Concrete cutting in Garden Grove CA - clean, straight cuts planned before the saw starts

Professional saw cutting of a concrete slab usually runs about $4 to $15 per linear foot across the US, and that national figure covers the cutting alone, not hauling the pieces away. Thicker slabs, slabs with steel in them and cuts up a wall land toward the high end per foot, and on a short cut the trip and setup charges can make up most of the bill. Your estimate gives you the figure for your own cut.

Not always, because cutting and removal are two separate jobs, and some cutters make the cuts and leave the panels sitting in place. If you want the pieces broken up and hauled off, tell me at the estimate and I'll write removal as its own line, so you can see what each part costs and compare bids fairly.

Have it scanned first, because industry guidance says the steel strands in a post-tensioned slab should be found with ground-penetrating radar, a scan that doesn't harm the concrete, before even small openings are cut. A large opening cuts through several strands, so that same guidance calls for an engineer to look at how it affects the slab, and that's worth setting up before the cutting is booked. We plan the scan ahead of cut day, and I won't put a big opening in one of these slabs until an engineer has weighed in.

Under the concrete sawing industry's specification, the property owner or the contractor hiring the cutter is responsible for finding lines in, beside or attached to the concrete and getting them shut off. For buried lines, that starts with a call to the agency that locates them, which state or local rules may require. We're fully insured, but insurance doesn't replace knowing where a gas or water line runs, so we want the lines marked before the saw comes off the truck.

That depends on the job, and the City of Garden Grove is the one that decides. The city handles residential, commercial and engineering permits, and new applications go in through the city's permits page. At the estimate I'll tell you what I know about the city's steps and check with their office when I'm not sure, and if your job needs a permit, we pull it and handle the inspections. We're based in Garden Grove and work across the cities around it, and I do the same checking in Westminster, Santa Ana or wherever your property is.

The state licensing board lists concrete sawing, breaking and coring under its concrete-related services contractor classification, so ask any cutter about their license before you hire. We're licensed, and I'm glad to go over exactly how we'll handle your cut when I come out to look at it.