Concrete cutting in Yakima WA - straight, clean lines right where you need them
Need a trench through your slab or a bad section out of the driveway? We cut it clean and leave the rest sound.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
What is concrete cutting and when do you need it?
Concrete cutting means sawing through a slab, like a floor, driveway or sidewalk, or through a wall, to make a trench or an opening while the rest of the concrete stays in place. In Yakima, we do it for homeowners who need a line run, a section replaced or a doorway opened without tearing everything out.
Usually something has to go through or come out. A pipe needs a trench, a basement wall needs a door, or one cracked piece of driveway has to go without losing the rest. The price moves with how much you're cutting, how thick the slab is, whether there's steel inside and whether the cut sits in a floor or a wall, since wall work often runs higher. The schedule turns on what's buried in the concrete and whether the cut reaches the city sidewalk or street, because both get settled before a saw starts. Your written estimate spells out the prep and what's included, so you're not guessing at your number.
How can you tell a slab needs a cut instead of a teardown?
One broken section
Most of the driveway or patio is fine, but one piece has cracked, sunk or heaved. That usually means the ground gave way under that spot, and cutting it out on clean lines lets us fix the base and pour just that part. Left alone, the broken edges chip and water keeps getting in and washing out the dirt underneath.
A line has to go under
You need a water, sewer or electrical line run under the slab, or an old one fixed. A narrow saw-cut trench is the clean way through, because breaking it out with a jackhammer usually cracks the concrete well past where you wanted it opened.
Cracks running every which way
A newer slab has cracks wandering across it in no pattern. That usually means the control joints, shallow cuts that give a slab a straight place to crack, were cut late or skipped. Sawing them in now won't close the cracks you have, but it can give the next ones a line to follow instead of a new path across your slab.
How we handle concrete cutting
Before a saw touches your slab, I want the cut lines marked and I want to know what's buried in the concrete, whether that's pipe, wire or steel cables. That last one matters more than people think, because some slabs are built with post-tension cables, steel strands pulled tight inside the concrete, and cutting one lets that energy go all at once, breaking concrete away and leaving the slab unstable. Once we know what's in there, our crew sets the saw on the marked lines, cuts to the depth the job needs and lifts out or breaks up the piece. Then we clean up the slurry and grit and leave clean edges ready for whatever comes next.
A cut is usually the first step of a bigger job. We'll saw out a broken or sunken stretch and pour it back as part of our concrete driveway building work, or cut a straight edge where a new slab from our concrete patio construction meets the old one, so the joint between them sits where we chose.
Flat sawing for slabs
This is the saw for driveways, sidewalks, garage floors and patios, run along the surface to cut trenches, take out sections or add control joints. It suits most homeowner jobs because the slab is flat and the saw can roll right down the line.
Wall sawing for openings
When the cut is in a standing wall, like a new door, window or vent opening in a basement or foundation wall, it takes a diamond saw that rides on a track fixed to the wall, since a floor saw can't work upright. It's a different setup, so it helps to know which kind you need when you call.
Get a free written estimate for your concrete cut
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set up a visit. I come out, look at the cut and write up a free estimate, with no obligation to go ahead.
Call (509) 452-5002- Based in
- Yakima, WA 98901
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
What happens when you call about concrete cutting in Yakima?
Here's how a cutting job runs from your first call to the cleanup, and who does each part, so you know what's coming before anyone touches the slab.
Call or send a message
Call (509) 452-5002 or use the form, and we'll set up a time for me to come out to the site.
I measure and write it up
I measure, look over the slab or wall, ask what the cut is for and check for anything buried along the lines. You get a written estimate with the prep, the cutting and what's included spelled out, so you know the cost before anything gets cut.
We sort out the permit side
Once you say go, we handle the paperwork for our part of the work and any marking that has to happen first. I tell you plainly where things stand before we set a cutting date.
Our crew cuts and cleans up
Our crew sets up, makes the cuts on the marked lines and cleans up the slurry before leaving. If new concrete goes back in, I'm on site for the pour.
