Concrete cutting questions, answered straight
These are the questions Jackson metro buyers actually ask before booking a cut. The short version of every answer is the same: the rate sheet is public, the layout gets confirmed before any blade spins and the honest caveat comes before the quote, not after the invoice.
What does concrete cutting cost in the Jackson metro?
The whole sheet is public on the rate page: cores at $300 to $800 for a service call, batches at $600 to $1,500, slab sawing at $6 to $12 per linear foot, trenches at $800 to $2,500, wall openings at $1,500 to $3,500 and sidewalk or curb cuts at $250 to $900. Depth and steel content move a job inside its range, which is why the quote asks for a thickness measurement.
Why do you publish prices when no other cutter here does?
Because our buyers are mostly contractors who need a number for a bid, and making a super call around for a per-foot rate wastes everyone's week. A public sheet also keeps us honest: the invoice reconciles against a page anyone can load.
What is the difference between core drilling and sawing?
Coring makes round holes with a hollow diamond bit, for pipes, conduit and anchors. Sawing makes straight kerfs with a diamond blade, for trenches, slab removal and wall openings. Most projects need some of each, and pricing them together on one visit is cheaper than two service calls.
When is a GPR scan worth the money?
Whenever the slab might contain something a blade should not meet: post-tension tendons, embedded electrical conduit or in-slab plumbing. The scan runs $400 to $800 as a pass-through, and a struck tendon or live conduit costs many multiples of that plus the schedule. Older slabs, plant floors and anything undocumented get the scan line on our quotes by default.
Can you cut inside an occupied building without wrecking the day?
Yes, that is a normal order: containment around the work zone, water controlled at the blade, slurry vacuumed as it forms and off-hours windows where the tenant needs them. The occupied-site line on the sheet, $150 to $400, prices the discipline up front.
Is the dust from concrete cutting dangerous?
Dry-cut dust is, which is why professional work runs wet or vacuum-captured. Crystalline silica exposure is federally regulated, documented at osha.gov/silica-crystalline, and wet cutting with slurry recovery is how interior work meets the rule. A cutter running dry indoors is a warning sign, not a bargain.
Who decides whether a wall can be cut open?
An engineer or the GC responsible for the structure, and we hold that line every time. We cut what the drawing shows after someone qualified has approved the opening, with temporary support in place where the plan calls for it. A cutter who makes structural calls from the truck is a hazard.
How fast can you actually get to a job?
Standard scheduling lands within days across the metro. When a crew is standing by or a repair cannot wait, the same-day priority line runs the published $400 to $900 premium, and being based in the metro is what makes that offer real. Details are on the same-day page.
A question about your specific slab is better than a general one: send photos through the form or call (601) 488-2960 and describe the cut. Service specifics live on the core drilling, slab and wall sawing and contractors pages.
Ask about your slab, not slabs in general
Photos and an address beat any FAQ. The written answer comes off the public sheet.