Breaking concrete

[snowdrift]

I've got a concrete path in front of our bungalow. It's about 4-5 inches thick (at the edge, anyway). I gave it a few experimental whacks with a cold chisel and a chunk the size of my hand came away quite easily. There's about 150-200 sq feet altogether.

Is this a weekend job for a few mates and some pickaxes, or will it need more than that?

 

[noseall]

only you will know the answer to that.

sometimes you can lift a path enough to hit it with a sledge hammer, usually done by levering with a pick (ouch).

other times a mechanical breaker is the only solution.

 

[r896neo]

I just spent the week doing a similar job and a heavy (14lbs) sledge will make a serious impression, as long as your not too greedy and strike it in 6 inches or so from the edge at a time and then as noseall said lever up with a pick or even better a breaker bar.

A few macho competetive types and it'll be gone soon enough.