Cutting Concrete Foundation For Door

Add another set of marks across the top of the frame to represent a steel lintel that will support the load above the door.

Cutting concrete foundation for door.

Use water while making the cut to reduce dust. Then just cut along the snapped line. Score the length of the cut three or four times with the chisel. The larger the blade is the deeper it will cut.

The lintel should be centered over the door and should be 6 inches high. We specialize in cutting doorways in concrete foundations. A circular saw with a masonry blade can also be used to either score or completely cut through the block. You ll have to cut the wall from both sides probably so you ll want to hammer drill a small hole all the way through at the beginning and end of each planned cut and then snap a line between those holes.

If your cut doesn t need to be exact use a cold chisel and hand sledge to cut the concrete. The contractor was able to cut from the house sill framing to the concrete footing at the bottom. You can cut through a home s foundation to add a door using a concrete saw. Wall sawing is the process of cutting openings such as doors or windows in concrete walls usually no more than 12 thick but in some cases up to 24 thick.

Close up of cutting a door in a concrete foundation with a wet saw. This is accomplished by using a saw that attaches to a track on the wall to be cut. Don t force a blade into a cut. The opening should be two inches wider than the door frame and about an inch taller in height.

Concrete saws are hand held gas powered tools that feature between 12 and 18 inch blades depending on the model.