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  • Is there a quiet way to break up a concrete slab?
  • bencooper
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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?

    qwerty
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    Just pop on over & casually ask if they know a high power mains cable lies underneath.

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    You’ve only got tool jealousy.

    perchypanther
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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.

    bencooper
    Free Member

    😀

    Very Freudian.

    Two days of this so far:

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/Ao7yWH]Untitled[/url] by Ben Cooper, on Flickr

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    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… 😯

    bencooper
    Free Member

    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 😉

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    Theres a quiet way to do it using a Lilac Bush and a box of matches

    40mpg
    Full Member

    For a ground slab, not really. Could saw cut and remove in sections but still noisy.

    For raised slabs we let the dinosaurs feed 😀

    bencooper
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    I’m in the wrong job 😀

    Anyway, its raining so they’ve stopped.

    dirtyrider
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    #badlyparkedbikes

    v666ern
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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 🙂

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    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. 😕

    giant_scum
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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!

    pondo
    Full Member

    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.

    bencooper
    Free Member

    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.

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    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?

    cbmotorsport
    Free Member

    It’s friday, it’s POETS day, they’ll be off home in a minute.

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Pollokshawshank Redemption?

    <applauds>

    Greybeard
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    Your thread title may have only been a rhetorical question, Ben, but the answer is, yes:

    http://demolitiontechnologies.com/

    Sandwich
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    In answer to OP. Yes, but it’s not as much fun. It’s only a baby one too.

    Northwind
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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

    timba
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    They managed it in Hatton Garden over Easter, and nobody heard a thing

    rockhopperbike
    Full Member

    thermic lance- melt right through it

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