A wife is much cheaper than a mini digger------------.
We used a rotovator wheelbarrow spades and skip to remove 8 cubes of closely
packed stony soil.
There s no space for a machine as the longest foundation 9 metres by point
six cubed is in line with my garage so a straight mechanical pull is not
possible.
Only 8 cubes to go-----------plus concrete.
I intend to sack barrow the broken concrete into the skip bottom.

"Rick" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:46:23 GMT, "tom patton"
wrote:

Hi all I need to break up a section of concrete roughly 9 feet by 4 feet
from the corner of the wash area in front of my garage to get the
foundations for my house extension in.
The concrete was laid in 1974 and is roughly 12X12 feet with a drain in
the
middle and diagonal expansion joints-it is approx 8 inches thick.
Is this a job for a self powered concrete breaker?.
Will cutting the slab with a Stihl saw help to make the concrete easier
to
get in the skip?.
My brother in law is making dire predictions aboit the diamond blade
hitting
steel reinforcing.
How deep should sawcuts be?.


Some diamond blades will cut embedded steel reinfocements, some won't.

You will have a machine in to dig the foundations, so get it to lift
this up, and the use the machine to give it a good wack, or you could
cut it into 4, so each bit fits in the skip.

If you are digging foundations by hand, a mini digger costs you 60
quid a day, and will be much more fun .........

Rick