"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Lobster wrote:
dan offcamber wrote:

I have an ugly concrete path at the back of my house that is
cracked
and collects surface water. I've been thinking of breaking it up
and
replacing it with gravel (no cats nearby!).
However I am worried about damaging the sewage pipes that I know
are
underneath and also the foundations.

Surely if it's only a path it's not going to be very deep - a few
inches
- and the sewage pipes and foundations are going to be a lot
deeper than
that. So unless you're intending to use a JCB...


Indeed.

Rather than smacking it with a sledge, consider hiring a concrete
saw
and cutting it into bits small enough to be levered up.

David

It is suprising how delicate you can be with a Kango if you don't go
hammer and tongs at it. A few years bask I managed to remove a cast
block of rough concrete 18" cube that had been placed totally encasing
a 4" salt glazed drain. The concrete had been placed by the previous
twit owner who 'repaired' a crack by tying lino round the pipe and
encasing it. As far as I could tell the only crack in the pipe was the
original one.

AWEM