Concrete cutting in Northport, AL - straight cuts and a bid that says what's included
Need a doorway, a trench line or a section of slab cut out? We saw clean, straight lines and haul the pieces off if you want.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
What does concrete cutting involve, and what should the bid include?
Concrete cutting in Northport means sawing straight lines through a slab or wall, like the outline of a new door or a trench for a drain line, and taking the cut pieces out is a separate job you can add or leave off.
The call usually starts with something that has to get through the concrete, like a plumber who needs a drain under the slab, a new door off the back of the house or one sunk panel in an otherwise good driveway. The price moves on how many feet we cut, how thick the slab is, whether there's rebar inside, which is the steel that holds it together, whether it's a wall or a floor and whether you want the pieces hauled off. The schedule turns on the permit side and on whether a structural slab needs scanning or an engineer's look before we cut. If the job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork and set up the inspections, and the written estimate shows what's included so you can line it up against any other bid.
How do you know you need concrete cut instead of torn out?
One bad panel, good slab
You see one section cracked, sunk or lifted while the rest of the driveway or patio is fine. A clean saw cut usually lets us take out just that piece and pour it back, and waiting tends to let water work under the edges while the trip hazard gets worse.
Plumbing under the floor
A plumber needs to reach a drain line under a slab, or you're running power across the patio to a shed. That usually means a trench cut, and a straight sawed trench patches back far cleaner than one broken out with a hammer.
A new door or opening
You want a door through a basement wall or an opening in a slab for stairs or equipment. That's a structural cut, so it takes planning before anyone picks up a saw, and rushing it is how people hit steel or a pipe nobody knew was there.
How we handle concrete cutting
First I settle with you whether you want the lines sawed only or the pieces hauled off too, because that changes the bid more than anything else. On a structural slab or a wall, we talk through scanning and whether an engineer should look first, and we don't run gas saws indoors, ever, because the exhaust has nowhere to go. Then we mark the lines, protect what's around them and cut with water on the blade to hold the dust down. When the pieces come out, we haul them off if that's in the bid and leave your yard the way we found it.
Cutting is often the first half of a bigger job. A cracked driveway panel cut out clean can be poured back as part of our concrete driveway building work, and a new back door or a sunk patio corner usually leads into concrete patio construction, where we cut so the new concrete meets the old edge cleanly.
Sawing only
We cut the outline or trench lines and leave the cut pieces in place. It suits you if your plumber, a demo crew or you will take them out, and it keeps the bid to the cutting alone.
Sawing and haul-off
We cut, break out and haul away the pieces, so the opening is clear when we leave. It suits you if you want the hole open and the concrete gone without lining up anyone else.
Get a written price for your concrete cutting job
Tell us where the cut is, about how many feet, and whether it's inside. We reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no obligation.
(205) 756-6874- Based in
- Northport, AL 35476
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
What happens after you call us about concrete cutting?
Here's how a cutting job goes from your first call to the walk-through at the end.
Call and I come measure
You call, and I come out to measure the cut, look at the slab and the ground around it and hear what you're trying to do. It helps to know roughly where the cut goes, how many feet it runs and whether it's indoors.
Get your written estimate
You get a written estimate that says whether it's sawing only or haul-off too, and whether scanning is part of it, so you know what you're paying for. Once you say go, we set a date and take care of the permit side if the job needs it.
We cut, clean up, walk it
We cut the lines, take out what the bid covers and clean up the slurry and dust. Then we walk the finished job with you before we leave.
Why Northport homeowners call us for concrete cutting
I write every estimate myself
I come out, stand where the saw will go and write the estimate in person. The one pricing your cut is the one who looked at your slab, not someone working from a phone message.
Since 2017 on lived-in homes
I learned concrete on new construction crews and started this business in 2017 to work on homes where people already live. On a cutting job, that means planning for the dust, the water and your yard, not just the line.
