Remove and replace channel drain

[BilldaCat]

50 foot channel drain, 2 1/4", drain is all one piece (but in sections -- just no removable top piece). Was clogged as heck, decided to cut enough room to get a pressure washer down into it, but it was clogged up so many times on this 50 feet run, that I decided in the end I just want to replace it with something with a removable top.

Easy enough to cut off the top -- problem is the way this was built way back when, I can't see how I can easily rip this out due to the little grooves in the PVC where it locks into the concrete. I've grabbed my vice grips, tried cutting the bottom, etc -- no real luck yet.




If I did want to replace it with something like this:

https://www.ndspro.com/PDFs/Tech-Spec-Sheets/slim-channel.pdf

That only has one groove, so I imagine I'd have to find a way to grind this channel down to remove that extra lower concrete bump.

Thoughts?

 

[wgipe]

Perhaps an oscillating cutting tool? They make some longer reach blades, and if you’d could make one cut through the center, would you be able to collapse it to the center and pull it out?

 

[BilldaCat]

Perhaps an oscillating cutting tool? They make some longer reach blades, and if you’d could make one cut through the center, would you be able to collapse it to the center and pull it out?

Yeah, I probably could get a tool like that to get it out. Wife has a good point though and until I can either find something that will fit, or a way to groove out the channel afterwards, it's better to leave that in place until a solution is found.

I may just have to keep searching for drains until I find one that has that groove pattern already? I really don't want to grind out a stupid groove 50 feet long on both sides just for this.