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 in Barking and Dagenham
Our full service range is available in Barking and Dagenham. 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.
What do we do in Barking and Dagenham?
Barking and Dagenham is one of our regular service areas and we cover it daily from our Hastings base. The scale of new residential development around Barking Riverside and the wider borough means a lot of our work here is core drilling and structural openings on new-build sites, alongside servicing older housing stock near the historic Ford Dagenham plant. Refurbishment of ageing housing stock also brings a steady flow of soil pipe and air conditioning installation work.
Who calls us in Barking and Dagenham?
In Barking and Dagenham we work with developers and main contractors on new build and refurbishment projects, M&E contractors on commercial and residential services installations, private clients and architects on home renovations, shopfitters on retail fit-outs, and structural engineers on alterations to older buildings.
We work daily across Barking and Dagenham and throughout London. If your project is nearby, give us a call — we cover the whole area and the surrounding areas.
Get a quote for diamond drilling in Barking and Dagenham
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 Barking and Dagenham and the wider London area daily.