Can you cut the kerbing blocks with a block splitter or just the paving
blocks? If they do, do they always cut cleanly or is it best to have a few
spare to cover badly cut blocks?

Kevin

"Zen83237" wrote in message
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Can you cut the kerbing blocks with a block splitter or just the paving
blocks? If they do, do they always cut cleanly or is it best to have a few
spare to cover badly cut blocks?

Angle Grinder..............

or more specifically a petrol disc cutter with a diamond blade will be
better

"R" wrote in message
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"Zen83237" wrote in message
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Can you cut the kerbing blocks with a block splitter or just the paving
blocks? If they do, do they always cut cleanly or is it best to have a
few spare to cover badly cut blocks?

Angle Grinder..............

or more specifically a petrol disc cutter with a diamond blade will be
better
ok, I have a 9" electric angle grinder but I find the larger grinders a bit
of a beast and difficult to maintain square and straight cut.

I was thinking of using a tile cutter to give me a start then follow off
with the angle grinder.

Kevin

"Zen83237" wrote in message
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"R" wrote in message
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"Zen83237" wrote in message
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Can you cut the kerbing blocks with a block splitter or just the paving
blocks? If they do, do they always cut cleanly or is it best to have a
few spare to cover badly cut blocks?

Angle Grinder..............

or more specifically a petrol disc cutter with a diamond blade will be
better
ok, I have a 9" electric angle grinder but I find the larger grinders a
bit of a beast and difficult to maintain square and straight cut.

I was thinking of using a tile cutter to give me a start then follow off
with the angle grinder.


If it's important that you get a proper straight cut on all sides hire a
Brick Saw.

Sort of sawbench for bricks where the diamond wheel is mounted on a
cantilever or sprung frame and can be brought down on the brick to give it a
true cut.
Most hire shops will have them.

Zen83237 wrote:
Can you cut the kerbing blocks with a block splitter or just the paving
blocks? If they do, do they always cut cleanly or is it best to have a few
spare to cover badly cut blocks?

Kevin


Don't assume the kerbs are physically the same as the blocks. With the
ones I used, they are much, much tougher. Diamond blade in angle grinder
worked - but took very much longer than for the ordinary blocks.

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Zen83237 wrote:
Can you cut the kerbing blocks with a block splitter or just the paving
blocks? If they do, do they always cut cleanly or is it best to have a few
spare to cover badly cut blocks?


My experience with hired splitters, and a friend's experience with a
newly-bought one, were that they were useless on concrete block paviors,
let alone heftier kerb blocks.

They may be OK for very straightforward "chop a block in half" cuts, but
many jobs need something a bit more demanding, like slivers of block or
angled cuts.

I bought a new 14 inch chop saw and diamond blade for blocks, and a
secondhand petrol Stihl saw for kerbing block, and was very pleased with
the results, if not the dust.


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Kevin Poole
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