Need a slab opened for a pipe or drain, or a bad section cut out? We check the slab first, then cut it straight.
Concrete cutting in Riverview means sawing straight lines and clean openings through slabs and walls, and drilling round holes for pipes, drains and conduit, so you can run a new line, reach a leak or replace one bad section without tearing out the rest.
The price moves with what's in the concrete and where it sits. A thick slab with rebar, the steel bars set inside to hold it together, takes longer to saw than a thin, plain one, and a wall cut takes more setup than a floor cut. How many cuts and holes you need, and whether we're working inside your house or out on the driveway, matter too.
The schedule turns less on the saw than on what has to happen before it. We need to know whether the slab is post tension, meaning it's held tight by steel cables running through it, where the utility lines run, and whether your address needs a permit. Once I've seen the job, you get a written estimate that spells out what's included, so you're not guessing what the price covers.
Not every cut is made the same way. The tool depends on whether you're cutting a floor or a wall, how thick the concrete is, and whether you need a straight line or a round hole.
A floor slab like a driveway or garage floor is usually cut with a flat saw that rolls along the line. Walls get a wall saw that runs on a track, and hand saws reach tight corners and smaller openings where a bigger machine won't fit.
When concrete is very thick or packed with steel, a wire saw is often the right tool. It pulls a cutting cable through the section, so the depth isn't limited by the size of a blade. It takes more setup, so it's saved for the sections that need it.
For a pipe, a drain or conduit, a core drill bores a clean round hole instead of a square opening you'd have to patch around the pipe. Core holes are priced on their own, apart from the saw cuts, so if your job has both, expect them as separate lines on a quote.
Here's how a cutting job runs with us, from the first call to the cleanup, and who does what along the way. Most of the care goes into the steps before the saw starts.
Call us or send the form and tell us where the cut goes and what it's for, whether that's a drain line, a doorway or a section to replace. We get back to you and set a time for me to come look.
I come out, measure the cut, look over the site and how we'll get equipment in, and ask for any drawings you have. Then you get a written estimate that shows what's included.
Once you say go, we sort out the permit side for your address, confirm the slab and the utility lines are cleared, mark the cut lines with you, and then our crew makes the cuts.
When the cutting's done, we clean up the work area and go over the edges and openings with you. If new concrete is going back into an opening, I walk you through curing, the wait before it can carry weight, and then we pack up.
Before a blade touches your slab, I want to know whether it's post tension and where any lines run. Cutting one of those steel cables releases its force all at once, and the strand can burst out the edge of the slab and hurt whoever's close. The slab also loses part of the squeeze it was designed around. So we ask for drawings and hold off cutting until that's sorted out.
We keep water on the blade through the whole cut, because wet cutting holds down the dust concrete throws off, and that matters most inside your house where it would settle on everything. Cutting often ties into other work, like taking out a cracked, sunken section before a new concrete driveway or opening the ground for a drain before a new concrete patio, so we plan each cut around what goes back in.
Sawing concrete and removing it are separate jobs, and some cutters make the cuts and leave the panels where they lie. Decide up front whether you want the pieces broken out and hauled, and ask whether removal is in the quote.
A trench cut for a pipe usually gets new concrete once the plumber's done, while an opening in a wall for a doorway stays open and just needs clean edges. Knowing which one you want shapes how we cut.
We get back to you within one business day, and the estimate is free, done at your property and comes with no obligation. I come out, measure the cut and look over the site, then you get a written estimate that shows what's included.
(813) 471-5890In Riverview, Hillsborough County Building Services issues permits for most construction. Its list of work that needs no permit names cosmetic jobs like painting and tile, not concrete cutting, so don't assume your job is clear. We check whether your address falls under the county or a city so we know which office issues the permit, and when your job needs one, we pull it and handle the paperwork.
The county also requires a valid contractor license for trades the state regulates and for any work that needs a county permit, so it's fair to ask whoever cuts your slab about theirs. Around Riverview and nearby cities like Brandon and Apollo Beach, the calls we get are usually for opening a slab to reach a plumbing line, cutting out a damaged piece of driveway, or coring holes for new pipe and conduit.
I learned this trade as a helper on a small crew, hauling and setting forms long before I ran a job. We've been in business since 2013, so 13 years now. I come out myself to look over your job and measure it. Our own crew does the cutting with me running it, so the person who looked at your slab is the one checking the lines before the saw starts.
We're fully licensed and insured. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. If there's something about your slab I don't know yet, I'll tell you that rather than guess. Good Form Riverview Concrete Company is based in Riverview and works across Hillsborough County and the cities around it. Call us or send the form and tell me what needs cutting.
If the cut shows the dirt under your driveway has settled, a new driveway on a dug-out, packed base gives the slab firmer ground than the old one had.
Once a drain or line runs under the yard, a new patio can be poured around it with the slope set so water runs away from your house.
We're based in Riverview and work across Hillsborough County and the cities around it, including the ones listed here and others nearby, so ask even if your city isn't on the list.
Across the US, professional concrete saw cutting usually costs about $4 to $15 per linear foot, which is a national range and not our price. Thick or reinforced slabs and wall cuts land near the top. On small jobs a minimum charge can set most of the price, and indoor work can cost more for the extra gear it needs. Your written estimate shows yours.
The building drawings, the builder or the original permit set will usually show it, according to one post tension company's guide. If you're not sure, that guide says to treat the slab as post tension, hire a concrete scanning contractor to find the tendons, the cables inside, and have a qualified engineer approve the cut.
The property owner is, under one industry cutting specification, which puts finding lines in, next to or attached to the cut area, and shutting those services off, on the owner. For buried lines, you'd call the locating agency state or local rules may require. The same specification has the cut area approved, with every line clearly marked, before cutting starts.
Possibly, and since the county's no-permit list doesn't name concrete cutting, don't plan on skipping one. Work in the county's right-of-way, the public strip along a road, needs its own right-of-way permit. The county lets owners pull their own permits, and a hired contractor gets all the ones the job needs.
The cutting is usually the quick part, and most of the wait comes before it. Drawings, a scan if the slab may be post tension, utility marks and any permit all have to be in hand first. Once they are, we set a day with you, and I'll tell you up front what still has to be checked.
Call (813) 471-5890 or send the form with the cut location, whether it's a floor, a wall or a driveway, and any building drawings you have, so I can look for signs of a post tension slab before I come out.
