Speedball has helped me before so maybe he or someone else can advise me now.

I will need to move a drain (that is already cemented in a basement floor) about 3 feet. The way I was told by a plumber is to use a concrete saw.

I do not want the mess a concrete saw will create so I thought of a different way of making a hole in the concrete. I was thinking of drilling holes with a hammer drill first with small concrete drill bits and then widening them with larger ones. After the holes are drilled I will chisle out the concrete to get at the pipe and add the drain. Does this sound like a good way to do the job without the dust?

Hey Thad, Welcome back. I think you're going to work twice as hard, make three times the mess and take four times as long. Think about, zip -zip with a cement saw and you've cut in the trench. Then all you have to do is break it out. If dust is your concern then take a hose and wet the cement down. Then have someone squirt the hose on the blade while you're making the cut to dampen the dust. Sound like a plan? Good luck, Tom

I agree with speed.

It is quick and easy to break the concrete up with a small jack hammer. There will be very little dust. There will probably be some wire and sheet plastic in the floor so you may need to cut it as you go. Also, it is good to undermine the concrete, dig the dirt out from under the concrete as you go. It tends to break much easier if there is no dirt below the area being broken.

Deke1: you are responding to 5 year old thread. If you have question, start new thread. Milo