How To Knock Down Concrete Wall

Work your way from the top down so that gravity works with you.

How to knock down concrete wall.

Give it a try first before moving on to heavier rental equipment. Next use the knockdown knife or trowel to start smoothing down the texture. You need a big push to knock down a building. Use a utility knife or a sharp knife to cut a line along where the wall meets the ceiling to make it easier to knock down the wall.

Make sure the cut is deep and penetrates the paint and caulk that connects the wall and ceiling together. Try to cut through the studs in your wall first as this will make it easier to tear down the wall overall. A sledge can be surprisingly effective in breaking up concrete up to about 4 in. Mist the surface of the concrete with water ahead of any areas about to receive mix.

To reduce rubble break apart the bottom of the wall first and try to push over the wall instead of sawing each individual block. Watch as a wrecking ball slams into just the right spot to bring down a wall. We have removed the concrete block wall to open up the hallway which as you will see was a very dusty job. Removing a non structural wall with minimal internal complications is a relatively simple process.

But what if the wall you are about to remove is holding the rest of the house up. You can use pneumatic or electric jackhammers. Don t use a heavy hand apply a light back and forth up and down motion. Carefully placed explosives knock down walls inside a building without all those walls to hold it up the building collapses.

For best results work in small squares anywhere from 2 to 4 feet in rough dimensions. Next we will be fitting the. Knock the texture down with a knockdown tool. The surest way to decide whether to use a sledgehammer or a jackhammer is to experiment a few days before you begin full scale demolition.

Strike the top of the wall with your sledgehammer breaking the blocks into smaller pieces and working your way down the column about 2 feet wide. A sledgehammer and some degree of common sense is pretty much all you need to get started. Cinder blocks are brittle so beware of flying bits. Cut through the studs then twist them out and then simply knock apart the wall using a hammer.