We have a steel girder cemented in as a parking spot market...it is vertically installed. I would like to cut it off at the ground since I don't think it's advantageous to dig it up (concrete and blacktop)...is there a good way to cut this thing at ground level? I was thinking of getting an angle gringer, but it is thick steel...probably 1/4 or 3/8" thick...any thoughts? I don't have a welder or any heavy equipment.
cutting a steel girder??
Oct 15, 2003
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A ten dollar angle grinder cut through my 4" cast pipes when I was doing a major plumbing redo, and it still performs like a champ. And the discs are cheap.
Sounds like a sawzall job to me. Rent a good one rather than own a cheap one. Buy several blades, you can return them if you don't use them. Avoid a torch, cutting right at grade is difficult, blows holes in concrete, and looks bad for a long time. An angle cutter and weld cutting disks will work. I own all of the above and a backhoe and would still use the recip saw.
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A heavy drill with good cutting disc and patience.
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