I need to cut several tens of metres of 100mm x 100mm channels in hard (it's a C40 mix) concrete.
Some of these channels will be for electrical services, some for other services (mainly MDPE water pipes) and some cuts will simply be to assist in tidying up a bit of a scruffy concrete pour.
I have access to a machine that takes 12" (300mm / 305mm) discs and this will handle the depth that I need.
My question to you, the assembled experts in this forum, is: in your collected wisdom and experience, which brand / grade of disc will give me the most bang for my buck in terms of linear metres per pound cost?
Diamond of some form or other is an absolute given of course, but the chosen discs must also be dry cutting types.
I am happy to shell out for top notch discs if, in the collective hive mind experience, the price tag is warranted, but it is not always the case that the priciest product gives the best bang for one's buck.
I've never done any concrete cutting on this scale before, so I just don't know what to expect in terms of disc performance & longevity.
It may be for example that experience shows that a cheaper disc only cuts half the distance of concrete but works out more economical over time because it is only a third of the price.
I just don't know, but I am banking on some of you guys out there have plenty of experience and opinions to help guide my purchase decision.
I will be out on site and away from the forum until later this evening now, so please bear with me if you have questions that you need me to respond to. Although hopefully they will be few, as I have tried to cover the important stuff above.
Some of these channels will be for electrical services, some for other services (mainly MDPE water pipes) and some cuts will simply be to assist in tidying up a bit of a scruffy concrete pour.
I have access to a machine that takes 12" (300mm / 305mm) discs and this will handle the depth that I need.
My question to you, the assembled experts in this forum, is: in your collected wisdom and experience, which brand / grade of disc will give me the most bang for my buck in terms of linear metres per pound cost?
Diamond of some form or other is an absolute given of course, but the chosen discs must also be dry cutting types.
I am happy to shell out for top notch discs if, in the collective hive mind experience, the price tag is warranted, but it is not always the case that the priciest product gives the best bang for one's buck.
I've never done any concrete cutting on this scale before, so I just don't know what to expect in terms of disc performance & longevity.
It may be for example that experience shows that a cheaper disc only cuts half the distance of concrete but works out more economical over time because it is only a third of the price.
I just don't know, but I am banking on some of you guys out there have plenty of experience and opinions to help guide my purchase decision.
I will be out on site and away from the forum until later this evening now, so please bear with me if you have questions that you need me to respond to. Although hopefully they will be few, as I have tried to cover the important stuff above.
