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Concrete cutting in Lomita CA - straight cuts and clean holes where you need them

Need a doorway in a concrete wall or a trench through a slab? We make straight, clean cuts and leave the rest of the concrete sound.

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How do you know it's time to cut concrete?

  • One broken driveway section

    One panel has cracked through or sunk, but the rest of the driveway is fine. Usually that panel can be cut out along clean lines and replaced on its own, but if you wait, the edges keep breaking and the patch you need keeps growing.

  • A leak under the slab

    Your plumber found a problem under the garage floor or the patio, or you're adding a drain line. That means a trench cut, and a leak left running under concrete washes out the dirt the slab sits on, which is how sinking starts.

  • Plans for a new doorway

    You want a door, a window or a pass-through where there's a concrete wall now. A saw cut is the clean way to make that opening, because knocking it out by hand can crack the wall around the hole.

What does concrete cutting involve, and what sets the price?

Concrete cutting in Lomita means using diamond-blade saws and core drills to make straight cuts and clean, round holes in a floor, slab or wall that's already there, so you can open a doorway, run a pipe or pull out one bad section without breaking up the rest.

Most calls start with one piece of a bigger plan, like a trench for the plumber, a cracked panel that has to come out or a doorway you've been wanting for years. The price moves with how many feet we cut and how deep, whether it's a floor or a wall, how easy it is to get a saw in there, and whether you want the pieces broken up and hauled away. The schedule usually turns on things outside the saw, like an engineer's sign-off on a wall that carries load or any permit the job needs, and your written estimate puts your own numbers on all of it.

Details to note before an estimate

  • Floor, slab or wall to be cut
  • Rough length of each cut
  • Size of any door or window opening
  • Number and size of round holes
  • Whether you want the pieces hauled off
  • Plans or engineer's notes, if any

How we handle concrete cutting on your property

Before anything else, I want to know if we're cutting a slab or a wall, and if you want the pieces hauled off, so any two quotes you get cover the same work. Then we mark every line with you, set up the saw that fits the surface, and if the opening is in a wall that carries load, we wait for an engineer's say on it before the blade goes in. We make the cuts, break out and haul away the pieces when that's part of the job, and leave clean, straight edges for whatever comes next.

Cutting is often the first half of a job. Once a bad section is out, we can pour the replacement as part of concrete driveway building, and I'd always rather spend your money digging out and packing the base, the layer the new slab sits on, than on a fancier surface, because nobody sees the base on day one and it's what keeps the new panel from sinking like the old one. A trench across a patio gets filled the same way, and if the whole patio is tired, concrete patio construction may make more sense than patching it.

Work that often comes after the cut

  • Concrete driveway building

    If we're cutting out a cracked section, the new panel has to be poured on a packed base so it sits level with the rest.

  • Concrete patio construction

    When a trench or a cut-out leaves a patch in your patio, a new pour can fill it or you can redo the whole slab.

What happens when you call about concrete cutting in Lomita?

  1. Call or send us a note

    Call (424) 667-0052 or use the form, and tell us where the cut goes and roughly how long it is. We get back to you and set a time for me to come out.

  2. I look at the job with you

    I come out myself, mark the cuts with you and check what's around them, like walls that carry load. Then you get a written estimate that says what we'll cut, whether removal is included and why, so you know exactly what you're paying for.

  3. We make the cuts

    I lead the crew on the job and check in with you before the first cut, so the lines are right where you want them.

  4. We clean up and walk it

    At the end I go over the openings and edges with you before we pack up. If haul-off was part of the estimate, the pieces leave with us.

Questions before you book concrete cutting

How much does concrete cutting cost per foot?

Professional concrete cutting across the US usually costs about $3 to $10 per linear foot of cut, and that's for the sawing. Removing the cut pieces is a separate job, and some cutters leave the panels in place, so check what each quote includes. A short cut can cost more per foot, because the crew still loads up, drives out, sets up water or power, protects the area and cleans up. Your written estimate gives you the price for your own job here in Lomita.

Which saw cuts a door opening in a concrete wall?

A wall saw, which runs on a track along the wall, cuts door and window openings, while a flat saw, a walk-behind machine, is for floors and slabs. If it's a bearing wall or a shear wall, one that holds the house together against side-to-side forces, the opening changes how it carries load. Its size and location are an engineer's call, not the cutter's, so bring one in before any cutting starts.

Who issues permits for concrete work in Lomita's right of way?

The city's Public Works office issues Public Works Permits for work in the City's right of way, so a cut that reaches into it goes through that office. We go over the permit side of your job during the estimate, tell you which office is involved and who handles each step, and walk you through any part that falls to you as the owner.

Which California license covers concrete sawing and coring?

California's contractors state license board lists concrete sawing, breaking and coring under its D-6 Concrete-Related Services class. You can check any contractor's license with the board before you hire. We're fully licensed and insured.

What is the best way to cut a hole in a concrete floor for a pipe?

Coring is the best way, because a core drill makes a clean, accurate round hole with no cracking around it. Ask whether the crew scans first, since ground-penetrating radar and similar locators can read the steel and the lines inside the concrete so the hole can shift off them. One field guide also says to treat a building that might be post-tensioned, with steel cables pulled tight inside the slab, as if it is until someone confirms otherwise, and to have a structural engineer look before any bit touches it.

How do I keep dust and slurry down when concrete is cut?

Keep water on the blade, because federal OSHA says wetting the saw blade substantially cuts the dust from sawing concrete. That water turns into slurry, a gray mud of concrete fines, and California stormwater guidance says it should be kept out of storm drains and watercourses, which is why we catch it before it reaches the drains. Ask any cutter you're comparing how they'll contain it and clean it up.

Get a written estimate for your concrete cutting

Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out. The estimate is free, done on site, and there's no obligation. After I look at the job with you, you get it in writing, with what we'll cut, what we'll haul off and why.

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Tell us where your cut goes

A rough length and whether it's a floor or a wall help me plan the visit, since this work is priced by the foot of cut.

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