Need a trench, a pipe hole or part of a slab removed? We cut it straight and clean up the wet mess as we go.
Concrete cutting in Auburn, WA means sawing straight lines through a slab or wall, or drilling round holes, so you get an opening, a trench or a section that can come out without cracking the concrete you're keeping.
Most calls start with something that has to go through concrete. A plumber needs a trench across the garage floor, a basement wall needs a new doorway, or a cracked stretch of driveway has to come out while the rest stays put. A saw cut gives each of those a clean, straight edge instead of a ragged break.
The price follows the cut. Length matters most, and a reinforced or thicker slab usually costs more per foot than a plain 4- to 6-inch slab that a saw can reach easily. Each round hole is priced on its own, indoor cuts take extra setup, and breaking up and hauling the pieces is a separate line.
The schedule turns on whether your job needs a permit, which we check before we book a date, on how easy the spot is to reach, and on what follows the cut, such as new concrete going in. For your own figure, I come out, look at the spot and give you a written estimate that lists what's included.
Three things shape a cutting job before the blade ever turns: the kind of saw the cut calls for, what's buried inside the concrete, and whether the work happens indoors.
Flat saws cut level slabs like a driveway or garage floor, wall saws ride a track up a wall for a doorway, hand saws reach tight corners, and wire saws handle very thick or heavily reinforced sections. Round holes for pipes and drains are core drilled with a round bit and priced apart from saw cuts, so list every opening when you ask for a quote.
Concrete can hide rebar, the steel bars that hold a slab together, along with conduit, pipes and, in post-tensioned slabs, tendons, which are steel cables pulled very tight. Scanning may be needed to find them before a structural cut. Near tendons, a careful crew may need drawings, a radar scan and an engineer's input before cutting at all.
Gas-powered saws give off carbon monoxide, and workers have died running one in a basement. Indoor cuts call for electric, hydraulic or air-driven saws, with ventilation, barriers or dust extraction to protect the rest of the house. That extra equipment and setup is the reason indoor cutting usually costs more than the same cut outside.
From the first call to the final walk-through, you'll know who is doing what. Here is how a cutting job moves along with us.
Call (253) 275-5460 or use the form and describe the cut, a trench, a doorway, a few pipe holes or a section coming out. We'll set a time for me to come out and look.
I come out myself, look at where the cut goes and what may be inside, and check whether your address falls under the city or the county. The written estimate says plainly whether breaking up and hauling the pieces is included.
Once you're ready, we take care of any permit paperwork the job needs. Our crew lead runs the cutting on site, and I check in while it's underway to make sure the lines land where we agreed.
When the cutting is done and the site is cleaned up, I walk it with you, so you can see the edges and openings for yourself before we call the job finished.
Before we cut, I want to know what may be running inside or under the concrete, because a water line or a conduit looks just like plain slab from the top. Industry practice for flat sawing puts shutting off utility lines and calling for buried-line locates on the owner or whoever hired the work, so we settle with you who makes those calls before the saw comes out.
When only part of a slab is coming out, we usually saw the line first and break up the section inside it, so the break stops at the sawed edge and the concrete you're keeping stays whole. That's often how a job starts when a cracked stretch is replaced through our concrete driveway building work, or when an old slab makes way for concrete patio construction.
When part of a driveway, walk or patio is staying, a sawed line gives the new pour a straight, clean edge to meet, and it keeps the breaking from running into the slab you're keeping.
When the whole slab is going, sawing first often adds little. We may break it out directly and put that money toward the base under your new concrete, which is where I'd rather see it spent.
Send us a few lines about the cut, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out. I'll look over the site and write up a free estimate, and there's no pressure to book.
(253) 275-5460In Auburn, the city's Building Services division issues permits for building construction, additions and alterations. Its list of work that needs no permit names driveways and sidewalks but not concrete cutting, so that list alone doesn't settle your cut. Before we schedule, we confirm whether your address is under the city or the county, and we handle the application when one is needed. City staff answer through the Permit Center at 253-931-3090, option 2.
Washington's state stormwater guidance asks crews to vacuum up slurry, the gray water and grit a wet saw throws off, during cutting and to clear it off the pavement before nightfall. It has to stay out of storm drains, so on a driveway that slopes to the street you may see a catch basin covered while we work. The state's rules also list walk-behind saws with built-in water feeding the blade, so expect water on site while we cut.
Many of the cutting calls we get here and in Kent and Renton are for trenches across garage floors, openings in basement walls and sections of driveway coming out ahead of a new pour. The same care with water and cleanup goes into each of them.
I grew up on a farm where fixing what broke was part of every week, and I learned concrete on other people's crews before starting this business in Auburn in 2013. That's 13 years of answering plainly what a job involves, and cutting is a job where knowing what's inside the slab matters more than speed.
I come out myself to look at the job and write the estimate. Our crew lead runs the work on site, and I check in while it's underway. We're licensed and insured. Our promise is simple: "Your satisfaction, guaranteed."
If you have a cut in mind, call (253) 275-5460 or send us the details through our form, and we'll set a time for me to come take a look.
If the cut is to take out a cracked or sunken stretch of driveway, we can pour the new section to meet the sawed edge cleanly.
When part of an old patio is coming out to make room for a larger one, we can build the new slab once the cutting is done.
We're based in Auburn and work in the cities around it, including Kent, Renton, Federal Way, Tacoma and Lake Tapps. The cities below have their own page, and we work in others nearby as well.
Professional concrete saw cutting across the US usually costs about $3 to $10 per linear foot for the sawing itself. Where your job lands depends on the price drivers covered above, mainly thickness, steel, round holes and indoor work. I'll give you your own figure in a written estimate after I see the spot.
Not always, because cutting and removal are separate jobs, and some cutters saw the lines and leave the panels where they lie. Breaking up, hauling and disposal can cost more than the sawing, so ask before you accept any quote. Ours says plainly either way.
We contain the slurry and clean it up as the cutting goes. Industry practice is to agree with the owner before work starts on who collects and disposes of it, so we settle that with you up front and you know exactly where it's going.
Usually not long for the cutting itself, since the saw work is often the quicker part of the job. The wait comes from what follows, such as hauling the pieces, a permit if one is needed, or new concrete that has to cure, the wait that lets a slab gain strength before you walk or drive on it.
Move cars and anything stored near the cut, and tell us about any pipes or wiring you know run through the slab. If you have building drawings, pull them out, since they help show what's inside. For an indoor cut, clearing the room gives our crew space to set up barriers and dust control.
Call (253) 275-5460 or use the form with the kind of cut, its rough length in feet, whether it's indoors and any building drawings you have, so my visit goes straight to what sets your price.
