Concrete cutting in Hayward CA - clean cuts that miss what's inside the slab
Slab in the way of a trench, a door or new concrete? We check what's inside, cut wet and leave a straight edge.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
What does it take to cut a concrete slab the right way?
Concrete cutting in Hayward, CA means sawing, breaking or coring through a driveway, patio, garage slab or wall so a section can come out, a pipe can pass through or new concrete can tie in clean, and most of the job is knowing what's inside before the blade touches it.
Usually you're here because a slab is in the way. A sunken panel needs to come out, a plumber needs a trench to a line under the floor, or only part of an old patio has to go before concrete patio construction can start. The price moves with the length and depth of the cut, how thick the concrete is, how much steel is in it, whether we scan first, how easy the spot is to reach and how much broken concrete we haul away. The schedule turns mostly on whether the cut reaches the public sidewalk or the street, because then the city reviews it before we start. I measure the job myself, and the written estimate puts all of that on paper.
When does part of a slab need to be cut out?
One panel sunk or lifted
One square of the driveway or walk sits lower or higher than the rest, with an edge you catch your toe on. Usually the ground under that one piece moved, and the longer it sits, the more water gets under it and the bigger the step gets.
A pipe under the slab
A plumber tells you the leak or the clog is under the patio or the garage floor. A clean cut gives them a trench to work in and a neat patch afterward, while hammering it out leaves ragged edges and cracks that keep spreading.
Water pooling by the house
After rain, water sits on the slab or runs toward your wall instead of away from it. That usually means the concrete was poured falling the wrong way, and cutting out that section to repour it beats letting water soak along your foundation every winter.
How our crew handles concrete cutting
Before we cut, I want to know what's inside the slab, so I ask for any drawings you have of the house or the slab and we talk about scanning it first. Then we mark the line, cut wet so the dust stays down, break out the section and haul it away. We clean up the cut area before we leave, so the next trade or the next pour starts on a clean edge.
A lot of cutting is the first half of a bigger job. When a few panels of a driveway are past saving, we cut them out and pour new ones as part of our concrete driveway building work, and an old slab we've cut up and hauled off is often where concrete patio construction begins.
Straight saw cuts
For taking out a sunken panel, trimming a slab back or opening a trench for a pipe. It suits most driveway and patio work because it leaves a straight edge that new concrete can butt against.
Coring round holes
For a pipe, drain, vent or conduit that has to pass through a slab or a wall. It suits jobs where you need one neat opening and want the rest of the concrete left alone.
Breaking out and hauling
For a section that's coming out completely once its edges are cut. It suits anyone clearing room for new concrete, because cutting the edges first keeps the break from running into the slab you're keeping.
Get a written estimate for your concrete cut
Send the location of the cut, its rough length and any drawings. We get back to you within one business day to set up a free visit. I measure it myself and send a written estimate, no obligation.
(510) 264-7080- Based in
- Hayward, CA 94541
- Hours
- Mon–Sun: 7 AM–11 PM
What happens after you call about concrete cutting in Hayward?
Here's how a cutting job runs from your first call to the cleanup, and who handles each part along the way.
Call or send the form
Call (510) 264-7080 or send the form with where the cut is, roughly how long it runs and any drawings you have. We set a time for me to come out and look.
I come out and measure
I measure, ask what's in or under the slab and what you plan to do with the space afterward, and we talk about scanning. You get a written estimate that spells out the cut, the scan if it needs one, the haul-off and any repour, so the number covers the whole job.
We plan around city rules
If the cut touches the public sidewalk or street in Hayward, we set the start date around the city's permit review, which typically takes five to ten business days, or fifteen for the first review when traffic control is needed. We work inside the city's construction hours, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays and holidays.
We cut and clean up
Our crew cuts, breaks out and hauls the concrete while I run the job. When it's done, I walk it with you so you see the edges and the cleanup before we leave.
Why Hayward homeowners call Creekstone for concrete cutting
I measure and run every job
I come out to look at the cut and measure it myself, and I'm on site running it while our crew does the work. The person who heard what you need is the one watching where the saw goes.
