Concrete cutting in Hacienda Heights CA - straight cuts with the dust kept down
Need a slab opened for a pipe, a doorway or a section you're replacing? We cut it wet, along the line we mark with you.
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What's involved in concrete cutting for a repair, a new line or a new opening?
Concrete cutting in Hacienda Heights means sawing, coring or breaking through a driveway, patio, slab or wall so you can run a line, set a drain, open a doorway or pull out a bad section. At Elite Hacienda Heights Concrete, it's usually the first step before something new goes in or new concrete goes back.
Most people call us because something has to get through concrete that's already there, like a sewer or gas line, a drain, a new door or a section that sank and has to come out. The first thing I'll ask is what the cut is for, because that decides whether it's a straight saw cut, a round core hole or a break-out. The price moves with how long the cut runs, how thick the slab is, whether there's rebar in it, the steel bars that hold a slab together, whether we're inside or out, how easy it is to get the saw to the spot, and whether the old piece gets hauled off or new concrete goes back in. The schedule mostly turns on the prep, which means getting the lines found and shut off and settling the permit question with the right office for your address. When a job needs a permit, we handle it as part of the work. If we're pouring back, you also wait out the curing, the time new concrete needs to harden before it takes weight. You'll get your own figure in writing once I've seen the spot.
How do you know a slab needs cutting instead of tearing out?
One section sunk or broken
One panel has dropped or broken up while the rest of the slab looks fine, and that usually means the ground under that piece settled or washed out. We can cut along a clean line and replace just that piece. If you wait, the broken edges keep chipping into the good concrete and the trip edge gets worse.
Water sitting against the house
Water pools along the wall after it rains, which usually means the slab falls toward the house and has nowhere to drain. A cut for a drain line can give the water a way out. Every storm you wait, more water works under the slab and soaks the ground at your foundation.
A slab in the way
You need a pipe, a line or a new doorway, and there's concrete right where it has to go. Knock it out with a hammer alone and the edges come out ragged, with cracks running past where you wanted. A saw cut stops at the mark, so there's less to patch afterward.
Work that often follows the cut
Concrete driveway building
When the cut takes out a sunken or broken section of driveway, the new piece needs a packed base and a pour that meets the old edge cleanly.
Concrete patio construction
If you're cutting back a patio to reshape it or replacing a cracked panel, we can pour the new concrete so it drains away from the house.
How we handle concrete cutting
Before we cut anything, I walk the spot with you to mark the line and anything we know is buried in or under the concrete. We want the utilities found first, because a blade can't tell a slab from a gas line. Then our crew cuts wet, with water running on the blade, so the dust stays down and we can keep the slurry, the gray mud the cutting makes, out of the storm drain. After the cut, we break out the piece, haul it away and clean up. If new concrete is going in, we leave a straight edge ready for it.
Most cuts aren't the end of the job. A bad panel pulled out of your driveway comes back through our concrete driveway building work, and a patio you're reshaping or patching gets the same care through concrete patio construction. When money's tight, people want to save on the base and spend on the finish. I'd do it the other way around. The base is the packed ground the slab sits on, it's usually what let the old piece sink, and once it's covered, nobody can fix it.
Saw cuts through slabs and driveways
This is the straight cut, for pulling out a section, opening a trench for a pipe or drain, or widening an opening. It suits most driveway, patio and garage floor jobs, because the cut edge is clean enough to pour new concrete right up against it.
Core holes through slabs and walls
A core is a round hole drilled straight through, for a pipe, a conduit or a vent. It suits jobs where you only need a hole, not a trench, because it leaves the rest of the concrete alone.
Get a free estimate for your concrete cut
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set up my visit. The estimate's free, with no obligation. Rather talk? Call (626) 413-5388.
Call (626) 413-5388Why Hacienda Heights homeowners call Elite Hacienda Heights Concrete for concrete cutting
The owner marks it and checks it
I come out to look at every job and write the estimate myself, and our own crew does the cutting with me on site checking the work. The person who marked the line with you is the same one who checks the cut before we call it done.
Licensed and fully insured, every job
We're licensed and fully insured, and that matters when a saw, water and broken concrete are working next to your house. The state licensing board lists sawing and coring under its concrete-related services class, so it's worth checking any bidder's licence.
Based in Hacienda Heights since 2013
We've been in Hacienda Heights since 2013, and we work in many of the cities around it, including Whittier, La Puente and West Covina. Some addresses fall under the county and some under a city, so I check which office covers yours before we cut.
On a cut, the work that counts happens before the blade ever touches the slab, so tell us where you need the cut and I'll come walk it with you.
What happens after you call about a concrete cut?
Call or send a message
Call or use the form, and we'll get back to you to set a time for me to come out. Tell us where the cut is and what it's for, if you know.
I come out and measure
I measure, ask how the space gets used and look at what's in the way, buried or not. Then I write up the estimate, so you see what the cut and anything after it will cost before we start.
Permit sorted, then we cut
Before anything gets cut or poured, we sort out the permit question with the right office for your address. Then our crew does the work, and I check it before we call it done.
Common questions
What does concrete cutting cost per foot?
Across the US, professional concrete cutting usually costs about $3 to $10 per linear foot of cut. That's the going rate for the cutting nationally, not our price. Where your job lands depends on the things I listed up top, like thickness, steel and access. I'll give you your own number at the estimate.
Who issues permits for concrete cutting in Hacienda Heights?
Hacienda Heights is unincorporated LA County, so LA County Public Works issues permits there, not a city hall. Its public right-of-way permit list names excavations and encroachment but doesn't name concrete cutting, so that list alone won't tell you whether your cut needs a permit. The county tells owners to contact their local office to ask what a project requires. We check with the right office for your address before we start, and if your job needs a permit, we handle it.
How do I get ready for a concrete cutting crew?
Get the spot marked, the utility lines found and a place for the crew to hook up water and power, because a concrete cutting trade group's core drilling spec puts those on the owner. Under that spec, the owner has the area reviewed, approved and clearly marked, along with the location and type of anything embedded in the concrete near the cut. The owner also finds any lines in, beside or fastened to the concrete and has them shut off, and for buried lines, calls the right agency to locate them, as state or local rules may require. We do the marking walk with you, like I said above.
What is the best way to control dust when cutting concrete?
Water on the blade is the standard way. Concrete contains crystalline silica, and the guidance is to control the dust when you cut it. California's silica rule has employers run walk-behind saws with water fed to the blade the whole time, and it adds a level of breathing protection for the crew when the saw runs indoors or in an enclosed space. Ask every bidder how their crew handles dust, us included.
What happens to the slurry from cutting concrete in Hacienda Heights?
It should be caught and hauled off, not hosed away, because California stormwater guidance says saw-cut slurry should stay out of storm drains and watercourses and off the pavement. The core drilling spec calls for collecting and disposing of it under a plan you and the contractor agree on before work starts. A lot of driveways here slope toward the street, so slurry heads for the gutter fast. When you compare quotes, settle who handles disposal, ours included.
Will cutting out part of my driveway crack the rest of it?
A clean saw cut usually won't, because the blade stops where the line is marked instead of letting cracks run into good concrete the way a hammer can. The new piece can still crack some, since all concrete does. That's why we pack the base under it and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack. I'd rather tell you that now than have you surprised later.
Tell us where the cut needs to go
Have the spot, a rough length, whether it's inside or out and any lines you know about ready when you call (626) 413-5388 or send the form, and the first conversation gets us most of the way there.