Removing Concrete

By

need2no

You need a bigger jackhammer. You can probably rent one at HomeDepot. Remember to wear hearing and eye protection.

By

nekocat

I used a 5lb malet "John Henry style" (and I'm an older, petit woman, so it can be done) to break up a cement slab over a planter bed the previous owners had put down. the 2 slabs I broke up were abt 8 feet by 2 feet by 5 inches. since we live on a gravel road I used some of it to fill some potholes. a spike and malet might break your block up, but if it's still in decent shape and someone can use it, don't forget abt FreeCycle and Craigslist.

By

Allison5

Try a concrete contractor and see if they will do the work while they are in the area doing a bigger job. This will save you some money. We did this recently with an old garage pad. Not cheap, but we saves a few hundred. The other thought is that you have to dispose of the concrete somewhere and they know where to take it. I don't think you're supposed to just put it in the garbage pickup

By

Lorelei

That could be used by your county workers when constructing/blocking roads while working on them and I would contact someone like that first before breaking apart or a gas station or other businesses in town and they could haul it for you and be put to good use.

By

PIKKA

Well, where is it, and what was it's original purpose? What is your purpose for the space now? One suggestion: dig a hole nearby, twice as deep as the piece is, lever it over, and bury it.

By

kffrmw88

Try a 4-inch dry-cut diamond blade for a circular saw. Good luck.

Not so long ago I moved houses, but my garden is all concrete. This is very peculiar, but I am assuming the people who lived here before must of put it down.