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Cardboard and scrap fabric to protect glass, seal room, hire a 230mm grinder for a day. Wear gloves, googles, mask. Have a bucket of water near by, or a fire extinguisher (it'll throw a ton of sparks out) . Cutting done in 10-30 minutes probably.
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Wear gloves, googles, mask.
and ear protection!
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I really want to do all of the above but add ‘hire tradesperson’
have a respirator and the flat just has boxes of stuff/wrapped furniture so can move that well away from the windowsill. we pallet wrapped everything as we knew dust was going to be an issue!
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Mr_Smyth
So I have ignored this task as it’s a tricky job and i’m loath to take it on myself. the last strip of terrazzo on my windowsill is cast in place on a bed of cement so needs to be cut out.
After cogitation and some advice an angle grinder with a mortar/diamond cutting disk looks like the best option but whoever does the job will have to really careful not to break the glass.
I don’t mind knocking the metal frame as it’s going to be painted.
Not had any response from any trades as it’s not something anyone would want to take on willingly.
Anyone know of a tradesman who does stone/mortar precision cutting?
or should i bite the bullet and buy a grinder? my left hand is a bit fucked from a MTB accident and is already grizzling from other repetitive DIY tasks so would rather pay somebody to do the job as there is 5m of this to remove.
It sits on 2 layers of mortar, the big bit stays as thats holding the window frame ties in, the 2cm layer of terrazzo and mortar needs to go.