Which one do you need

In plain terms

Soft cutting

The cut that happens on pour day. Joints go into the slab while it is still green, so the shrinkage that every slab does has a line to follow and the crack forms under the cut instead of across the middle of your driveway.

Soft cutting in detail

Floor and slab sawing

Cutting concrete that has already gone hard: expansion cuts, rebates, straightening a boxing blow out, and deep cuts in slabs and hardstands to 340 mm total depth, made in stages. Indoors, the dust is extracted at the blade.

Floor and slab sawing in detail

Road sawing

Planned asphalt service cutting: trenches, service runs and potholes, set out from plans or marked on site, with the slurry vacuumed and taken away.

Road sawing in detail

Wall sawing

Doorways, window openings and penetrations cut out of walls that are already standing, flush to the floor where the opening needs it. The lines are pre cut with a hand saw, then finished with the saw the wall needs. Walls cut to 300 mm deep, in concrete, block and heritage stone.

Wall sawing in detail

Core drilling

Clean round holes from 20 to 300 mm in diameter, typically to 400 mm deep, with extension bits for deeper holes. Through reinforced concrete, brick, block, masonry and retaining walls, for plumbing, wiring, extraction and drainage. Tight spaces are normal.

Core drilling in detail

Concrete scanning

Scanning is available before we cut or core. The scanner locates reinforcing, conduit and electrical cabling, and we mark the finds on the concrete. A scan reduces the risk; it is not a guarantee.

Concrete scanning in detail

Concrete pumping

A line pump, not a truck pump, for pours a truck cannot get to, or cannot get to in time. Up to 50 m of line laid along the ground, for tight access. Small pours are welcome.

Concrete pumping in detail
Capability

The numbers in one place

Deep cuts are made in stages: smaller saws and blades first, then larger blades on larger saws, to 340 mm total depth.

Our electric hand saws are high frequency: high powered, fume free, and about 13 kg, around half the weight of a petrol saw.

At a glance

Floor and slab sawing, total depth
340 mm
Walls cut to
300 mm
Core hole diameter
20 to 300 mm
Core depth, typical
400 mm
Line pump
Up to 50 m of line

Every figure here is on the service page it belongs to.

Where we work

Timaru out to the Mackenzie

We also work across Mid Canterbury, North Otago and the Mackenzie.

Not sure which one it is?

Describe what is in front of you and we will tell you what it needs.

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