Demo Concrete Stairs .. Need Advice

[Michael Roback]

I am trying to demo out 4 or 5 flights of stairs built with block. I have gotten most of it out but about two or three steps 6' long or so. It is a pain with sludge hammers, concrete chisels, etc. Would I be better off finishing with a cut off saw or what? I don't want to deafen myself with a jack hammer!! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I have a commercial rental place close by but they are probably $$$. Also I have to cut through some rebar. What can I use that will do that? I have to buy a new worm drive saw and mess it up with this demo stuff.

[JD]

Actually, equipment rental is remarkably affordable. Check them out and they will also have advice.

[v]

Then wear ear protection. Indoor/homeowner rental jackhammers are small self contained units that make much less noise than large outdoor units run by remote compressors. In the past I have used a self contained electrically powered one that had its own internal compressor. (Don't get the purely electro-mechanical ones unless they have been vastl improved which I doubt.) Knock the concrete off the rebar and then use your circular saw with abrasive or diamond blade on the rebar.

The 1 hr of jackhammer noise is better than the 8 hrs of labor pounding with a sledge, IMHO.

-v.