Licensed, insured, clear on state rules
Northport Concrete is licensed and fully insured. The state Home Builders Licensure Board covers anyone who remodels, repairs or improves a home on a job costing over $10,000 in labor and materials unless the work falls outside its jurisdiction, which matters when cutting is part of a bigger project.
The part of a cutting job that matters most happens before the saw starts, when we agree on the lines, the haul-off and what might be inside the slab. Send us the details and I'll come take a look.
Concrete cutting, permits and street work in Northport
In Northport, the city's Chief Building Official issues building permits, which the city requires for nearly all new construction and alterations within the city limits or its police jurisdiction. The city doesn't list its few exceptions, so whether your cut needs a permit isn't settled until someone asks the city's inspections office. We check which office covers your address, and when a job needs a permit we handle the paperwork and set up the inspections with them.
A lot of the cutting we do around here is on homes people have lived in for years, where a plumber needs into a slab or one driveway panel has cracked and the rest is fine. We get the same calls in Tuscaloosa and McCalla, and we plan each one the same way.
Questions about concrete cutting in Northport
How much does concrete cutting cost in Northport?
Professional saw cutting of concrete slabs usually runs about $4 to $15 per linear foot across the US. Reinforced or deeper slabs cost more per foot than an easy-to-reach slab, wall sawing often runs higher, and on a small job a minimum charge or a fee to bring the crew and saw out can outweigh the per-foot rate. Our written estimate spells out what's included for your job.
Does the city need to approve a curb or street cut in Northport?
Plan on it, because street cuts, drive cuts, sidewalk cuts and curb cuts each have their own line on a separate city form for work in the public right-of-way. If your cut reaches out toward the street, we sort that out along with the building permit question before we cut.
When do I need to call 811 before cutting concrete in Alabama?
Before any digging starts, because Alabama 811 says anyone whose work disturbs the soil, like excavation, demolition, grading or trenching, has to contact 811 first. The locate request, which tells utility companies to mark their lines, is required by law and goes in at least 2 full working days before digging and no more than 10 working days ahead. That matters when a cut turns into digging, like a trench under a floor or a driveway panel that gets dug out, so we plan the date around that wait.
Do I need an engineer before cutting an opening in a concrete slab?
For a large opening in a post-tensioned slab, one with steel strands pulled tight inside it, yes, an engineer should look first because the cut will go through several of those strands. Before cutting any structural or post-tensioned concrete, a scan may be needed to find rebar, strands, conduit and pipes inside it. We talk that through at the estimate and put scanning in writing if your job needs it.
What is the best way to cut concrete inside a basement or garage?
Use a saw that doesn't put exhaust in the room, because gas-powered saws create a carbon monoxide hazard indoors. Federal safety records include a basement job where workers using a gas-powered wet saw died from carbon monoxide poisoning, which is why our gas saws stay outside. The federal rule for walk-behind saws also calls for water fed to the blade the whole time, which keeps the dust down.
How do I get my property ready for a concrete cutting crew?
Plan on water and power, since one industry guideline for hand sawing makes the owner responsible for giving the cutter a source of both. The same guideline says collecting and disposing of the slurry, the wet concrete mud the blade throws off, gets agreed with the owner before work starts. We cover both when I come out, so cut day goes the way you expect.
Concrete work that often follows a cut
Concrete driveway building
When the cracked panel is just the start, a new driveway on a dug-out, packed base often makes more sense than patching one piece at a time.
Concrete patio construction
Once a new door is cut through or a sunk corner comes out, we can pour a patio that meets it and slopes water away from the house.
Concrete cutting service areas near Northport
Northport Concrete is based in Northport, Alabama, and we cut concrete in Tuscaloosa, McCalla and other cities around them. The three cities below have their own pages, with more on the work we do in each.
Northport, AL
Tell us where your cut needs to go
If a plumber, electrician or builder is waiting on the opening, getting the cut on our calendar early helps keep their work on track too.