Boiler & Chiller Killers HVAC demolition specialists · Denver
Refrigeration · Occupied building

A full commercial kitchen out, refrigerant recovered on six circuits

Downtown Denver · occupied office tower · 2026

The second contract in the same building: a complete commercial kitchen with a hood line, walk-in coolers and freezers, an industrial oven and an ice machine. Every refrigerated circuit had to be recovered and documented before a wrench touched it.

4, to the duct collarExhaust hoods
3 coolers and freezersWalk-ins
6Refrigerant circuits
3Refrigerant types
5Working days

The job

What we walked into

Refrigeration is where kitchen demolition goes wrong. Three walk-in boxes and an ice machine meant six circuits across three refrigerant types, in an occupied building where venting anything was not an option and the documentation would be reviewed. The hood line had to come out cleanly to the duct collar so the ductwork above could be reused or capped by others.

The approach

How it went

  • Recovered every circuit in-house under EPA 608 before demolition began, cylindered by type, weighed, and logged for the closeout record.
  • Took the hoods down to the duct collar, cutting at the agreed termination points and leaving the collars ready for the next trade.
  • Broke the walk-in panels down flat for the elevator; the oven and the ice machine went out in sections on skates.
  • Kept the stainless wall paneling in place on the client's written direction, and documented that decision in the closeout.

The result

Handed back

Kitchen cleared in five working days with the refrigerant recovery record, the scope-verification sheet and the photo record delivered together. Two contracts in one building, one closeout standard.

“We appreciate all your hard work and willingness to help us out on these other items. Thank you!”

General Manager, commercial property management

Before, during, after

The record

Client and site names withheld until written approval. Photographs are BCK job documentation.

Before: Hood line, view one
BeforeHood line, view one
After: Hoods removed to the duct collar
AfterHoods removed to the duct collar
Before: Hood line, view two
BeforeHood line, view two
After: Cook line cleared
AfterCook line cleared
Before: Walk-in cooler and freezer boxes
BeforeWalk-in cooler and freezer boxes
After: Walk-in footprint cleared
AfterWalk-in footprint cleared
Before: Second walk-in
BeforeSecond walk-in
After: Same corner, swept
AfterSame corner, swept
Before: Industrial oven
BeforeIndustrial oven
After: Oven out
AfterOven out
Before: Modular ice machine and bin
BeforeModular ice machine and bin
After: Recovered, removed, swept
AfterRecovered, removed, swept

What the client got

The closeout

Scope-of-work completion verification, a captioned photo record by work area, recovery documentation where refrigerant was involved, and a certification of completion signed by both managing members. Delivered with the final invoice.

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