Concrete cutting in Goleta CA - clean cuts and a quote that covers the whole job
Need a wall opening, a trench through a slab or a broken apron cut out? We make straight cuts and plan the cleanup first.
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What does concrete cutting in Goleta involve?
Concrete cutting in Goleta means sawing through a slab, like a driveway, patio, garage floor or sidewalk, or through a concrete wall to open a doorway or window, so you can take out a damaged piece, run a trench or make room for new work.
Most calls start with one problem, like a broken section of driveway, a sidewalk panel the roots lifted or a garage floor that needs a trench for a new line. The price moves with whether the cut is in a slab or a wall, how thick the concrete is, how much rebar, the steel bars that hold it together, is inside, how many feet you need cut and whether you want the pieces hauled away. The schedule mostly turns on whether the concrete should be scanned first and whether the cut sits in the public sidewalk or street, where the city's permit comes before the saw. Your estimate lays all of that out, and if the cut is making room for a new sidewalk, we can price that too.
When does a job call for concrete cutting?
A broken apron or walk
Cutting out only the damaged panel keeps the sound concrete and leaves a straight edge to pour against.
A new line under a slab
A narrow trench cut lets a new pipe or line pass without tearing out the whole slab.
A door in a concrete wall
A saw cut makes a clean, square opening where breaking it out would crack the rest of the wall.
Adding onto old concrete
Squaring off a ragged edge gives a new patio or driveway extension a clean line to meet.
How we handle concrete cutting
Before I price anything, I ask whether the cut is in a slab or a wall, what it's for and whether you want the pieces hauled away, so the quote covers the whole job and not just the saw time. I also check whether the concrete should be scanned for buried lines first, because cutting through a pipe, a conduit or the steel holding a slab together is the kind of mistake nobody gets to undo. On the day, we mark the lines, set up for the water and slurry the saw throws off, make the cuts, break out and haul the pieces if that's part of the job, and clean up.
Cutting is often the first half of a bigger job. When a driveway section comes out, we can pour it back as part of concrete driveway building, and an old slab out back can be cut out ahead of concrete patio construction.
Slab cutting
This is flat sawing, a saw that runs across the surface of driveways, patios, garage floors and sidewalks, and it's what most homeowners need. It suits any cut you can stand on and push a saw along.
Trench cuts
Two parallel cuts let us lift out a narrow strip of a floor or patio, so a plumber or electrician can run a line underneath. The slab gets patched back over it once their work is done.
Wall cutting
Wall sawing runs the saw on a track mounted to the wall, so it can cut doorways, windows and openings in walls or columns where a floor saw can't work. It's the right call for an opening in a basement or retaining wall.
What happens when you call about concrete cutting in Goleta?
Call or send the form
We get back to you and set a time for me to come out. If you can, have where the cut is and its rough length in feet ready.
I walk the cut with you
I look at what the concrete has to carry, where the water goes and which office covers your address. Your written estimate spells out the cuts, any scan, removal if you want it and any permit, so you're comparing a whole job and not a per-foot number.
We cut and haul it
If you go ahead, I run the job on site from setup through the last cut. If removal is in the job, the pieces leave with us.
Cleanup and a final walk
We clean up the slurry and debris, then walk the work with you. You see the finished cut before we call it done.
Concrete cutting or a whole new slab?
Cut when the rest is sound underneath.
If one section of your driveway or patio is cracked or sinking and the rest sits flat and solid, cutting out that piece and pouring it back is usually the sensible call. The saw gives a clean edge, and you keep the concrete that's still doing its job.
Before I recommend it, I want to know why that piece failed. If the subgrade, the soil the slab sits on, was only raked level and never dug out and packed, or water runs underneath it, a new section will usually settle the same way, and replacing more of the slab is the honest answer.
Examples of concrete work
Look through these examples of concrete work, from cut slabs to new driveways and patios, to get a feel for what's possible at your place.
