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Concrete cutting in Santa Ana CA - clean, straight openings right where you need them

Need an opening in a slab or wall for a pipe, a drain or a new doorway? We cut it clean and keep the mess contained.

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Plan your concrete cut with us

Call (714) 439-5472 early, so the cut is done before the rest of your project ends up waiting on it.

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What's involved in cutting concrete at your Santa Ana home?

Concrete cutting in Santa Ana means sawing a straight line or opening through a slab or wall, or drilling a round hole for a pipe, drain or conduit, so you can change one part of the concrete without breaking up the rest.

Usually it's a slab that needs a trench for a new drain line, a cracked section that has to come out, or a wall that needs an opening, and sometimes it's the first step before a new concrete patio. The price mostly turns on how thick the concrete is, how much steel is inside it, how long the cut runs and whether hauling the pieces away is part of the job. The schedule turns on whether the concrete needs scanning first, whether the city wants a permit and how easy it is to get a saw to the spot. Once I've seen it, I'll put your own figure in a written estimate.

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Why Santa Ana homeowners call C&M Santa Ana Concrete Company for concrete cutting

  • I come out to every job

    I look at every job myself, and our crew does the cutting with me on site for most of it. You deal with the person who sized up your concrete, not just a saw operator.

  • Licensed and insured, easy to check

    We're licensed and insured. California has a contractor classification for concrete sawing, breaking and coring, and you can look up any contractor with the state licensing board before they cut.

  • Straight answers since 2017

    We've been in business since 2017, and before any job I tell you what it includes and what it leaves out. Concrete is hard to undo, so you should know first.

On a cut, what matters most is knowing what's inside the concrete before the blade goes in. Tell us about your job and I'll set a time to come look.

How we handle concrete cutting

I start by looking at the concrete and the space around the cut, because that picks the saw. A flat saw rolls across a slab, a wall saw runs on a track along the wall, a hand saw gets into tight spots and smaller openings, and a wire saw handles thick or heavily reinforced sections. Before any cutting, we ask whether the concrete should be scanned for lines running inside it, and we spell out in writing whether hauling off the cut pieces is part of the job, so nobody's surprised by a pile of slabs left in the yard.

A lot of cutting is the first half of a bigger job. If you're widening a driveway or replacing a broken section, we can cut out the old part cleanly and pour the new one through our concrete driveway building work, and the same goes for cutting back an old slab to make room for concrete patio construction.

  • Saw cuts in slabs and walls

    For trenches, cut-out sections and new openings, a saw cut leaves a straight, clean edge you can pour against or frame into. It suits driveways, patios, floors and concrete walls.

  • Core drilling for round holes

    When a pipe, drain or conduit has to pass through a slab or wall, a core drill cuts a neat round hole. It suits plumbing and electrical work where a full saw cut would be more than you need.

How do you know your slab or wall needs a cut?

  • A cracked, sunken section

    One panel has cracked and dropped while the rest sits fine. A clean cut lets you replace just that piece, and the longer it waits, the more the broken edges crumble and catch toes.

  • A pipe under the slab

    Your plumber needs to reach a pipe under the slab. A cut trench opens just that strip instead of the whole floor, and a leak left running keeps soaking the dirt underneath.

  • Water pooling by the house

    Rain sits on the slab or runs back toward the house. That usually means it has nowhere to go, and a cut for a drain gives it a path before it works underneath.

  • A wall in the way

    You want a doorway, window or pass-through where a concrete wall stands now. That opening has to be sawed cleanly, and planning it early keeps the rest of the remodel from waiting on it.

What happens when you call us about concrete cutting in Santa Ana?

  1. Call and set a visit

    You call or send the form, and we set a time. I come out, look at the concrete and the space around it, and send a written estimate.

  2. Mark the line and cut

    Once you say go, we sort out any permit and walk the marked line with you so you approve where it runs. Then our crew makes the cut.

  3. Clean up and walk it

    When the cut is done, we clean up, and if removal is part of the job, the pieces leave with us. Then we walk it with you before we go.

Concrete cutting questions we hear

Here are the questions that come up on cutting jobs around Santa Ana. If yours isn't here, ask me about your own job and I'll give you a straight answer.

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How much does concrete cutting cost in Santa Ana?

Across the US, sawing slabs and walls usually runs about $4 to $25 for each foot of cut, so treat that as the market's range, not our price. On a small job, a minimum charge may set the price more than the per-foot rate does, and indoor work can cost more because it takes electric, hydraulic or air-powered saws plus water handling, slurry recovery, ventilation, barriers or dust extraction. Your written estimate gives you the figure for your own cut.

Do I need a permit to cut concrete in Santa Ana?

Some cuts may need one, so check with the city before anyone cuts. The city's list of work that needs no permit names sidewalks and driveways up to 30 inches above the ground, but it doesn't name concrete cutting, and the building official issues permits to alter or demolish structures. We check with the city's building office early on each job.

Who can pull a concrete permit in Santa Ana, the homeowner or the contractor?

Santa Ana may issue many permits to the property owner, an authorized agent or a licensed contractor. A contractor needs a current city business license to pull one. When a permit is needed, we can pull it as the licensed contractor, and for questions about your own lot we'll point you to the right city office.

How do I know if a concrete cutting quote includes removal?

Ask, because sawing concrete and removing it are separate jobs, and a cutter may make the cuts and leave the panels in place. Asking up front keeps the whole cost of the project in view, hauling included.

How do I know if my slab needs scanning before cutting?

Scanning matters most when post-tension cables, electrical conduit, plumbing or other lines may run inside the concrete. Post-tension cables are steel cables stretched tight inside some slabs. The need depends on the structure and where the cut goes, and structural work commonly requires a scan before cutting through.

Who cleans up the slurry when concrete is cut?

Ask any cutter before work starts, because an industry standard for concrete cutting puts safe disposal of slurry, the gray mix of water and concrete dust, on the owner or whoever hired the work. California's workplace safety rule calls for walk-behind saws that feed water to the blade the whole time, which keeps dust down but makes slurry, and the city has to keep pollution out of the storm drains it owns or maintains. We cut wet and catch the slurry so it doesn't run off.

Get a written estimate for your cut

Tell us where the cut goes, its rough length, whether it's a slab or a wall, indoors or out, and add photos if you can. We reply within one business day to set up your free on-site estimate, no obligation.

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