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- From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Need help removing concrete nails from slab
- Message-ID: <4081@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 16:56:50 GMT
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- In article <HFXgwB1w161w@cdthq.UUCP> gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston) writes:
- |tslee@oracle.uucp (Terry S. Lee) writes:
- |
- |> I need to get rid of about a dozen hardened concrete nails driven into a
- |> concrete slab. The nails are about 30 years old, and the heads were broken
- |> off during a little demo' work.
-
- |Three choices I can think of:
-
- | Drive it deeper;
-
- | Grind it off;
-
- | Cut it with a cold chisel.
-
- This was discussed about a year ago, and I think the concensus was that
- driving them in farther or grinding them off was the best solution. I think
- a cold chisel will just deform, unless you're lucky and dislodge the nail.
-
- |If you go the cold-chisel route or grind, wear heavy gloves, eye
- |protection, long sleeves, etc.
-
- Eye protection (with full surround) with driving it deeper too. These nails
- can chip when driven.
-
- |> BTW, around each nail is a smail 1/4" deep crater. Have any you netters had
- |> any good experience with the gray resin stuff for filling concrete craters?
-
- |Can't help with this; will these be visible, or does it matter?
-
- I had good results with a material that appeared to simply be a mix-with-
- water mortar.
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