College Station.
Call before the plumber or pour is booked, tell us where the cut goes, and we'll set a time to come look. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Mon–Fri: 6 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
