Precision Daphne Concrete
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Concrete cutting in Daphne AL - cuts planned around what's inside your slab

Need a cracked section out, a doorway in a wall or joints in a new slab? We find what's inside first, then cut it clean.

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  • Fully licensed and insured.
  • Free quotes on site.
  • We respond within 1 business day.

The concrete cutting work we do

  • Slab and driveway sawing

    We saw straight through driveways, patios and garage floors to take out a bad section, open a trench for a line or make room for something new.

  • Wall sawing for openings

    We cut through concrete walls for a new doorway, window or pass-through, leaving straight edges you can frame to instead of a broken, chipped hole.

  • Control joints in new slabs

    Control joints are shallow saw cuts that give a fresh slab a planned line to crack along instead of cracking wherever it wants.

When does a slab need to be cut instead of broken out?

Concrete cutting in Daphne is sawing a clean, straight line through a slab or wall, so we can take out one section, cut a trench for a line or open a doorway without busting up the concrete you're keeping.

Most calls start with one bad piece, like a cracked stretch of driveway, a patio you want to open up or a garage floor that has to come up for a drain line. The price follows the cut, since saw work is charged by the foot. Wall cuts and thick slabs cost more per foot, and so does a slab full of rebar, the steel bars set inside it for strength. On a small job, most of the cost is getting the saw and crew out there. The schedule turns on whether the slab needs a scan first, whether the city wants a permit or a line locate, and who hauls off the slurry, the gray mix of water and concrete dust the saw leaves behind. Your written estimate prices out the main parts so you can compare it with other bids.

Concrete cutting, from scan to cleanup

What's inside the slab and what's underneath it decide the job, so I check those before I pick the saw, the depth or the order of the cuts.

  • Find out what's inside

    Before the saw touches the slab we find out what's in it, because hitting a hidden cable or line is a costly mistake.

  • Mark the lines with you

    We mark the lines with you, so a cut for a new concrete driveway section or a patio addition lands where you want it.

  • Cut wet to hold dust down

    We cut with water running to the blade to keep the dust down, so expect water and gray slurry around the work.

  • Agree on cleanup up front

    Before we start, we agree with you who hauls off the slurry and broken pieces, so nobody's left with a gray mess.

Why Daphne homeowners call Precision Daphne Concrete

Cut jobs usually go wrong before the saw starts, when somebody guesses at what's in the slab. I learned next to older finishers who'd make you redo an edge, so I'd rather spend time up front than fix it after. Call (251) 572-8074 to set up a visit.

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  • You deal with the person running it

    I come out to look at most jobs myself, and our own crew does the cutting with me running it, so what we talked about on site is what gets done.

  • We pour slabs, not just cut them

    We've been in business since 2013 and we pour slabs as well as cut them, so we think about the concrete that stays, not just the piece coming out.

  • Fully licensed and insured for your job

    We're fully licensed and insured. In Alabama, the Home Builders Licensure Board covers residential builders on home projects over $10,000 in labor and materials, unless the work falls outside its reach.

What happens when you call us about a cut?

I plan a cut around what you're doing next, a new slab, a drain line or a doorway, because that decides how deep we go and where the lines fall.

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  1. Call or send the form

    Call (251) 572-8074 or send the form with what needs cutting, and most of the time it's me who calls you back.

  2. I look at the slab

    I come out, look at the concrete and ask what you'll use the space for once the cut is done, then check what might be inside it.

  3. You get a written estimate

    You get it in writing with each main part priced, and if you hire us, we check permits, do the work and walk the finished job with you.

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Get a written price from Precision Daphne Concrete in Daphne

Tell us what needs cutting, slab or wall, and roughly how many feet, since the work is priced by the foot. We'll reply within one business day, most often me, to set up a free on-site estimate with no obligation.

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Questions about cutting concrete

Does my slab need a scan before concrete cutting?

Often it does, when cables, conduit or pipes could sit in the path of the cut, because ground-penetrating radar, a scan that sees into the concrete, finds rebar, post-tension cables and lines you can't see. Some homes sit on post-tensioned slabs, where steel cables are held tight inside the concrete, and cutting or drilling one after it's built can damage those cables to the point they fail. So find out whether yours is one before any cut or hole goes in.

How much does concrete cutting cost in Daphne?

Across the US, professional saw cutting of slabs usually costs about $4 to $15 per linear foot, so a few short cuts and a long trench end up at very different totals. That's the market's range for sawing slabs, not our price, and the written estimate from your site visit gives your own figure.

Who is responsible for concrete slurry cleanup?

Whoever your contract names, so it should be settled before the saw starts. One trade group's sample specification puts proper, safe disposal of slurry on the owner, with collection and disposal agreed before work begins, and that's a talk we have with you at the estimate.

How long after pouring concrete should you cut the joints?

The concrete industry's guidance is that saw cuts in a new slab typically go in within 4 to 12 hours of the pour, depending on temperature and weather. If the joints go in late, the slab can crack in places nobody chose, so when you're pouring a new slab, line up the saw for those first hours.

Can you cut out part of a concrete driveway instead of replacing all of it?

Often, yes. If one section is cracked or sunk, we can saw it out along clean lines and pour a new piece in its place, leaving the good concrete alone. Whether that makes sense depends on what's under the bad section, which we look at during the estimate.

How do I get my house ready for concrete cutting?

Move cars, outdoor furniture and anything you care about out of the work area, and tell us about any lines you know run under or through the slab. House plans or the name of whoever poured the slab help too, since they can tell us what's inside before we cut.

Concrete cutting in Daphne and what the city asks for

The City of Daphne's Building Inspection Department issues building permits, and its list names structural, electrical and plumbing work, not concrete cutting, so whether your cut needs a permit isn't settled until you ask them about your job. When one is needed, we help with the paperwork and work with the office that covers your address. For an outdoor cut near buried lines, the city's permit checklist asks for a line locate where it applies, which starts with a call to 811, and if your job needs a demolition permit, utilities get located and disconnected before that permit is issued. Work that closes a street or interrupts traffic goes through the city's Public Works application, where the applicant gives the Public Works Director 24 hours' notice before starting and 72 hours before closing a roadway, then restores sod, landscaping and paving to city standards and calls for an inspection.

We're based in Daphne and work across Baldwin County and the cities around it. Most cut calls here are a cracked driveway section, a trench for a drain line or a patio being opened up, and we get the same calls in Mobile and Spanish Fort.