How to Cut a Drainage Channel into a Concrete Slab 

Great TY

Exactly, need to adapt

I concur

TY

Get it on. TY

That's what my wife said about me..

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Cool

Yes but thats a sweet tool

Great TY

Great Merry Christmas

Good one

Good point TY

Yes it definitely helps

Ty Will try

ingenuity in buying a battery operated dual blade channel maker when you already have one thats single blade and power cord operated? he made 3 cuts with his machine and then got a dewalt and made another 2 cuts but closer together and then chiseled it out. i see no ingenuity there, only stupidity and 3 weeks of wasted wait time to get a an expensive tool that you already have, but professional

@@meex88hiphop I am certainly not a pro but your comment makes so much sense and I was thinking it myself but thought I must be missing something

I hear that

I was impressed

Cool GL

Thanks, will do!

I imagine it has a lot of power

Where did you get this tool?

For sure

Saved him 4500.

I concur

Great point! GL

Depends where you are in the world I guess. I have a 240v one from Erbauer for chasing out the walls in the house to re-wire. Over here most houses are either brick or stone construction and cables and pipe work is often sunk into the wall and plastered over. I imagine most electricians or builders would have them for this reason here. You guys seem to build timber frame so wouldn’t have the need for these so much. Makes chasing a doddle and does a very clean job.

Lol may find it hard to believe, but some people have businesses that purchase equipment to make money 😆 🤣 it isn't a home owner buying a car lift to put air in tires

I think if you live in a place where culturally double brick is the norm this is great for cutting channels for new electrical and plumbing a breeze.

Thanks for watching!

Me too

I came here hoping to see just this

Thats big time

Exactly, it is most commonly used to cut channels for wiring and plumbing into the walls, mostly made out of ither sand-lime brick, some porous concrete bricks, engineered bricks and sometimes for load bearing purposes concrete. porous concrete or some engineered bricks with some kind of foam insulation already filling up the hollow parts are quite common today for energy efficiency. Without loosing strength the wall becomes part of the insulation. Lately you find lumber constructions as well, especially for prefabricated houses. But compared to the US and with what brick costs here, lumber is more expensive in comparison. Most times here (Speaking for Germany that is) so called NYM cables, which are built differently from the ones common in the US (romax etc.) and they have a quite rigid PVC coat that can be embedded directly in the plaster. Conduit is only used in certain cases (Phone lines, sat or tv cable, network,, runs through the subfloor, lines in a basement where no one cares to put the lines into the walls). Also wire gauges are usually a little thinner, as you can get away with thinner cables due to the higher voltage.

yes that's what I assumed as well

Yes GL

Yes it is.

String lines and levels

I concur

A affordable solution

Like you said Craig, if the channel is filled with level(ing) compound, then you have a lower channel that is level with the patio above . Could you have cut the channel with the Dewalt, and then chisel a gradual slope in the channel and then use the leveling compound to simply smoothen up the channel?

Yes, but would have cost more.

Mishandling that could cost you a leg. Better use a large grinder and put a trench drain grate in.

Interesting

Good idea

what?

Get it on OSS

Yes, or light strip

We call it a wall chaser, essentially it's used mostly by electricians to lay cable in Masonry.

OSS

Good idea

No but I would like to

I used concrete glue

I see it alot

A little something to divert the water

Available in the UK

Thats what I thought but couldn't find it

Do you have a product name? I'm trying to router a concrete floor for water heat tubing, sounds like what I need! Or I'll try the Dewalt. Ty

Yes

Maybe

Kanani Rembert you would end up almost 8” deep at the far end as it’s 30’ long. He did mention you could slope it however as you are suggesting in the video.

Yes, absolutely

1/4 inch per foot? Can you add? Or multiply? Just my opinion, bro.

Yes, good idea

True

I think I may have a lot of use in future for that tool

@Mark Oliver Haha, nope. Just here to watch and learn. Concrete is generally the only trade I don't touch (unless it's something trivial) - you only get one shot at it, which makes me love this channel, they're pretty much artists. That being said, the first saw appeared to make nice straight parallel cuts, from here (my armchair) it appears he could have just used that.

@Mark Oliver Not every question is meant rethorically. There are also honest questions. So keep your anger at you.

TY

@@drumtwo4seven Nono! it’s okay that’s my oldest son. Thanks for looking out though.

@@OdellCompleteConcrete a new channel to subscribe 👍 Nice 👍

Nice

@@OdellCompleteConcrete The only way to go if your walls are made of brick and not out of lumber, as it is common in Europe. Lumber would be way more expensive in comparison, so everyone stayed with using brick of all sorts.

