Need part of a driveway, patio or floor taken out? We saw clean, straight lines so that piece comes out and the rest stays put.
Concrete cutting in Port Hueneme means sawing a straight, clean line through a slab or wall with a diamond blade, so a cracked section can come out, a trench can go in or a new opening can be made without breaking up the concrete around it.
Most calls we get start with concrete that's in the way, like a sunken piece of driveway, a patio that needs cutting back, a garage floor that has to open for a new line, or a wall that needs a doorway. At Port Hueneme Concrete, the price mostly follows how many feet of cut there are, how thick the concrete is, whether it's a slab or a wall, and whether hauling the pieces away is part of the deal. The schedule turns on whether the concrete needs scanning before we cut and whether the work reaches into the city's land along the street, and the estimate I write out shows you exactly what's included.
I come out myself to see the slab or wall, talk through where the lines go and write the estimate. I spent years on big commercial pours before starting this business, so I know what's usually inside a slab and where a careless cut causes trouble.
We've been in business since 2017, and we're best known for driveways, patios and foundations done the careful way. That background shapes every cut, because we plan it around what comes next, whether that's a new pour, a repair or just a cleaner edge.
We're licensed and fully insured, which counts on a job with a heavy saw and concrete that may hide steel or pipes. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready to talk about your cut, call (805) 269-8744 or send the form on this page.
Tell us where the cut is, whether it's a slab or a wall, indoors or out, and roughly how many feet of cutting you need, and we'll reply within one business day. Then I'll come out for a free on-site estimate, with no obligation to book.
In Port Hueneme, work in the city's right-of-way or a city easement takes an Encroachment Permit from Public Works, and that office's list names driveway construction and sidewalk repair but not cutting on its own. So the list doesn't settle whether your cut needs one, and Public Works is the office to ask. If your job needs a permit, I'll tell you at the estimate and we'll handle the application and inspections with the office that issues it. The city also wants contractors in the right-of-way to hold a Class A, C-12 or C-34 license, asks for a call three working days before work starts so an inspector can go over what gets inspected, and lists a call to Underground Service Alert at 811 three working days before any digging. Cutting an opening into a building is a different office, since the city's Building and Safety Division handles plan check, permits and inspections for demolition, alteration and new construction.
We're based in Port Hueneme and work in cities all around it, from Oxnard and Ventura to Camarillo, Thousand Oaks and beyond. Around here most cutting calls are everyday house jobs, like a cracked or sunken driveway section near the street, a patio being trimmed back or tied into new concrete, or a garage slab opened up for a plumbing or electrical line, and each one gets the same planning.
Professional saw cutting of concrete slabs usually runs about $4 to $15 per linear foot across the US, and that's a national figure for the sawing itself. On a short cut, a minimum or setup charge can set the price more than the per-foot rate does, so the rate tells only part of the story. Your own figure comes from the estimate.
Indoor cuts usually cost more because the cutter has to bring electric, hydraulic or air-powered equipment and control the water, the dust and the slurry, the gray mud a wet blade leaves behind. That can mean barriers, ventilation or dust extraction on top of the sawing, so an indoor cut may price higher than a similar one out in the driveway.
Check whether each quote includes removing the cut concrete, because sawing and removal are separate jobs and some cutters saw the lines and leave the panels where they lie. It's also fair to ask whether the walk-behind saw feeds water to the blade the whole time it's cutting, since California's dust rule calls for that kind of saw.
Ask the cutter whether a scan comes first, because structural or post-tensioned concrete can hide rebar, conduit, pipes and post-tension tendons, steel strands pulled tight inside some slabs. One cutting company's guide says cutting a tensioned strand releases its stored energy all at once, which can shatter concrete, throw out anchor heads and hurt someone, and it can weaken what the slab can carry. If you're not sure whether your slab is one of those, raise it at the estimate.
California's D-6 Concrete-Related Services class covers concrete sawing, breaking and coring. The state's minor work exemption, now $1,000, lets someone without a license take small jobs only when the work needs no permit and they have no one working for them on it. On anything bigger, ask each bidder which license they hold.
