Cutting A Groove In Concrete For Conduit

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Cutting a groove in concrete for conduit. I have a 5 foot wide concrete side walk running next to my house. Set the diamond blade on the concrete wet saw to a depth of 4 1 2 inches and cut along both chalk lines. Check to make sure there are no electrical or plumbing lines. This is noisy and can be time consuming depending on the amount of steel.

Locate the area of the concrete floor where you would like to cut the channel. Connect one end of a. I got tired of tripping over that 1 plastic pipe that was on top of the concrete so i cut a trench 1 1 2 inch wide by 2 ish inch deep almost 4 long. Can i cut a groove in the concrete ceiling of my condo to run conduit for a ceiling fan.

Tools used in this video. A drainage groove is an indentation in concrete that allows water to drain away from a foundation or into a drainage system when concrete is installed drainage grooves are often formed before the concrete dries. How to cut a shallow channel into a concrete floor. I first cut the trench outline then made a couple of parallel runs and cracked the cement kerfs left standing with a chisel.

I want to cut a 2 inch groove from the wall to the yard in order to run a pvc irrigation pipe from the faucet on the wall to the trees. This is how to video on cutting a plumbing trench in concrete.