Maybe some day

Great idea. I said the model number in the video

@@OdellCompleteConcrete yes I saw you mentioned latter on! Dcg200 thank you! That connection from Dwalt can you share?

If it's level the water will fall off the lowest point

@@OdellCompleteConcrete not clear how the self levelling concrete will provide the slope so that the water falls off the low point?

Yes perfect for that

That's exactly what it's used for in UK, chasing out walls to fit in conduit to run cables, then it's plastered over (but in your case won't want to plaster over the lights 🙂). Wall chasers are common tools in UK, you can buy from under £100 for 240v cheap brands, up to £800 for this DeWalt with the 54v batteries. You would typically run the wall chaser to cut the lines, then use an SDS chisel bit (rather than hand chisel) to cut out the channel.

@@RandomShart thank you for this, appreciate your help on this. Yes I’m based in the UK so am familiar with the wall chasers.. but when I see electricians make channels for cables etc it’s never nice and perfect straight so didn’t know if there was a better tool to use..

Diamond blades

A grate could be adapted to the channel in a upside down U shape

Yes that works nice

No

Need a lot of power for that but it can be done

Make some cuts chip it out and grind. There some walk concrete chippers you can rent

Relocate the drain

Not much

Yes its coming along. One more week for completion

@@OdellCompleteConcrete Nice. Looking forward to see it. It's been quite some time till it started. Ty! 👍

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Due to the rotation of the blades you are supposed to use them on the pull. You can push them and I did when I came into corners where the handle and the vaccuum hose have been in the way (For Indoor use on walls I would absolutely not recommend using no vacuum. Found ot why when the hose came loose...) But pushing them in the direction of rotation you have a tendency for those to get out of control, grab something, push out and run away. Not the best receipe if you aim for a straight as possible cut.

Not with this unit

If you push, those wall chasers, as we call them, have a tendency to climb out of the slot and run away. You can do it in tight corners, but it is hard to control and you sure do not want to do it if you are aiming for a straight and clean cut. If you cut channels in a wall for eg some electrical installation which you have to plaster over anyways, it does not really matter that much.

I concur Can we call it odell channel cutter

That's what I thought. TY

May need another one in there

Probably

Grinder

use a conversion table

channel cutter

No sure, But you love it

Cement slury makes a mess

I wish

Do they sell this tool in US yet? If so where can I buy it or if you still have yours can you rent it for a couple of days I am in San Jose

Sure

@@OdellCompleteConcrete you have more experience. Do you think that would have worked? Honestly

@@onlyonehoudini5302 The first 3 cuts seemed straight enough to add a 4th 1” offset cut. I was thinking the same throughout the video. It was more like finding an excuse to try another tool.

Oh my, what kind of breaker was that? The things I know have about 1200 W at most. No Problem at least on a German 230 V 50 Hz Outlet capable of something like 3600 W. Sure, those are plenty and I know many houses in other countries are not blessed with outlets of those dimensions or a standard three phase 63 A supplyat all. But for those to trip abreaker either the thing had some design issues with either motor or blade size, or the motor was shot. Or the breaker. Also out of experience especially on weaker motors, it is best to pull it out of the slot before starting the motor and then slowly sink it into the slot or wall again. (Mine did not trip the breaker, it just stalled if I tried to start while fully engaged.)

@@alexku8452 i think it was around 1600 watt + a 1600 to 2000 watt vacuum cleaner , with 2 discs there was too much friction, the machine slowed down or tripped the breaker. with 1 disc i had no problems. i also worked on houses that were getting built so the distribution boxes were never the best.

this is cordless

For sure TY

NO dust with the vacuum hook up

Good idea. I didn’t really like the way he did it, if I’m honest. The channel should’ve been wider and a tad deeper. I know it had double stacked rebar and the concrete was over a foot thick. But there’s some options. And what about those saw cuts left over lol?

it was definitely a big money saver the way I did it. $$$$

After 7 blades

@@OdellCompleteConcrete oh haha. Gotcha. Aren’t the blades designed to cut that or is it because of the rebar that the blades were getting ruined?

Bingo TY

Its not easy, but I thought it might be a interesting video

@@OdellCompleteConcrete Very interesting video. Always learn a lot!

Arobyte please come work on my house for FREE.

Its not easy. Started at 5,000 came down to 500.

@@ko6128 I didn't mean he shouldn't charge. Quite the opposite actually. There are some jobs that take so much of your time, because it's not typical. And if you were to charge for your time, the price feels high and clients complain.

This is custom though