punching hole in foundation

Jan 25, 2009 5 Replies

Hello - need to put a plastic pipe thru my poured foundation wall. How do I do it and how hard is it to do?



If it's above ground rent an SDS hammer of appropriate size. If it's below ground then hire a contractor who knows what he's about.

Tool rental shop - concrete hole saw.

How big a pipe? Small pipe, rent or buy a hammer drill. Bigger pipe, same hammer drill, and drill a circle of holes, and crunch out the middle, or rent a hole saw. Really big hole, hire it out. I paid about $300 to have a duct-size hole punched through mine. (in a spot where the load above was not an issue.)

Usual caveats about not creating water paths through the wall apply.

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A sawsall with a cement blade.

Y'all must have awful thin foundation walls....

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