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[Closed] Is there a quiet way to break up a concrete slab?

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Because the new builders next door are using a JCB with a big pneumatic drill and it's doing my head in.

Alternatively, what hoses do I need to cut to stop the thing working?


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:17 pm
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Just pop on over & casually ask if they know a high power mains cable lies underneath.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:20 pm
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You've only got tool jealousy.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:22 pm
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Would it cheer you up to know that that hydraulic breaker is called a pecker?

Go next door and tell him that you can't concentrate on account of being distracted by his enormous pecker. 😯

Tool jealousy indeed.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:25 pm
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😀

Very Freudian.

Two days of this so far:

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Posted : 13/11/2015 1:41 pm
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Fair bit of efflorescence on the brickwork. Road lining needs redone. Empty Chips and cheese container. Flagrant violation of the No Parking sign 3/10 😉

Digging up a a concrete slab in Maryhill?
There may be more than cables under there... 😯


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:46 pm
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Yes, the mess is all theirs too - lots of bits of polystyrene insulation blowing about.

I've got no space inside the shop for that thing at the moment 😉


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:50 pm
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Theres a quiet way to do it using a [url= http://theweekly.co.uk/4401/irregular_dread/ ]Lilac Bush and a box of matches[/url]


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 1:57 pm
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For a ground slab, not really. Could saw cut and remove in sections but still noisy.

For raised slabs we let the dinosaurs feed 😀

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Posted : 13/11/2015 2:02 pm
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I'm in the wrong job 😀

Anyway, its raining so they've stopped.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:07 pm
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#badlyparkedbikes


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:09 pm
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Because the new builders next door are using a JCB with a big pneumatic drill and it's doing my head in.

short term noise thats LOUD
or
LONG term noise that's a little quieter...cos it's gonna be loud no matter what!

get it over and done with 🙂


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:18 pm
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Two days of this so far:

Bad news.

You've got 66 weeks of this ahead of you when they start overcladding Cedar Court after Christmas. 😕


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:19 pm
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Just be thankful your not further down the road at the old Sunday Post place that is currently being demolished, noise and dust aplenty!


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:19 pm
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Only quiet way I can think of is to leave them in the rain and wait for erosion to happen.

I'm not saying it's a quick way, just quiet.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:22 pm
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Are they demolishing that whole thing? I tried to get in there just after it closed, but it was incredibly tight for security.

Prisoners used to dig through walls with their spoons, I saw it in a documentary - there was a sewage pipe involved too I think.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:22 pm
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Prisoners used to dig through walls with their spoons, I saw it in a documentary - there was a sewage pipe involved too I think.

Pollokshawshank Redemption?


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:30 pm
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It's friday, it's POETS day, they'll be off home in a minute.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:33 pm
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Pollokshawshank Redemption?

<applauds>


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 2:43 pm
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Your thread title may have only been a rhetorical question, Ben, but the answer is, yes:

http://demolitiontechnologies.com/


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 3:11 pm
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In answer to OP. Yes, but it's not as much fun. It's only a baby one too.


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 3:24 pm
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Freeze/thaw erosion'll do it. Well, it'll make a little noise but spread out over a thousand years or so, so you'll probably not notice


 
Posted : 13/11/2015 3:45 pm
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They managed it in Hatton Garden over Easter, and nobody heard a thing


 
Posted : 14/11/2015 6:00 am
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thermic lance- melt right through it


 
Posted : 14/11/2015 6:20 pm

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