Need an opening in a slab for a drain, a pipe or a new doorway? We check the slab first, then cut it clean.
Concrete cutting in Laredo means sawing or core drilling clean lines and openings in a slab or wall, so you can run a new drain or pipe, open a doorway or take out a section without breaking up everything around it.
Most calls start with a remodel. A plumber needs a trench through the slab for a new drain, an electrician needs a path for conduit, or you want part of the driveway or patio out so it can be widened. A saw gives a straight edge to work from, which a jackhammer won't.
The price moves with how far we cut, how thick the slab is, whether there's steel in it, and whether we're cutting a floor, a wall or round holes. Hauling the pieces off is its own cost. The schedule turns on whether the slab needs a scan first, whether a permit is involved and whether the opening gets poured back and has to cure. Your written estimate lays out each of those for your job.
Every cut starts with the same few questions. What kind of opening do you need, what's inside the slab, where do the pieces go, and where is the work happening?
A flat saw rolls along a floor slab for long straight lines. A wall saw rides a track along the wall, and a hand saw gets into tight corners and small openings. Round holes for pipes and drains are core drilled with a hollow bit that lifts out a clean plug, and that work is priced apart from saw cuts.
Some slabs are post tension, built with steel strands pulled tight inside them to hold the concrete in compression. Cut one of those strands and the force lets go at once. It can whip out of the slab, hurt whoever is close and leave the slab weaker, so this gets settled before any saw starts.
Sawing a slab and getting rid of it aren't the same job. Some cutters make the cuts and leave the pieces where they lie, which is fine if that's what you expected and a surprise if it isn't. Ask any contractor whether breaking out and hauling are in the price before you compare bids.
Walk-behind saws run with water fed to the blade to keep the dust down, and that water comes back as gray slurry. The cutting trade's own guideline has the owner and the crew agree on catching and disposing of it before the first cut. Indoors, a gas saw fills the room with carbon monoxide, and workers have died from it cutting in a basement.
From the first call to the last walk around, here's who does what. I'm there at the start and at the finish, and our crew does the cutting with me on site.
Call (956) 508-9209 or use the form and tell us what needs cutting and why. A drain line, a doorway and a wider driveway each call for a different saw, so the reason matters as much as the size.
I come out myself, measure the cut and ask what the opening is for. You get a written estimate with each part of the work on its own line, and if the job needs a permit, we take care of it with the city.
Once the slab is cleared to cut, our crew sets up for the water and slurry, then makes the cuts. If the opening gets filled back in, we prep the base, pour, finish and let it cure, the wait while new concrete gains strength.
When the work is done, I walk it with you before we pack up. We go over where the cuts run and how long to keep traffic off any concrete we poured back.
Before we cut a slab, we find out whether it has tensioned cables in it. Sometimes the drawings or the builder answer that. If there's any doubt, we get it scanned first. Ground-penetrating radar, a scan that reads what's buried in the concrete, only needs one side of the slab, and nobody has to leave the house while it runs.
Your estimate shows cutting and hauling as separate lines, so you know exactly what's covered. A scan, if your slab needs one, and any concrete we pour back into the opening are written out the same way, so you're not working out the split at the end.
A lot of cuts are the first step of something bigger. When you're widening a drive or adding on out back, we can pour the new section too, through our concrete driveway building and concrete patio construction work. That's where I'm picky. A clean saw line beside a patch poured on loose dirt still sinks, so the base under new concrete gets dug out and packed, even if that money could've gone to a fancier finish.
For a drain or pipe run, we fill only the strip we cut. It costs less and wraps up sooner, but the patch shows as a line across the floor or slab.
We cut back to the nearest control joint, the grooves made on purpose so the slab cracks along them, and pour that whole panel new. It costs more, but the repair blends in better.
We reply to every call and form within one business day. I'll set a time to come out, measure and look the slab over, and the written estimate is free, done on site and comes with no obligation.
(956) 508-9209The city's own list doesn't settle whether a cut needs a permit. The City of Laredo takes permits for remodels, additions and demolitions, and concrete cutting isn't named on it, so the answer usually rides on the bigger project. We check the city's permit requirements for your job at the estimate.
Cuts made for plumbing, electrical or irrigation carry their own permit, and in Laredo a licensed contractor in that trade gets it, so if we're trenching for a drain, your plumber handles that piece. Cuts that reach the part of a driveway or sidewalk in the city right-of-way are work the city authorizes for registered Street Cut Contractors, and we sort that out with you before anything gets cut.
We're based in Laredo and do concrete work across Laredo and the cities around it. Most of the cutting calls we get here come with a remodel, like a bathroom moving, a garage being finished out or a drive getting wider, and the same checks apply on every one.
I learned concrete from my dad, setting forms and pulling screed boards on his jobs, and started this business in Laredo in 2021. I come out to look at every job myself, and our crew does the work with me on site, so the person who looked at your slab is there when it's cut.
We're fully licensed and insured. I'd rather tell you no, or send you to an engineer, than cut a slab I'm not sure about. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. To get started, call (956) 508-9209 or send us the form with where the cut goes and roughly how long it runs.
If the cut is to widen your drive or take out a cracked section, the new concrete needs a packed base and joints that line up with what stays.
When a worn slab out back comes out, a new patio poured to fit the yard and slope water away from the house is usually the next step.
Cutting jobs take us all over Laredo and into the cities around it. If you're nearby and not sure we come out your way, give us a call and ask.
Across the US, professional saw cutting of concrete slabs usually runs about $4 to $15 per linear foot, and that covers the sawing alone. Thicker or reinforced slabs and wall cuts land higher per foot. On a small job, a minimum or trip charge can matter more than the per-foot rate, so your own figure comes from the on-site estimate.
The surest answer comes from the house drawings, the builder or the original permit set. On the slab itself, a row of small patched pockets along the edge, or rust stains at the foundation edge, can mark where the cable ends sit. If it's still unclear, it gets scanned before we cut.
Not always, so ask. Breaking up, hauling and disposal can cost more than the sawing itself. Ours sits on its own line, as covered above, and if you have a place for the broken pieces or want to reuse them, tell us at the estimate.
In Laredo, the contractor you hire usually pulls the permit. You can pull one yourself, but the city then treats you as the project's contractor. When your job needs one, we pull it as your hired contractor, so that role stays with us.
Clear the area around the cut, move cars or furniture out of the way and mark anything you know runs under the slab. Tell us where you'd like the slurry to go. Keep pets and kids well back while the saw runs.
If we're only cutting and hauling, you get the space back once it's cleaned up. If the opening gets poured back, the new concrete has to cure before you walk on it, and longer before you drive on it. I'll give you those waits for your job at the estimate.
A scan or a permit can take time to line up, so calling (956) 508-9209 or sending the form before your plumber or remodeler shows up keeps the cut from holding up the rest of the job.
