Jackhammer for concrete floor

irishguy19772 · 28-01-2021 7:51am #1

I need to install a 2 foot pipe flush with concrete floor. To put in a removable gate hanging pillar in shed.

I have about 4 or 5 inches of concrete to dig out

I was going to hire a kango out for around 40 euro for day in Clare area.
Spotted this in Aldi on Sunday.

Would this do the job or am I better getting the good tool ?
https://www.aldi.ie/ferrex-jack-hammer/p/802984430649000

mengele · 28-01-2021 10:17am

irishguy19772 wrote: »

I need to install a 2 foot pipe flush with concrete floor. To put in a removable gate hanging pillar in shed.

I have about 4 or 5 inches of concrete to dig out

I was going to hire a kango out for around 40 euro for day in Clare area.
Spotted this in Aldi on Sunday.

Would this do the job or am I better getting the good tool ?
https://www.aldi.ie/ferrex-jack-hammer/p/802984430649000

I bought the Lidl one as I wouldnt be using it a whole lot. Maybe twice a year. I was very surprised with it. It is very capable. Glad i bought it in the end because its something that will always be there now for any small jobs I might need.

lakill Farm · 28-01-2021 10:59am

removed the dash off the house last year. I had 2 no 6kg and a 9kg jack hammer rented out for 6 weeks cheaper €380 vs €550 than I could buy 1 6kg jack hammer and the work they got some days was cruel. worked hard but not abused.

irishguy19772 wrote: »

I need to install a 2 foot pipe flush with concrete floor. To put in a removable gate hanging pillar in shed.

I have about 4 or 5 inches of concrete to dig out

I was going to hire a kango out for around 40 euro for day in Clare area.
Spotted this in Aldi on Sunday.

Would this do the job or am I better getting the good tool ?
https://www.aldi.ie/ferrex-jack-hammer/p/802984430649000

_Brian · 28-01-2021 3:36pm

irishguy19772 wrote: »

I need to install a 2 foot pipe flush with concrete floor. To put in a removable gate hanging pillar in shed.

I have about 4 or 5 inches of concrete to dig out

I was going to hire a kango out for around 40 euro for day in Clare area.
Spotted this in Aldi on Sunday.

Would this do the job or am I better getting the good tool ?
https://www.aldi.ie/ferrex-jack-hammer/p/802984430649000

Be grand.
Get it and work it straight off. If it gives up Aldi are great to take stuff back for refund.

SuperTortoise · 28-01-2021 9:08pm

For that sort of money i'd be inclined to try it out.

JoeCasey · 28-01-2021 9:22pm

We got one last year, works great.

893bet · 28-01-2021 9:36pm

Risk free three year warranty.

kollegeknight · 28-01-2021 10:35pm

I find it a great job.

It’s pretty bullet proof.

Micheal H · 28-01-2021 11:27pm

Got one last year and agree with all the others above. It's a nice hefty machine, well able for anything I've thrown at it, and will be more than capable for the job you've lined up. At the price it's serious bang for your buck and with the 3 year warranty you can't really go wrong.

enricoh · 29-01-2021 1:17pm

I got the lidl one a few years ago n couldn't fault it, great to have it in the shed n not wasting an hour or two each time going to hire one.

hopeso · 21-09-2021 3:00pm

I have a bit of work coming up for a breaker. It won't all be done the one day, which is swaying me away from hiring. Has anyone any experience of the one linked below? Price wise, it's a lot less than a second hand Bosch, for example, and only a fraction of the cost of a new branded one (which isn't really an option). I suppose it's a case of you get what you pay for?

https://www.raygrahams.com/products/149274-draper-56411-185kg-1700w-breaker.aspx

bamayang · 21-09-2021 9:48pm

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/mac-allister-msbr1700-a-16-2kg-hex-shank-electric-breaker-230v/623hv

I’d go with this. If you don’t abuse it, it’ll tackle any reasonable job

good review of a similar unit. https://youtu.be/iW8HMw_gw58

hopeso · 21-09-2021 10:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117921709#Comment_117921709

Thanks! That looks like great value for money. All good reviews on the screwfix site too...

timple23 · 22-09-2021 11:48am

https://www.lidl.ie/p/tool-event/parkside-1700w-demolition-hammer/p15936

One in lidl at the minute, 3 yr warantee, higher strike rate than the macallister and longer warantee too.

Dunedin · 23-09-2021 5:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117923181#Comment_117923181

How much?

timple23 · 24-09-2021 1:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117929893#Comment_117929893

130 i think

Dakota Dan · 27-09-2021 1:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058154281/jackhammer-for-concrete-floor

That reminds me of the first job I got on a placement farm as an apprentice, digging through 6 inches of the toughest concrete for gate posts and stalls in a calving shed six holes in total for railway rails. The farmer thought it would be a great idea for me to do it with a lump hammer and chisel. I did it, one evening his son arrives home from school and into the shed to ask me how it was going, I was fit to fire the chisel at him.