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For a guy who has nothing better to do for an entire day, would it be overly bothersome to destroy a cement back step, about the size of pic related with an air chisel?

I hate renting tools and do not want to drop 250$ on an electric destruction hammer.

>> No.795801

>>795784
Sledgehammer. Have fun.

>> No.795804

>>795801
I don't have someone to hold the chisel to sledge!

Well, I could, maybe, but that would take scheduling. I am wondering about that saturday I wake up and finally say, "Fuck you step, time to meet your maker!"

>> No.795805

>>795784
Why? Skaters would lap that shit up

>> No.795806

>>795805
How many skaters own a fork lift and want to remove my step?

>> No.795812

>>795806
Strangely some skaters are really resourceful.

Honestly if it's not directly attached to your foundation, see if someone on Craigslist will haul it off for free. People want really weird and dumb shit.

>> No.795837

>>795784
Use a sledge hammer without a chisel. Hit it right on the corn of the steps and most of the time, these things will bust up. 99.9% of all concrete steps are hollow inside, and even if isn't, once concrete begins to crack, the surrounding areas (w/i 8inches or so or the spot of impact) is already weakened to a massive extent. So get hammer, start from the corners.

>> No.795839

>>795804
You don't need a chisel. Hitting it with a sledge will crack and break it up. I've done this on small slabs. It's hard work.

>> No.795900

if you don't have some dumb enough to hold the chisel for you, get a 2x4 drill a hole in it just big enough to the chisel to slide in but not through and use another piece of wood to hold it up

also use the biggest sledge you can handle, you'll be sore as hell the next day, and it'll probably take you a few days to break it up completely

>> No.795910

>>795784
Sell it on craig's list or where ever for dirt cheap and have the person pick it up.

>> No.795911

>>795812
seconding this. i skate. some skaterats building a /diy/ skatepark /might/ take those off your hands if they have access to a picker. A landscaper might as well.

Busting it apart will be a daunting challenge with a sledge, especially if they're reinforced with rebar.

>> No.795983

Wear thick clothing, eye protection, and face protection.
I got shrapnel'd by a dude 20 feet away smashing up some cement. Still have a scar on my side.

>> No.795990

>>795911
Hi there!

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>> No.796001

>>795990
>getting booty blasted over names in diy.
Why?

>> No.796003

>>796001
> being ok with faggots reputation building on diy
why?

>> No.796009

>>796003
Reputation building? Lol. If they had some dumbass intro, avatar or signature with every post, that would be one thing, but I don't even notice them until some faggot points it out.
If it bothers you that much just filter them.

>> No.796205

>>795990
>>796001
>>796003
>>796009
This again lol. I had a few guys stalk me through the boards for namefagging. I have to admit this was a much less confrontational and better written post to start it with.

>> No.796219

>>796205
mfw i made a trip just to butthurt people who are butthurt by trips.
look at my name ffs

>> No.796229

>>795784
Caution: some misguided cheapskate faggots take it into their heads to cast their steps in place instead of buying the hollow precast ones. Good look with hammering that shit apart.

>> No.796342

>>795784
renting the electric pavement breaker would be the easiest way to break it into pieces.
using any typical-sized air hammer would take a fucking week. and that assumes you have a BIG air compressor that can run constantly.....

but first I would also say to put it on craigslist or wherever for free. somebody will want it for free, and then moving it will be their problem.

>> No.796397

you will be able to ruin it quickly.
Actually breaking it down into pieces will take three or four times as long as you estimate.

Important note: how are you going to get rid of the concrete?
In many areas the local trash utility will not pick it up and dumping it somewhere is time consuming to actually do as well as being unlawful to one degree or another.

Search for concrete recyclers, for one thing. These are companies that grind up old concrete into new and often accept waste concrete for recycling at no charge (unlike landfills) They will only want clean concrete so don't scrape a lot of dirt up when you do your site cleanup. Putting up a craigslist add listing "FREE FILL CONCRETE" might get someone who will take it but the flake quotient will be high.

Rent a bigger tool and buy the labor of a couple friends with pizza and/or a cooler full of delicious non-alcoholic drinks. save the silly stuff for After cleanup and return of rental gear.

>> No.796398

>>795784
1- Drill hole
2 - Insert dynamite
3 - ????
4 - Profit!

>> No.796421

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgOtMQcMnH0

>> No.796494

>>796219
>mfw i made a trip just to butthurt people who are butthurt by trips.
seems spiteful
i'm glad you have a trip it's easier to hide your posts

>> No.796532

1. Drill a few holes, top down, as deep as you can.
2. Buy dry ice from grocery store (or ice cream shop).
3. Fill holes with water.
4. Drop chunks of dry ice into hole.
5. Water freezes and splits the concrete.

-OR-

1. Drill 1/4 -1/2 inch holes every foot to foot and a half, probably at least 6 inches deep.
2. Get a few iron spikes (something slightly larger than the hole diameter you drilled).
3. Hammer a spike into one of the holes (just a little bit). Then hammer another spike into the next hole down (or skip a hole or two if you want even larger chunks).
4.Repeat the process, hammering in the left one a little then the right one a little, back and forth, until the slab splits.

But of course either method will leave you with giant slabs of concrete that you'll have to break down further in order to haul away.

>> No.796539

>>795784
Like what some posters said previously, use a sledgehammer if you're on a budget. An electric hammer is much weaker than a real jackhammer. You'll save more time with a sledge. Just a few well placed strikes will shatter it.

>> No.796668

>>796532
wow! - I should have known this!
- Thank you.
I have quite a large amount of conc slab to kill and a saw costs $300 a day - Of course Dry-ice!
already have a 4kilo hammer-drill AND I know the conc has no Reinforcing : so - Win!

>> No.796705

a biggish jack hammer will do the job in under an hour, and a 4hr rental on that is about $100. break it up good than return the jack hammer.

dont be an idiot and use some weird scheme of dry ice. do it the way pros do it.