Get a concrete cutting estimate for your slab or wall
Tell us where the cut is, slab or wall, its rough length in feet and whether you want it hauled off. We reply within one business day to set up a free estimate at your property, with no pressure to book.
Why Goleta homeowners call Goleta Concrete for concrete cutting
I walk every job myself
I come out to look at every job, write the estimate and run the crew on site through the work. You deal with the same person from the first walk to the cleanup.
In business since 2013
I started this company in 2013, after summers on concrete crews learning from people who'd done it for decades. I ask a lot of questions before the saw starts, because a cut can't be put back.
Licensed and fully insured
The state licensing board lists concrete sawing, breaking and coring under its own contractor classification, so it's fair to ask about licensing before anyone cuts yours. We're licensed and fully insured.
We find out who covers you
Depending on your address, your job answers to the city, the county or the campus, and I sort out which before I price it. When you're ready, call (805) 285-4985 or use our estimate form.
Concrete cutting questions we hear
How much does concrete cutting cost per foot?
Concrete saw cutting across the US usually runs about $4 to $25 per linear foot, and that's the market's range for the cutting, not our price. Reinforced or deeper slabs cost more per foot than easy-to-reach standard slabs, and wall sawing often costs more than slab cutting. A small job may be priced mostly by a minimum or mobilization charge, the cost of getting the saw and crew to you, so your estimate is the number to go by.
Do I need a permit to cut my sidewalk or driveway apron in Goleta?
If the cut is in the public right of way, meaning the sidewalk, curb, driveway apron or street, the city's Public Works Department issues an encroachment permit before that work starts. The Goleta section below covers what goes with it. I'll tell you at the estimate whether your cut falls in the right of way.
Will a concrete cutting company also remove the concrete?
Not always, because sawing concrete and removing it are separate jobs, and some cutters make the cuts and leave the panels where they lie. When you compare quotes, ask whether each one covers removal as well as cutting. Ours says plainly whether haul-away is in it.
How are dust and slurry handled when cutting concrete?
Most slab and wall sawing is done wet, with water cooling the blade and turning the cuttings into a slurry that keeps the dust down. That matters because concrete dust carries silica, which can cause lung cancer and silicosis, an incurable and often fatal lung disease. The slurry then has to be vacuumed up or contained, and the Goleta section below covers keeping it out of storm drains.
How do I know if my concrete needs to be scanned before cutting?
If the slab or wall is structural or post-tensioned, with steel cables pulled tight inside it, it may need a scan before anyone cuts to find rebar, cables, conduit, pipes and anything else buried in it. Ask early whether yours is either, because that decides whether the scan comes first. If you don't know, I'll look at it with you at the estimate.
How long does concrete cutting take in Goleta?
The cut itself is often the short part, and most of the time goes into what has to happen before the saw starts. A scan, a right-of-way permit or a long run of thick, reinforced concrete all add time, while a short cut in a plain slab adds the least. I'll tell you what your schedule hangs on when I write the estimate.
Have a cut that needs planning?
Ask for an estimate and I'll come out, look at the cut with you and write up what the whole job covers.
Work that often follows a cut
What changes concrete cutting in Goleta
If your cut is in a driveway apron, a sidewalk, a curb or the street, it's in the public right of way, and the city's Public Works Department issues an encroachment permit before that work starts. Depending on the job, the application can also call for site plans, a traffic control plan, a haul route, bonds and the contractor's license number. The city also limits digging in certain streets, including ones paved, overlaid or sealed in the last five years, so whether a street cut can happen may depend on when your street was last redone. Any contractor working inside city limits needs a business license from the city as well. We check which office covers your address, whether that's the city, the county or the campus, and when your job needs a permit we handle the application and set up the inspections.
On most driveways the slope runs toward the street, and the gutter runs to the storm drain, so we plan where the slurry goes before the saw starts. State stormwater guidance says saw-cut slurry should stay out of storm drains and creeks. We're based in Goleta and do the same work in the cities around it, from Isla Vista to Santa Barbara and beyond.