Need a slab section out or a trench cut? We cut it straight and to depth, so the next job starts clean.
Concrete cutting in Rancho Cucamonga means sawing straight, controlled lines through a driveway, patio, slab or wall, so a section can come out, a trench can go in or an opening can be made without cracking the concrete you're keeping.
On a driveway, patio, sidewalk or floor, the cut is usually made with a walk-behind saw running a large diamond blade. You saw instead of breaking it out with a hammer because the saw leaves a defined edge, and new concrete needs that straight, solid edge to meet.
The price moves with how many feet of cut there are, how thick the slab is, whether steel rebar runs through it to hold it together, and whether you want the pieces hauled off and the wet mess cleaned up. The schedule turns on whether the slab needs scanning first and whether the job needs a permit. My written estimate spells out what's included, so you know what you're paying for before we start.
Here's who you deal with and what you get, from the first call to the last cut.
Call (909) 552-8210 or send the form, and I come out to look at the job myself. I ask what you're cutting it for and what the concrete around it still has to carry, then leave you a written estimate that spells out what's included.
Our own trained crew does the work, and I'm on site running it, the way I've done since I started this business in 2013. We're licensed and fully insured, and when the cutting's done I walk the job with you.
If your cut needs a permit, we apply for it with the city online and keep track of it, so you don't have to. If you'd like to ask about a planned cut before you book, the city answers technical permit questions at EDRnotification@CityofRC.us.
Before we cut a slab, I look for signs that it's post-tensioned, built with tendons, steel cables pulled tight inside the concrete, and I ask for any house drawings you have. If there's doubt, we bring in a scanning contractor to find them before the blade goes down, because a cut tendon is a much bigger problem than a day's wait. Driveways, patios and floors get flat sawing. A doorway or window opening in a concrete wall is a different job, where the standard is wall sawing with a saw that runs on a track mounted to the wall, and I'll tell you at the estimate if that's what yours needs. I also tell you up front whether hauling the pieces away and cleaning up the wet slurry the saw leaves behind are part of our price.
Most cuts lead to new concrete. When a cracked or sunken section comes out of a driveway, we can pour the replacement as part of our concrete driveway building, and when you're cutting into a patio to add a walkway or make room for more, that's concrete patio construction.
Once the estimate's settled and any permit is in hand, the work runs in this order.
We mark every cut on the concrete and go over it with you before the saw starts, because once a line's cut, it can't be moved.
We run the blade wet, which is how most of this sawing is done, since the water controls dust and keeps the blade cutting longer. The state's silica rule for construction work covers removal and renovation like this, and it applies to our crew on cuts like yours.
The water turns the cuttings into slurry, a gray mud that has to be vacuumed up or contained. We set that up before we start and handle it the way the estimate says.
If removal is part of the job, we break the cut panels free and haul them off. If it isn't, the panels stay in place with clean edges, ready for you or the next crew.
Send the form or call (909) 552-8210, and we'll get back to you within one business day. I come out, look at the slab and leave you a free written estimate, with no pressure to book. It helps to have the rough length of the cut, any house drawings or permit set, and whether you want the pieces hauled away.
(909) 552-8210Professional concrete saw cutting across the US usually costs about $3 to $10 per linear foot for the sawing. Reinforced or thicker slabs cost more per foot than thin ones that are easy to reach, and removal is often priced as its own job. That's a national figure, not our price, so your written estimate is where your number comes from.
No. One post-tension company's guide says homeowners should leave that cut to others, with a scanning contractor locating the tendons and a qualified engineer approving the cut. Signs include a row of small patched pockets along the slab edge, where the tendons end, or rust stains at the foundation edge, and the same guide says to treat the slab as post-tensioned if you're unsure. Your house drawings, the builder or the original permit set can settle it.
Not always. Sawing and removal are separate jobs, and a cutter may make the perimeter or trench cuts and leave the panels sitting in place, so ask whether removal is in each quote before you compare prices.
The Contractors State License Board does. The board lists concrete sawing, breaking and coring work under its concrete related services contractor class.
We're based in Rancho Cucamonga, and around here a lot of cutting is the first step of something else. Usually it's taking out a tired section before new concrete goes in, or opening a slab so a plumber or electrician can run a line.
We take jobs in many cities around it across the Inland Empire, including Upland, Ontario, Fontana and Chino. The checks before the cut are the same wherever the slab is.
We're open 8 AM to 9 PM every day, so call (909) 552-8210 or send the form whenever it suits you.
If you've got a slab that needs a cut, tell us where you want the line and we'll take it from there.
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