Window Expansions – Saw Jockey Concrete Cutting – Salt Lake City, Utah

Many older homes have windows in the basement that are tiny. They don’t let much light in and they won’t allow a person to get out (egress) in case of an emergency. To add a new bedroom in a basement…

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Posted: Apr 10 2014
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Calling in a Job- What Information is Important – Saw Jockey Concrete Cutting – Salt Lake City, Utah

We recently finished a job at a local recreation center which cost our customer $8447.75. Our original estimate of what the work would cost was $8296. We were off by $151.75 which is a whopping 1.8% difference. We don’t…

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Posted: Mar 25 2014
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Slurry – Saw Jockey Concrete Cutting – Salt Lake City, Utah

When concrete is cut, water is used to cool and lubricate the saw blade or drill bit. This creates “slurry” (a mixture of water and cut concrete). Depending on where the cutting is done (inside or outside, finished or unfinished…

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Posted: Feb 19 2014
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Overcuts – Saw Jockey Concrete Cutting – Salt Lake City, Utah

“To overcut or not to overcut: that is the question.” — Shakespeare (kind of) Any time a new opening in a concrete surface is planned, the issue of overcuts comes up. Overcuts are the result of using a round blade…

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Posted: Jan 20 2014
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Core Drilling – Saw Jockey Concrete Cutting – Salt Lake City, Utah

Drilling round holes in walls (e.g., for vents of wires) or slabs (e.g., for pipes or handrails) is called “core drilling.” The drill bits are hollow in the middle and when the cut is done, in addition to a round…

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Posted: Dec 19 2013
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Concrete/Concrete Cutting Vocabulary – Saw Jockey Concrete Cutting – Salt Lake City, Utah

As with any specialized field, the field of concrete/concrete cutting has some industry specific terms to describe our activities. Here are a few: Core drilling – Drilling round holes in walls (e.g., for vents of wires) or slabs (e.g., for…

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Posted: Dec 03 2013
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The Many Faces of Concrete Cutting

Concrete is one of the most widely used and essential building materials in the world. Usually, no matter what other materials are used on a building project, concrete is at the foundation of the project. Because of this critical application,…

Why Concrete Blades are Flat

Concrete blades are built for resilience and durability for obvious reasons: they are meant to cut through some of the hardest surfaces. While there are some variations in concrete blade design and application, they are all flat. Benefits of Flat…

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Posted: May 30 2013
Tags: concrete blades, concrete cutting, flat concrete blades, Saw Jockey
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An Impossible Job

At Saw Jockey our trusted name is what we have built our company upon. We go above and beyond for every customer we serve no matter the size of the job. At the end of the day we need to…

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Posted: Apr 03 2013
Tags: client, concrete cutting, customer satisfaction, job, saw
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Avoid These “Do It Yourself” Mistakes by Calling an Expert First!

So, you couldn’t hold back, and you started a concrete project all by yourself. You saw an opportunity to stretch your muscles in handy house work and then it happened. Everything was going fine until you take a step back…

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Posted: Jan 23 2013
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