DGDevin wrote:
Dave Martindale wrote:

The two ways to improve the situation seem to be: get a bigger hammer
(e.g. a long-handled sledgehammer), or some sort of power hammer.
What would be suitable for 6 inch concrete?

Dave

I've always just used a sledge hammer, 6 to 9lb; used to have a 12lb but I'm
not as young as I used to be. Doesn't seem worth renting a power tool when
you're already half done. Smack the concrete a few inches from the edge and
it usually cracks and splits off. As other have pointed out, levering the
slab up (which means you need a 5' pry bar) and sticking wedges under it
makes it easier to break. Careful how you dispose of the pieces, most
municipalities don't like concrete in the trash, I got a warning about that
once, could have been a ticket.


Just bury the pieces in the hole in the back yard where you rob the soil
to fill up the hole you are creating.

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