Need a trench, a cracked panel cut out or a hole through a slab? We make clean cuts and keep the dust down.
Concrete cutting in Gilroy means sawing straight lines through a slab or wall, or drilling round holes through it. That gives you a clean edge for a trench, a section coming out, or a pipe, drain or conduit run.
Most calls start with something you want changed. It might be a cracked driveway panel coming out ahead of concrete driveway building, a trench for a drain line, or a slab cut back to make room for a new concrete patio. Flat slabs get a flat saw, walls get a saw that runs on a track bolted to the wall, and tight spots get a hand saw. Round holes are core drilled instead.
The price moves with the total length of cut, how thick the concrete is, how much steel is inside it and whether it's a slab or a wall. Cored holes are priced apart from saw cuts, so I list each cut and each hole on the estimate. The schedule mostly turns on whether the job includes digging and whether we're taking the pieces out or only making the cuts.
Call (408) 427-8265 or use the form to tell us where the cuts go, and add a few photos if you have them. We'll set a time for me to come out and see it myself.
I measure each cut, check the thickness and look at what's under and around the concrete. You get an estimate written line by line, with every cut and hole listed and removal shown as its own item or clearly left out.
Before the saw comes out, we walk each line with you, mark what's buried nearby and agree on where the water and slurry go. I'll also tell you what the crew needs on site, which is usually a hose bib and a power outlet.
On cutting day our own crew works to the lines we agreed on, and I'm there for the layout. When it's done we clean up the slurry and dust, then haul the pieces away or leave them in place, whichever the estimate said.
California's safety rules require a dust reduction system whenever a powered tool cuts, cores or drills concrete, so any crew you hire in Gilroy should bring one. Outside, that usually means water on the blade. In a finished room, one tool supplier advises extraction on the saw instead, a shroud over the blade feeding a HEPA vacuum. It's slower than wet cutting, but there's no water to clean up or soak into anything, so that's how we cut indoors.
A job that ends in a trench adds a step. USA North 811 asks you to contact it at least two working days before any digging, not counting the day you call, so it can notify the utility companies. We set the cutting date with that wait in mind.
The kinds of cutting we handle:
If the damage sits in one or two panels and the rest of the slab is flat and solid, cutting out just those panels along clean lines and pouring new ones is usually the better buy. If most of the slab has sunk or cracked all the way across, cutting it up is really the first step of a tear-out, and I'll tell you that at the estimate. Sometimes what's under the bad panels only shows once they're out, so we talk through both outcomes beforehand.
Length of cut is the starting point, then depth, because a thick slab or one packed with steel takes more blade time. Walls take longer to set up than slabs since the saw rides on a mounted track. Every cored hole is its own line. Hauling the pieces away, cutting indoors with extraction and scanning a structural slab before cutting all add to it. A clear, marked layout keeps the scope from creeping once we're on site.
I learned this trade on commercial slabs and footings, where a cut in the wrong spot means a broken pipe or a weaker slab. So I'd rather settle every question on paper than find the answer with the saw running. That's why we mark what's buried, agree on the lines with you and write down whether the pieces come out.
We keep the dust and slurry contained, protect the surfaces around each cut and leave the work area clean. Before we start, you'll know what every line on the estimate pays for. Your satisfaction, guaranteed.
Have the cut locations and a few photos ready when you call, and we can plan the visit around the right saw.
Tell us where the cuts go, whether it's a slab or a wall, and add a few photos. We reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no obligation.
Professional concrete saw cutting across the US usually costs about $4 to $15 per linear foot, and that's a national figure, not a Gilroy quote. Thickness, steel and whether it's a slab or a wall decide where in that range a job lands, and cored holes are priced separately. Our estimate lists each cut and hole so you can compare it line for line.
Not always, because sawing and removal are separate jobs, and some cutters make the lines and leave the panels where they sit. When you compare quotes, check whether each one covers taking the pieces out or only the cuts. Ours says which, in writing.
Settle and mark the cut lines and anything buried nearby before the crew arrives, because the industry's cutting specification puts that on the owner or the hiring contractor. We do that walk with you at the layout. The crew also needs water and electricity, which usually means an outside spigot and an outlet.
California's D-6 concrete-related services classification covers concrete sawing, breaking and coring. Premium Gilroy Concrete is licensed and insured, and it's fair to ask any cutter you're considering which license they hold.
Scan it first, because structural and post-tensioned slabs can carry rebar, which is the steel bar inside the slab, along with tensioned steel cables, conduit and pipe that a blade shouldn't hit. Thick or heavily reinforced sections are usually cut with a wire saw, a diamond cable pulled through the concrete. I'll tell you at the estimate whether your slab needs a scan.
Usually not, because wet cutting turns into an alkaline slurry full of fine cement, and on most sites it can't simply run to a drain. We agree with you on how it's caught and hauled off before any cutting starts.
We're based in Gilroy and cut concrete in many nearby cities, including Morgan Hill and Hollister. Pick your area below, or call (408) 427-8265 if yours isn't listed.
