How To Cut Poured Concrete Wall

Using a metal jointing tool the.

How to cut poured concrete wall.

Don t force a blade into a cut. Ignore any rebar you come across and just break the concrete free of the metal. Break the concrete wall into small chunks with your preferred tool and let the debris fall to the ground as you work. These joints should be cut in a quarter of the depth of the concrete slab during the very beginning of the curing process within 24 hours of the initial pour.

Line up the blade of a concrete saw over the marks on one side of the wall. Measure out from that nail to where the other face of your wall will be and place another nail. Once both sides ware cut he used a sledge hammer and some wedges to knock the wall out of position and into the pre dug hole awaiting outside. This process took approximately one hour to complete.

The contractor was able to cut from the house sill framing to the concrete footing at the bottom. I dug the dirt outside the foundation wall 10 deeper than i would normally dig. A circular saw with a masonry blade can also be used to either score or completely cut through the block. Close up of cutting a door in a concrete foundation with a wet saw.

If your cut doesn t need to be exact use a cold chisel and hand sledge to cut the concrete. Start at the top of the opening and cut carefully along the lines you made on the wall. So if your wall is 8 inches wide your two nails should be 8 inches apart.