Core DrillingEchuca
Round holes cut where the plans say, through concrete, brick and stone, with the slab scanned before the barrel goes in.
- 24/7Every day, all year
- 20+ yrsCommercial / Civil
- CSDAAMember and insured
- 4.9 starsFrom 18 reviews
A hole cut, not a hole smashed
A diamond barrel cuts the concrete out rather than breaking it. The material around the hole is left undamaged, the edge comes out smooth enough to sleeve or seal straight away, and there is no cracking running out from the penetration for somebody to make good afterwards.
We core concrete, brick, block, stone and bluestone, in floors, walls and overhead, on any angle the pipe run actually needs. The barrel is water fed and the slurry is drawn off as we go, so a trading shop, an office or a finished house does not end up wearing it.
Everything structural gets scanned first with a Hilti PS-1000. Rebar, post tension tendons, conduit and cabling all get marked before the barrel touches the slab, because coring a live cable or a stressed tendon turns a two hour job into a very expensive fortnight.
What turns up
- Substrates
- Concrete, brick, stone
- Orientation
- Floor, wall, overhead
- Scanned first
- Hilti PS-1000
- Slurry
- Fed and vacuumed
- Edge
- Sleeve ready
- Availability
- 24/7, 365
What we get called in to core
Nearly every trade needs a hole through something eventually. These are the ones that ring most often around Echuca.
Plumbing and sewer
Waste, stormwater and sewer penetrations through slabs, footings and boundary walls, sized to the pipe rather than the other way around.
Power and comms
Conduit runs for switchboards, sub mains, data and security, cored without wrecking the wall sheet on either side of it.
HVAC and hydronics
Duct, flue and pipe penetrations for split systems, heating and exhaust, drilled on the angle the run needs rather than square.
Irrigation and pumps
Pump sheds, tanks, pits and channel structures cored for water and power out through the irrigation country.
Bollards and posts
Rows of holes through footpaths and carparks for bollards, fencing and handrail posts, set out and cleaned up as we go.
Test cores
Sample cores for slab thickness and strength testing, so you know what is under a floor before you commit money to it.
Core drilling in Echuca, usually at short notice
Coring is rarely the job. It is the thing standing between a plumber, a sparky or an air conditioning crew and their next hour of work, which is why these calls come in at short notice and why we batch them into the Echuca run rather than making anybody wait a fortnight.
In town it is fit outs and renovations. Penetrations through a shopfront slab for new plumbing, a run of holes through a footpath for bollards, a flue through a pub or cafe wall, sewer and stormwater through footings on a new build in Moama.
Out of town it is water and power. Pump sheds, tanks, dairy pits and channel structures that need a clean hole through a thick wall, a long way from a power point. The rig is water fed and vacuumed, so it works just as well in a finished house as it does in a paddock.
Often on the same job
- Concrete Scanning Echuca Structural and post tension slabs get mapped before the barrel goes in.
- Wall Sawing Echuca Where the penetration has to be square rather than round.
Core Drilling across the region
Bendigo is the base, but the truck is on the road most days. Same gear, same crew, same hours, right across central Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Echuca
VICMoama, Rochester, Kyabram, Lockington
Swan Hill
VICKerang, Cohuna, Robinvale, Nyah
Shepparton
VICMooroopna, Tatura, Numurkah, Nagambie
Seymour
VICNagambie, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Heathcote, Puckapunyal
Deniliquin
NSWFinley, Barham, Tocumwal, Jerilderie, Hay
What Echuca customers say
Asked often
What size holes can you core?
Everything from a small conduit penetration through to large diameter work. A recent school job ran nineteen holes at 280mm through a footpath for bollards. Tell us the diameter and we will confirm we have the barrel for it.
Can you core through reinforced concrete?
Yes, a diamond barrel goes straight through rebar. We scan first so we know where the steel is, because there is a real difference between clipping a bar and cutting a post tension tendon.
Will it make a mess inside the building?
No. Coring is water fed and the slurry is vacuumed as we go. We core in occupied shops, offices and finished homes regularly and the area gets left clean.
Can you core overhead or on an angle?
Yes. Ceilings, soffits and angled penetrations are all standard. The rig gets anchored or braced to suit and the water is caught rather than running back down the drill.
How quickly can you get to an Echuca job?
The truck is through Echuca and Moama most weeks and we run 24 hours a day, so an urgent penetration usually gets sorted without pushing your other trades back. Tell us what day you need it and we will tell you straight whether we can hit it.
Do you go out to farms for coring?
Yes. Pump sheds, tanks, dairies and channel structures around Rochester, Lockington and Kyabram are regular work. The rig runs off its own water and power, so being a paddock away from services is not a problem.
Tell us where the hole goes
Diameter, depth, what the wall or slab is made of and whether a rig can get to it. That is enough for a price the same business day.