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Cutting Concrete

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cj7

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Has anyone ever had a concrete pad cut with a saw?


How clean was the edge that was left on the rest of the pad?


My situation is that my driveway made up of concrete pads butts up against the house. When we get alot of rain I get water the seeps under the sill plate into the basement.

I would like to find a solution with out having to replace 3 pads of concrete.

Thinking possible cut the pad a foot or two back from the house and install a long catch grate between the house and pad to carry the water away.

I am also open to other ideas.

Thanks a bunch guys and gals!
 
I did not do the work myself, but I had a patio poured late last summer. It involved some cutting. The edges are perfect cuts, width of the cuts is probably about 1/8" wide?
 
Yes. They are exposed and act as control joints should the patio ever settle, it is theoretically supposed to crack in those cuts rather than across the surface. So far no cracks.
 
I have an old Partner 16" concrete saw. It will cut through concrete and leave a laser straight line if you are relatively good at operating it. About the only thing that I've found that absolutely sucks to cut is exposed aggregate concrete. The gravel used in that is about 100 times as hard as the rock used in regular concrete. The saw will still cut it, but it will flat wear out the operator and reduce the life of the blade.
 
You can rent heavy-duty cutters from an industrial tool rental company on wheels with a water hose connection to control dust. Easy to use, just let the machine do the work.
 
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