Why Yakima homeowners call United Yakima Concrete for cutting
I come out and look myself
I come out myself to look at the job, measure and write the estimate, so the person pricing your cut is the one who checked what's in the slab. Our crew does the work, and I'm on site for the pours.
Learned flatwork here in the valley
I left a desk job to learn concrete on a flatwork crew here in the valley, and we've run this business since 2013, 13 years now. Flatwork, the driveways, patios and floors that sit flat on the ground, is most of what gets cut, so we know how those slabs go together.
Licensed in Washington, fully insured
Washington requires every construction contractor to register with the state Department of Labor and Industries before taking work, and we're licensed and fully insured. That matters on a cutting job, where a blade working near hidden lines is the last place you want an uninsured crew.
Before you reach out, have a rough idea where the cut goes, how long it runs and whether it's in a floor or a wall. Then contact us or call (509) 452-5002, and I'll come out to take a look.
Concrete cutting, driveways and sidewalks around Yakima
If your cut touches the public right-of-way, the strip along the street that holds the sidewalk and curb, the City of Yakima may require an Excavation Permit, and its form lists driveway replacement and sidewalk, curb and street cuts. Whether your job needs one isn't settled until we see where the cut sits, so I check which office covers your address, the city or Yakima County, and what it asks for on your job. We handle the permit paperwork for our part of the work and tell you plainly where things stand before we set a date. When a city building permit is part of the job, the contractor signs that they're registered, licensed and qualified for the work, which is one more reason to hire a crew that is.
Trench work brings two state rules into the day. If the job means digging, Washington's Dig Law calls for contacting 811 or digsafewashington.com at least two business days ahead, not counting weekends and legal holidays, so buried utilities get marked alongside our cut lines. State rules also call for walk-behind saws with water fed to the blade the whole time, so expect our saw to run wet and leave a gray slurry that we clean up. We see the same driveway, sidewalk and trench calls on jobs in Selah and Union Gap.
Questions about concrete cutting in Yakima
Call (509) 452-5002Professional saw cutting of accessible slabs usually runs about $4 to $10 per linear foot across the US. That's a national figure, not a Yakima one, and it covers slabs the saw can reach easily. Your written estimate gives your own number once I've seen the slab.
A short cut takes the same setup as a long one, so the price per foot climbs. The crew still loads the saw, sets up water or power and cleans up, and on a small job a minimum or trip charge can outweigh the footage. I'll tell you that plainly when we talk price, and if you have other cuts in mind, doing them on one trip helps.
You may, if the cut reaches the sidewalk, curb or street, because the city can require a permit for right-of-way work. A cut wholly on your own property is a separate question, and I check it with the office that covers your address before we set a date.
Mark where you want the cut and note anything you know is buried near it, like pipe, wire or cables. One industry guideline puts it on the property owner or hiring contractor to have the cut area reviewed and approved, with every cut line clearly marked and the location and type of anything embedded flagged. I'll walk the lines with you at the estimate so nobody is guessing.
Ask before the job starts, because one industry guideline puts water and power on the owner or the owner's agent. On most house jobs that means an outdoor spigot and an outlet the crew can reach, and I'll tell you at the estimate whether we'll need yours.
Cut it out on straight lines, fix what's under it and pour that section back, as long as the rest of the driveway is sound. The crack usually started with the subgrade, the dirt and gravel the slab sits on, so we dig out the soft spot and pack the base before pouring. It's the part you can't see when we're done, and it's the last place I'd cut corners to save money.
Related concrete work for Yakima homeowners
Concrete driveway building
If more of your driveway is cracked or sinking than a patch can fix, a new driveway on a dug-out, packed base may be the smarter spend.
Concrete patio construction
When you want outdoor space off the back door, a patio sloped to shed water away from the house holds up better than one poured on raked dirt.
Service areas for concrete cutting around Yakima
United Yakima Concrete is based in Yakima, WA, and we do concrete cutting across the cities around it. Our site has pages for eight cities, Yakima included, from Ellensburg, WA down to Grandview, WA, and we work in plenty of places in between.
Yakima, WA
Plan your concrete cut with us
Marking lines and checking what's buried take a little lead time, so an early call to (509) 452-5002 keeps your cutting date from waiting on it.