Expert Insights: Concrete Cutting Safety, Maintenance Tips, and Best Practices

Check out the selection of brands and vendors we use to supply our customers with the best diamond tools, equipment, accessories, and replacement parts to complete your job with confidence

Husqvarna’s Soff-Cut® saws are a unique patent that is designed for Ultra Early Entry™ concrete sawing. This system enables concrete to be cut within one to two hours before the final set.

We're committed to providing solutions to reduce unwanted downtime on your job site. We deliver high-quality diamond tools, equipment, and excellent service to you to maximize the time spent completing your projects.

Our service goes beyond great customer service. Check out how we provide excellent service to members of our industry and community.

We provide knowledgeable guidance and troubleshooting on your job site to eliminate any time-wasting trial and error, keeping you and your team productive all day. Every project and product is unique. We test all of our products to learn their successes and limitations.

We have a great history of providing outstanding customer service in the Midwest, which includes local delivery. Although the company is no longer operating out of the trunk of a car, your order could still be delivered by one of our industry experts in the Esch fleet.

Whether the need is a simple fix, like finding a blade for a unique cutting application, or complex like developing new dust-free solutions, we strive to always provide a solution.

At Esch Construction Supply, we are a team of diamond tool and cutting equipment specialists. Esch is the go-to supplier for contractors who specialize in cutting concrete, asphalt, and stone. In our years in the industry, we've been alongside our customers cutting over six million feet of concrete.

Esch Saw and Blade Safety Training™ is designed with the contractor in mind. The primary goal is to provide you and your crews with the knowledge and experience to maintain a safe and accident-free workplace. Dan Esch, Owner of Esch Construction Supply, explains how our Saw and Blade Safety Training came to fruition and why it's so important to educate the construction industry.

Saw operators on job sites ask us questions like, "Am I starting my saw right?" or "Why isn't my saw starting up right away?" Knowing how to start your cut-off properly saw can help extend the life of your equipment and ensure operator safety.

The Edge Eater™ is a dust-free solution to create or clean up a 45° chamfer on a concrete edge. Developed exclusively for Metabo T-Series and W-Series grinders. The Edge Eater™ is ideal for making chamfered edges in parking garages, precast concrete, concrete pole bases, and columns.

As a distributor of Stihl products, we’re often asked why they do not allow distributors to ship their equipment directly to customers. While this may seem unusual in today's world, there are solid reasons behind this decision that highlight Stihl's commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

iQ Power Tools Introduces the NEW iQ1550 Masonry Saw, a 21.5" Electric Masonry Saw with an Integrated Dust Collection Vacuum. The new saw has the ability to cut through an 8" block with a full 16" length of cut. The iQ1550 is equipped with a 230V heavy-duty 3 hp saw motor and 3 hp vacuum.

Delivering the highest quality diamond blades to saw operators is a core element of our business. For our customers to have confidence in every cut, they need to have trust in their diamond blades. Providing the highest quality blade comes with rigorous testing to verify reliability, performance, and safety.

Joint protectors are essential when cutting concrete to prevent cracks and damage in the surrounding structures. Green concrete is a rigid material that tends to crack when subjected to stress.

Diamond blades are a niche tool that involves several steps and expertise to manufacture. Understanding their capabilities and limitations, as well as using them properly will help ensure safe and effective cutting.

Concrete Slurry is a mixture of water and concrete solids that result from grinding, cutting, or coring concrete using water. This concrete & water mixture is prohibited from being dumped directly down drains due to its harmful tendencies. The construction industry is faced with the increasing regulation for concrete slurry waste water so we provide a few solutions for managing concrete slurry during your next wet sawing, core drilling, or grinding project.