Click the picture it will explain what I just said. 30g grease under the cover.
Removing concrete
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Click the picture it will explain what I just said. 30g grease under the cover.
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Just hire a bloody breaker!
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What are you recommending? I was advised to get a titan breaker - that is what I am using!
I'm about 2/3s of the way through now - The grease didn't seem to make much difference. It seems to be happy to run for a good half an hour or so at a time - a little frustrating but I'll get it finished off over a few more goes.
Extra question now...
Once I have managed to remove all the concrete I will be left with an undulating surface. What am I best to use to fill it back in level with the rest of the garage floor? How much below the level of the garage floor should I aim to remove? Some of the bits I have removed so far have removed a big chunk so gone lower than others. Some of it just had pebbles below (near the wall).
Thanks
I've more or less finished removing the concrete now - I've certainly removed the bulk of it. I now need to tidy up and remove the rubble. Once it is all out of the way I need to double check that there are no high points and just chisel any away.
Any thoughts on what my best way to fill it back in is? Need to fill it in level with the rest of the floor now.
Thanks
Any thoughts on what my best way to fill it back in is? Need to fill it in level with the rest of the floor now.
Thanks
How high do you need to go? Are the sides square?
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The titan is a medium weight breaker- have a look at my post 28th May - that's a breaker capable of doing the job rather than pecking of the concrete
Thanks I now know for next time - however the Titan just about managed the job.
Any tips for filling the hole back in? Do I just mix up some concrete and fill the hole? Does it need a minimum depth? Does it need anything else?
As I said the other day we need a bit of a clue. You had a lump of concrete in the corner of your garage, which is now gone. You now have a hole.
What size is the hole? How deep? Are the sides nice and square?
What size is the hole? How deep? Are the sides nice and square?
I realise I've missed the main discussion, but for anyone reading this thread I'd just like to add my additional recommendation for the Tiran breaker from SF.
I bought this recently to break up some thick concrete and it was a piece of pi$$
It's a great tool for the money. Glad I bought it. In the past I'd settled for wimpy SDS+ or a whack with a sledge. I had my doubts as when I bought it from SF it was 199. But it's awesome
200 quid is nothing when compared to hard work in this recent hot weather
I'll shut up about it now.
I bought this recently to break up some thick concrete and it was a piece of pi$$
It's a great tool for the money. Glad I bought it. In the past I'd settled for wimpy SDS+ or a whack with a sledge. I had my doubts as when I bought it from SF it was 199. But it's awesome
200 quid is nothing when compared to hard work in this recent hot weather
I'll shut up about it now.
I'll try and get one, currently it isn't much of hole, just a bit lower than the surrounding floor. Pretty much a square in the corner of the garage. 2 sides are brick wall. The other 2 sides are garage floor which it needs to be level with. It will only ever have foot traffic as it is to the side of the vehicle access.
At the edges closest to the floor it is only just below level - but I could take this down a bit further. At the brick wall edges it is lower but at the moment I have raked the loose pebbles over to even it out a bit.
There you go - a couple of pictures of what I am left with! The lump of concrete went over the floor (where the titan is) by another foot or so and went up to level with the bottom of the door frame. I've ensured that all of the 'hole' is below the level of the rest of the garage floor, but the amount does vary a little. It is deeper than it currently shows as I have raked some of the loose pebbles around that were underneath some of the concrete. So it is kind of levelled to the highest points with the pebbles. It will be hard to get a perfectly level floor as the existing floor is not perfectly level. The side that hasn't got the titan sitting on it slopes up (to the left on the picture) So if I place a piece of wood from that corner to the side with the titan it slopes quite a bit - you have to hold it up a good inch or two. So I'm guessing self levelling stuff is out of the question.
Do I just need to mix up a screed and pour it over the top? Last time I made up a screed mix it was going down onto plastic sheeting - so I wasn't sure how well it would go onto a dusty pebble base? It was also deeper.
Would appreciate any advice - I have access to a cement mixer.
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