How to remove parking curbs poured with slab?

[TheFly]

I am trying to have a 12x24ft garage professionally coated but unfortunately the person who had the home built had these parking curbs poured in with the slab.

The companies won’t mess with removal and just quote for coating over it. For my it’s just a massive tripping hazard and looks dumb.

So what are my options here? Has anyone dealt this this? How much did it end up costing you to remove?

 

[Walkers]

Get a 5 or 7" angle grinder with a diamond blade in it. Wear a respirator or dust mask, and use a helper holding a shop vac, and cut them out. Long cuts a little proud, then smack off with a hammer, then grind flush.

 

[Viper98912]

Wow, that's odd looking.

Jackhammer and grinding wheel, but beware you probably won't get it perfectly "smooth" and flush-looking.

 

[Shiftless]

I bet that those curbs were added after the slab was poured. If so, it will be a cold joint which, if you’re lucky, will pop off if you hit it right using a brick chisel or similar tool. Maybe cut vertically every 6 inches or a foot to attack smaller chunks one at a time. Good luck.

 

[egdede]

^^^this^^^ espescially if the garage saw any real use before they were put in.

 

[RivennHewn]

Your local concrete cutting company can make them go away in about an hour.


You can save a buck or two if you put hearing protection on and vacuum up the slurry before it makes a mess in your garage

 

[The Cobbler]

for DIY you will need a large grinder & dust collector. local rental yard would be your friend.
Many flooring companies that do commercial flooring would have equipment to grind that down

 

[Retroman]

Looks like it is a Mono-pour.
Take a 7" grinder or skilsaw with a diamond blade make as many cuts across them as you can a 1/2" deeper than they are tall. Rent a electric chipping gun if you don't have one and start breaking the curb off 90 degrees to your cuts. Bush and grind everything even or below slab. Then pour a self leveling product to bring it back up. The epoxy company will have to grind your slab during prep and can grind that area flush if your a little high. I would use Resi-weld with some silica sand added.

Or as stated above call a concrete cutting company and try to strike a cash deal for cut, demo and haul off. Not sure where your located but the company I work for we would charge about $650 for that service or you can just hire them to cut it and you do the demo. You need to do a concrete pour as well.