Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:27 pm
Hi,
A pathway made up of paving slabs backing onto my rear garden has encroached onto my land a bit, I have agreed with the owners the actual boundary line and they got a contractor in to cut the paving slabs back by 1.5 feet so I could reposition my fence. But, it would appear the paving slabs were sitting on a concrete bed that appears to be a foot in depth, which they have left and have no intention of removing, so I will have a go myself.
Basically, I need to remove/break up a strip of concrete which is approx 30' long by 1.5' wide by 1' deep. Before I realised the depth I did have a go with a pick axe but to no avail, so I dug some earth away from the edge of the path to reveal about 12 inches in depth of concrete.
I have booked a Heavy Duty Electric (110V 1,800W, 13m/s2 AVL) Breaker from Hewden Hire Centres, but never having used one of these can anyone tell me whether it is likely to get through a foots depth of concrete, and how long it might take me? Also, any tips on using it would be appreciated, bearing in mind I am only removing a section of the path, the flag/paving stones having already been cut away and removed, so I need to remove the underlying concrete taking it back 1.5 feet to what will be the new edge of the pathway.
You may ask why am I bothering, the answer is because my garden is a 1.5 feet below the height of the path, and the fence will need to sit with its base dropped down a foot or so.
Thanks in advance for any responses.
A pathway made up of paving slabs backing onto my rear garden has encroached onto my land a bit, I have agreed with the owners the actual boundary line and they got a contractor in to cut the paving slabs back by 1.5 feet so I could reposition my fence. But, it would appear the paving slabs were sitting on a concrete bed that appears to be a foot in depth, which they have left and have no intention of removing, so I will have a go myself.
Basically, I need to remove/break up a strip of concrete which is approx 30' long by 1.5' wide by 1' deep. Before I realised the depth I did have a go with a pick axe but to no avail, so I dug some earth away from the edge of the path to reveal about 12 inches in depth of concrete.
I have booked a Heavy Duty Electric (110V 1,800W, 13m/s2 AVL) Breaker from Hewden Hire Centres, but never having used one of these can anyone tell me whether it is likely to get through a foots depth of concrete, and how long it might take me? Also, any tips on using it would be appreciated, bearing in mind I am only removing a section of the path, the flag/paving stones having already been cut away and removed, so I need to remove the underlying concrete taking it back 1.5 feet to what will be the new edge of the pathway.
You may ask why am I bothering, the answer is because my garden is a 1.5 feet below the height of the path, and the fence will need to sit with its base dropped down a foot or so.
Thanks in advance for any responses.