How To Cut Channel In Concrete Wall

Check to make sure there are no electrical or plumbing lines.

How to cut channel in concrete wall.

For this diy project guide we show you the process of cutting chases in walls including brick and concrete walls using a chase cutter and then how to run your conduit and cables into the chase and then refill it ready for plastering. Don t force a blade into a cut. Don safety glasses hearing protection and steel toed boots for protection. Either freehand the line or place a set square onto your slab and mark along the straight edge with your chalk.

How to cut a shallow channel into a concrete floor. It allows pipe conduit and wire to be placed inside walls and floors making it ideal for plumbing hvac and electrical renovations. Our plan is to cut channels in the wall and embed 1 2 inch pvc conduit to run the new electrical. If your cut doesn t need to be exact use a cold chisel and hand sledge to cut the concrete.

Locate the area of the concrete floor where you would like to cut the channel. Score the length of the cut three or four times with the chisel. Wall slotter cuts channels for pipe and conduit in concrete and masonry. Cutting and filling chases in brick and concrete walls for wiring and cables and filling for plastering.

Connect one end of a. You ll ideally run a trickle of water. Angle grinder or circular saw chucked with a masonry blade. Cut in 5 6mm deep passes and chisel out the slot if you hit wire mesh just go thro it.

Mark the places you want to cut on the concrete slab either using chalk line good for long straight edges or chalk. Mark off the region to be cut with a piece of chalk. Apply the line as thick as possible. Dont go too deep in the slab there might be a membrane dpm below the slab.

For small slabs of concrete use a piece of chalk to mark of the region that you need to cut. A circular saw with a masonry blade can also be used to either score or completely cut through the block. We re thinking about cutting a series of grooves with a diamond masonry blade and chiseling them out.