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Concrete Cutting in Caddens
For Caddens properties, protect newer finishes and confirm the slab or wall system before assuming a small alteration is a simple cut.
Start with the site context
Use drawings where newer construction systems are involved
Caddens includes newer housing and multi-unit or shared-property settings. A recent building may have post-tensioned slabs, waterproofed balconies, fire-rated penetrations or documented service zones that should be checked before drilling or sawing.
Ask the builder, strata manager, designer or relevant trade for available drawings and approved set-out. New appearance does not mean the concrete is plain or free of services.
- Structural and services drawings
- Post-tensioning or reinforcement information
- Waterproofing and fire-separation details
- Strata or common-property approval
- Approved penetration sleeve and sealing detail
Plan around garages, tiles and landscaped access
A cut may sit beside coated garage floors, tiled patios, rendered walls, landscaped paths or finished driveways. Explain the surfaces that must remain and how equipment and removed concrete can pass through the property.
Water, slurry and edge breakout need a containment plan. In narrow access, a portable method or smaller removal pieces may be required.
- Gate and doorway dimensions
- Floor coating, tile or paving protection
- Drain and stormwater location
- Rooms or neighbours below and beside the cut
- Waste route and cleanup standard
Coordinate the hole with installation and sealing
Core holes for air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, communications or balustrades should follow the installing trade's specification. Confirm diameter, sleeve, fall, clearance and who restores waterproofing or fire performance.
Scanning can help review the proposed position, but the responsible party must approve any relocation after the scan.
Caddens job questions
Can a balcony slab be core drilled?
Only after the structural, waterproofing, services and body-corporate requirements are checked. A penetration can affect more than the visible concrete.
Should newer slabs be scanned?
Where reinforcement, post-tensioning or services are uncertain, scanning and drawings can be important. The responsible party decides the approval process.
Who repairs waterproofing after a hole is drilled?
That should be assigned to a competent trade and stated in the scope. Core drilling alone does not restore the waterproofing system.