In business since 2017
I learned on a flatwork crew, the people who pour driveways, patios and walks, spent years in other work, then started this business in Hayward in 2017. Nine years in, I still spend most of my time on the part of the job nobody sees.
Fully licensed and insured
We're fully licensed and insured. California treats concrete sawing, breaking and coring as concrete-related services in its contractor license classes, which is worth knowing when you compare bids.
Tell me where the cut is, roughly how long it runs and whether you have drawings, then call (510) 264-7080 or send it through our contact page.
Concrete cutting, permits and cleanup in Hayward
When a cut reaches the public sidewalk or the street, like trimming the strip of driveway at the curb, Hayward requires an encroachment permit for work in the public right-of-way, and the city sets what that permit asks of the job. For every job, we first check whether the city or the county issues permits for your address, and we file when the job needs one. We run the same check on jobs in Castro Valley and San Leandro, because the answer depends on the address, not the size of the cut.
Cutting wet turns the dust into slurry, a gray paste of water and concrete, and California stormwater guidance says it should be kept out of storm drains and creeks. Most driveways here run down to a gutter, so we block it off and pick up the slurry as we go.
Questions about concrete cutting in Hayward
How much does concrete cutting cost in Hayward?
Professional concrete cutting across the US usually costs about $3 to $10 per linear foot, and that's a national figure, not a Hayward price or ours. For your own number, I measure the job and send the estimate in writing.
Do I need a permit to cut a sidewalk or street in Hayward?
Yes, Hayward requires an encroachment permit for work in a public sidewalk or street. The city sorts it as Minor or Major depending on the area, how long the work lasts and its scope, and Major covers work zones over 500 linear feet or longer than two weeks. We file it when the job needs one.
How do I find out what's inside my concrete slab before cutting?
A ground penetrating radar scan, a radar pass over the surface, shows what's in the slab before anyone cuts, including rebar, the steel bars that hold it together, post-tension cables, steel cables pulled tight inside some slabs, conduits, voids and other buried objects. Company guides warn that cutting blind can sever a post-tension cable and weaken the structure, hit a conduit and electrocute the operator, or open a water line and flood the floor. One trade field guide says to treat any slab that might hold post-tension cables as if it does until the drawings and the scan say otherwise, which is why your drawings are worth digging out.
How is concrete dust kept down when cutting?
Water at the blade keeps it down, because wetting the cut limits how much silica dust gets into the air. Cutting, grinding and drilling concrete throws off dust fine enough to reach deep into the lungs and cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease, and federal guidance written for crews says to plan the job around keeping it out of the air. A fair question for any cutter is whether the saw has a built-in water system on the blade, and it's why we cut wet.
Can you cut out just one section of my concrete driveway?
Usually, yes, when the rest of the driveway is sound and only a panel or two has sunk or cracked. We cut the bad section out, fix what's underneath and pour new concrete that ties into the old, though new concrete rarely matches the color of a slab that's sat in the sun for years. If most of it is cracked, a new driveway is usually less trouble than a string of patches.
What causes a patched concrete section to crack again?
Usually the ground under it, because a patch poured over the same soft or washed-out subgrade, the dirt the slab sits on, settles the way the old one did. Skipped or late control joints, the grooves that give concrete a place to crack where we chose, cause most of the rest. Concrete cracks, and I'd rather say that now than later, so if the budget's tight, put it into the base and not the finish, because nobody sees the base on day one and everybody sees it a few years in.
Related concrete work that often follows a cut
Concrete driveway building
When most of the driveway is cracked, cutting out pieces stops making sense, and a full tear-out and new pour on a packed base does.
Concrete patio construction
If the old patio tilts toward the house or has heaved, a new slab poured to fall away from your walls stops the water pooling there.
Service areas around Hayward
Creekstone Hayward Concrete Company is based in Hayward, CA and takes jobs in the cities around it, on both sides of the bay. Twelve cities have their own page here, including Fremont and Union City, and they aren't the only places we work.
Hayward, CA
Tell us where the cut needs to go
A photo of the spot and a rough length show me what's nearby, like drains or the curb, before I come out to measure.