Concrete cutting in Hoboken NJ - clean, straight cuts right where you need them
Need a doorway, a trench for new plumbing or a bad section cut out? We cut it straight, wet and with the right saw.
How do I get an opening cut in concrete?
Concrete cutting in Hoboken means using a saw with a large diamond blade to open up a floor, slab, driveway, sidewalk or wall without breaking up the concrete around it. That gets you a trench for plumbing or electrical lines, a patch or removal area, or an opening for a door or window, and the cutting itself is usually the quick part of the job.
Most people call because something has to go through concrete, like a drain line under a basement floor, a doorway between two rooms or a cracked stretch of driveway that needs to come out. The price moves with the surface, how thick it is, whether there's steel inside it, whether it's a floor or a wall and how much cutting there is, so you'll get your own figure once I've seen it. The schedule mostly turns on what has to happen before the blade starts, like a scan of a structural slab or a city permit, and I look into the permit side early so you know about it before anything is booked.
How our concrete cutting jobs go
I start by looking at what's being cut, because the saw has to match the surface. Floors, slabs and driveways get a flat saw and walls get a wall saw, so the tool follows the surface instead of fighting it. On a structural slab we get a scan before the blade touches it, so we know where the rebar, the steel bars that hold the slab together, sits and whether pipes or conduit run through it. We cut wet to keep the dust down, and when the cut is inside your house we use a saw that's safe indoors, since a gas saw puts out carbon monoxide in a closed space. Then our crew breaks out the cut pieces, hauls them off and leaves clean edges for whatever goes in next.
Cutting is usually the first half of a bigger job. When a cracked section of driveway comes out, the patch or the full replacement is concrete driveway building, and when you're cutting back an old patio or tying a new slab into the house, concrete patio construction picks up where the saw stops. Having one crew do both means the cut edge is planned for the pour that meets it.
Flat sawing for floors and driveways
This suits trenches for plumbing or electrical lines, patch cut-outs and removal areas in a basement floor, garage slab, driveway or walk. The saw rides along the top of the concrete and cuts a straight line to the depth the job needs.
Wall sawing for doors and windows
This suits a new doorway, a window opening or a cut through a ceiling, where the line has to be exact. The saw runs on a track bolted to the wall, so it holds a straight, precise line the whole way through.
What Hoboken asks before a concrete cutting job
The city's Construction Code office issues permits for new construction, additions and alterations that change how a space is used or how people get out of it, and its list doesn't name concrete cutting on its own. So whether your cut needs that permit isn't settled until someone asks, and the office staff help owners make that call when they're not sure. Construction work in Hoboken often needs zoning, historic or health approvals before that permit can be issued, so we check with the office on what your job calls for, pull the permits that fall to us and tell you early if plans or another approval have to come first.
A lot of what we cut here is indoors, in basement slabs and finished rooms of older row houses where there's little room to work and people are still living upstairs, so we plan the water and the saw before anything else. We see the same tight basements and old stoops on jobs in Jersey City and Bayonne, and we take work across the cities around Hoboken, out to Newark and up to Rutherford.
Saw cuts, openings and trenches
Why call us for concrete cutting
I look at every job myself
I come out to look at every job myself, and our crew lead runs the work on site. You hear the plan for your cut from the person who made it, and the crew on the saw knows exactly what was promised.
Cutting awkward spots since 2017
We've been in business since 2017 and we're best known for the awkward jobs, like tight lots, old stoops and cuts inside a finished home. I'd rather spend an extra hour on a tricky spot than explain later why something cracked.
Licensed and insured for home jobs
We're fully licensed and insured. New Jersey treats work on driveways, sidewalks, patios and finished basements as home improvement work, and that's where most of our cuts happen.
Tell us what surface needs cutting, roughly how long the cut is and whether it's inside, by calling (201) 502-5351 or through our contact page, and I'll come take a look.
(201) 502-5351Get a concrete cutting estimate at your property
We get back to you within one business day to set a time, and I come out to look at the cut myself. The estimate is free, done at your property and comes with no obligation.
Concrete cutting questions from Hoboken
How much does concrete cutting cost per foot in Hoboken?
Professional concrete saw cutting across the US usually costs about $4 to $15 per linear foot of cut. Reinforced or deeper slabs cost more per foot, and cutting a wall often runs higher than cutting a slab. Small jobs are often priced mostly by a minimum or a charge for bringing the saw out, so a short cut can cost more than its length suggests.
What if my concrete cut goes into the sidewalk or street in Hoboken?
You'll need a city permit before that part of the work starts. Hoboken requires a sidewalk opening permit before anyone removes, repairs or replaces a sidewalk, and opening the street to work underneath it takes a permit from the city's engineering office, with fees that vary by the type of work and where it is. If the work may affect traffic, that office works with the Hoboken police to protect it, and it's part of the same permit check covered above.
How do I keep dust down when cutting concrete inside my house?
Cut it wet. Water on the blade substantially cuts down the dust that comes off concrete, which matters most in a basement where the dust has nowhere to go, so we keep water running on the cut. It's a fair question to ask anyone you're thinking of hiring, along with what powers their saw indoors.
What is the best way to cut a round hole in concrete for a pipe?
Core drilling is the usual way to make a round hole for a pipe, drain, conduit or mechanical line, rather than saw cutting. A core drill cuts a clean circle straight through, which a flat saw or wall saw isn't built to do. If your job has both straight cuts and round holes, tell me when I come out and we'll plan for both.
How long does concrete cutting take, and how long will I lose my driveway?
The cutting is usually the quick part, and the schedule turns on what comes before and after it. A structural slab may need a scan first, a permit can add a wait, and a driveway stays out of use until the new section is poured and has cured, the wait while fresh concrete gains strength before it takes weight. I'll walk you through the timing for your job when I come out.
Will cutting out part of my slab make the rest of it crack?
A clean saw cut usually leaves the rest of the slab sound, because it gives the concrete a straight line to separate along instead of a crack running wherever it wants. When the new section goes in, we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a place to crack on purpose. If the old slab is already sinking because the ground under it was never packed, I'll tell you before we cut.
Plan the cut and the new concrete after it
Call (201) 502-5351 or use the form early, since a scan or permit is easier to fit in before other trades are booked.
