Need to cut through concrete that’s too thick for a normal saw?
If you’ve got a concrete section that’s too thick, too heavily reinforced or too awkward for a standard wall saw or floor saw to handle, wire sawing is almost certainly the answer. Diamond Drilling UK has been providing wire sawing services across London and the South East for over twenty years from our base in Hastings, and it’s the technique we reach for when other cutting methods simply can’t do the job.
A wire saw uses a continuous loop of cable studded with diamond beads. The cable is fed around the concrete and pulled through under tension, cutting it cleanly with minimal vibration and almost no impact on the surrounding structure. Because the cable is flexible, there’s effectively no limit on the thickness of concrete we can cut — we can slice through walls, columns, bridge supports and foundations of any depth.
Diamond drilling and concrete cutting across London
Our full service range is available throughout London. The most commonly requested services are:
Diamond core drilling
Clean, accurate holes from 12mm up to over a metre in diameter through brick, block, reinforced concrete, stone and tarmac. Typical jobs are holes for air conditioning pipework, extractor and dryer vents, soil and waste pipes, boiler flues, sprinkler pipes, cable trays, service risers and balcony drainage.
Wall sawing and track sawing
Straight, deep cuts through walls and slabs for new openings, structural alterations and demolition preparation. We cut clean rectangular openings for new doorways, windows and steel beam insertions.
Floor sawing
Deep cuts in concrete slabs, tarmac and asphalt for drainage trenches, expansion joints, road and forecourt repairs, and slab removal.
Wire sawing
For thick reinforced concrete, bridge supports, machine bases and any cutting job too big or too awkward for a standard saw.
Ring sawing
Precise cuts and openings in tight spaces where corners need to finish cleanly — typically doorways and hatches in occupied or finished buildings.
Brokk demolition and concrete bursting
Remote-controlled demolition for confined spaces, occupied buildings, basements and upper floors. Plus concrete bursting for quiet, vibration-free removal of larger sections.
Chasing, scabbling and structural openings
Wall chasing for conduits and services, mechanical scabbling for slab preparation, and full structural opening services including lintel insertion.
How do we find working in London?
London throws up a particular mix of jobs. A huge proportion of our work in the capital is in flats, period properties and conversions where the walls and floors are thicker, the access is tighter and the neighbours are closer than anywhere else. That’s why we run a fleet of equipment specifically suited to occupied buildings — ring saws for clean doorway cuts in finished properties, Brokk machines for demolition that has to happen inside an existing building, and water-controlled core drills that keep dust and slurry off carpets and finishes. We also work extensively on commercial fit-outs across central London, infrastructure and transport projects, and basement extensions in the boroughs where they’re common.
Who calls us in London?
Across London we work with main contractors on commercial new-build and refit projects, with M&E contractors needing core drilling for services, with shopfitters on retail and restaurant fit-outs, with structural engineers on alterations and underpinning, and with private clients and architects on residential refurbishments and basement conversions.
We work daily across London, including Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Lewisham, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest. If your project is in London and isn’t in that list, give us a call anyway — we cover the whole county and the surrounding areas.
Get a quote for diamond drilling in London
Call Diamond Drilling UK or use the contact form to discuss your project. We’ll talk through what you need, give you a sensible idea of timing, and put together a clear quotation with no obligation. From our Hastings base we cover London daily.