Saw Vs Jackhammer Concrete Floor Basement

Hello i am needing to move the shower drain and vanity drain in bathroom is it better to first use a concrete saw to cut the outline cutting completely through slab then using a jack hammer to remove the pieces or as i see most of the time on reno shows just using a jack hammer.

Saw vs jackhammer concrete floor basement.

The abrasive blade in teh circular saw idea was never going to work unless i bought 100 blades. When we moved into our house there was an irregularly shaped poured cement patio attached to back. I just kept punching holes next to each other then connected the dots. Don t rush this kind of project before you test an area of the basement floor first with the tools.

We hired it out. After the concrete was mixed we poured it into the holes then used a trowel to fill and level the concrete. The jack hammer can end up breaking up more of the floor that you expected to. It is all gray water from the kitchen and laundry that comes over to the drain pit under the basement bath tub.

It sloped back to the house and was causing the basement to leak. In the process of converting remodeling basement bath i removed old enamaled steel tub. In my basement i need to cut and jack hammer about 10 of 4 concrete slab to replace 50 year old ci drain pipe. After you get the feel for the concrete saw jackhammer or other tools you can then move onto the actual removal of the concrete.

Concrete saw or jack hammer for slab. The solution was to rent an electric jack hammer for 50 day. The one cut that had to be done with the saw was done wet and the room was closed and there was still lots of dust around the house afterwards from it they did a fantastic job and if not for. I m not to worried about the jagged edge i m just going to skim the new concrete out and blend it over the existing a little i just didnt was huge cracks spreading out into the existing floor.

Thanks for everyones suggestions the basement is cinder block walls. I had to do something similar cut a trench through 30 feet of concrete. Cutting concrete basement floors. I just used a jack hammer to break it up.

It worked well and was cheap enough. One wasted day one wasted 250 00. A guy rolled in with a bobcat and a jackhammer attachment. Shows how to break the concrete floor with electric jack hammer or hammer drill to lay plumbing for a basement bathroom the jack hammer was 15 amp 20 amp el.

Though if i were to do it again i would cut it with a saw first before breaking it up. Probably 400 sq ft or more. We will be putting a finer concrete over this concrete to fill in all the holes. Besides adding waste lines for a new bathroom i moved a vertical stack away from an exterior wall to inside a 2x6 interior wall.

Because we have jagged edges from using a jackhammer to remove the concrete. He broke it all up and then put on the bucket and hauled it all away.