Help removing concrete anchors

[tgmarks]

Hi All,

brand new to the forum... I've just removed a portable lift (Danmar M-6) from my garage, and rearranging things, as i'm going to convert this space into my wood working area... The lift was installed using concrete anchors...

Does anyone have any tips on best/easiest way to remove them?

thanks in advance

 

[95vette]

Hello, If the hole they are in was drilled thru the bottom of cement, just drive them flush with floor. The only way to know to know is try, cut them off even with with a grinder and cutting wheel, if they can't be driven down. Some can be pulled up with a piece of pipe that is a little larger than bolt and some washers for spacers and nut size of bolt and long wrench for extra power, but they sometimes crack cement and make a bigger mess.

 

[Kaizen]

Do you mean the part in the concrete? Why not just fill the holes? Fold anything visible into the hole with a cold punch if you can’t drive them further down


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[rustyjames]

To my knowledge there's no way to remove wedge type anchors. You can try wacking them from side to side with a big hammer to loosen them up. Worse case is just cut them flush with a cutting disc.

 

[tgmarks]

thank you for the replies... I will try hammering them down flush, and let folks know how it turns out.

tgm

 

[gmwelder86]

Drill them out. Get a rebar eater with carbide teeth. Will go right thru it as long as they are not stainless.

 

[atch]

No answer for your question, BUT: is the Neon Pig still in Tupelo? If it is please go have a burger for me. I've only been there once (just passing through; drove the entire length of the Natchez Trace Parkway) and probably will never be there again. The burger I had there was probably the best I've ever had in my 68 years on this ball of dirt.

Cheers.

 

[rayra]

No reason to bother, really, unless you like to futz around. If they are lead lag anchors they'd be easy to drill out. Or as stated above, drive them / crush them down. Then just entomb them with some concrete sealant if you want a flush surface for an epoxy floor finish or something.

 

[tgmarks]

yep... it's still here as of now... hopefully will survive the trying times

No answer for your question, BUT: is the Neon Pig still in Tupelo? If it is please go have a burger for me. I've only been there once (just passing through; drove the entire length of the Natchez Trace Parkway) and probably will never be there again. The burger I had there was probably the best I've ever had in my 68 years on this ball of dirt.

Cheers.

 

[nadogail]

If your skills will not enable you to gracefully eliminate this problem, you have the option of using brute force.

 

[383]

Cut them flush with the concrete before you try to drive them down, might get them low enough to patch over.

 

[tgmarks]

was much easier than expected..... took a mallet... drove them down until flush with concrete, then used a bolt similar diameter and tapped them down until beneath concrete, then filled holes.

one was stubborn and wouldn't budge so had to grind it off even with floor.

thanks everyone!

 

[Kaizen]

was much easier than expected..... took a mallet... drove them down until flush with concrete, then used a bolt similar diameter and tapped them down until beneath concrete, then filled holes.

one was stubborn and wouldn't budge so had to grind it off even with floor.

thanks everyone!

If you ever install anchors like these drill the hole all the way through the slab. If it does not anchor you can just punch it through. Welcome aboard


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[tgmarks]

the lift was a danmar m-6 portable lift...

https://dannmar.com/m-6.html

it calls for installing female anchors, and then bolting post in from top, so that it can be removed when want to or not using it. my plan is to move it to another one of my garages once the floor is epoxied, and install it the way it was intended.

the initial install was done like you would a permanent lift.