Boiler & Chiller Killers HVAC demolition specialists · Denver

Heavy moves

Rigging and Heavy Equipment Removal

The equipment was built in place, or craned in before the roof went on, and now it has to leave through a door. Skates, winches, chain hoists, gantries, cranes. The load path and the sequence are worked out before the torch is lit, and proof-tested when the geometry demands it.

What we remove

On the list

  • Boilers, chillers and air handlers through constrained paths
  • Tanks and vessels: storage, expansion, deaerator, process
  • Rooftop equipment by crane
  • Basement equipment up the stairs or out a pit
  • Fans, blowers and motors from ceilings and mezzanines
  • New equipment set onto the cleared pad, placement only
Rooftop unit lifted by crane against a blue sky

How it goes

The way we do it

  1. 01

    Characterize before cutting

    Weights from nameplates or photo-derived models, checked with a tape at the walk. The plan is built against real numbers.

  2. 02

    Plan the load path

    Every turn, doorway, stair and floor load between the equipment and the truck. When standard handling can't make the geometry, we design and build what will, and proof-test it before it carries a load.

  3. 03

    Execute in sequence

    Section, rig, move, stage, repeat. Photos at each stage. A 24-foot atrium vessel came down this way; so did a fan assembly off a ceiling.

  4. 04

    Document

    The rigging plan on request, the photo record in your closeout.

Before we arrive

Your side of the line

Every proposal spells this out. It is what keeps the job safe and the price honest.

  • Gas, electrical and water disconnected, capped and locked out by your licensed trades. We don't touch live utilities.
  • Equipment drained and isolated before we arrive, unless draining is written into our scope.
  • Refrigerant recovered by an EPA-certified tech before we open anything, unless recovery is written into our scope (it can be).
  • Clear access to the room and a place to stage the trucks by the scheduled start.
  • Anything unusual about the site in writing before start day: tenant schedules, noise windows, hazardous-material reports, access restrictions.

Included

  • Load-path planning and sequence
  • Sectioning, skates, winches, hoists and gantries
  • Crane coordination and pick plans when needed
  • Proof-testing of purpose-built rigging
  • Placement of new equipment on the pad when it is on site

Not included unless it is in the scope

  • Structural modifications to the building
  • Installation, piping or wiring of new equipment
  • Crane service itself is priced as its own line, never hidden
24 ftatrium vessel rigged down in a glass atrium
20stainless vessels at 1,500 to 2,100 lb each, one job
21classroom units placed on one school project

Recent work

Jobs like yours

Stainless steel process vessel suspended 24 feet up in a glass atrium before removal
Rigging · Refrigeration · Occupied building

Twenty stainless vessels out of an occupied office tower

Twenty 316-stainless process vessels at 1,500 to 2,100 lb each, one rigged down from 24 feet up in a glass atrium, then a full commercial kitchen: hood line, walk-in coolers and freezers, oven and ice machine. Refrigerant recovered across six circuits and three refrigerant types. Two contracts, signed closeout packages, zero incidents.

Read the case study →

Questions we get

Straight answers

How do you get a boiler out of a basement?

In pieces sized for the stairs. Cast iron comes apart by the section, firetubes get cut into panels and rings, and each piece rides a skate or a winch up and out. Nothing leaves whole that didn't arrive whole.

Do you bring the crane?

We coordinate it, plan the pick and run the roof or street side. The crane company's time is a separate line in the proposal so you see exactly what it costs.

Can you set the new unit?

If it is on site, yes: rigged onto the pad as placement only. Your mechanical contractor pipes, wires and starts it.

More questions answered on the FAQ page →

Boilers. Chillers. Mechanical systems.
We make them disappear.

A range in about a minute, or a site walk and a written proposal within 48 hours. Either way you're talking to an owner.

Call (303) 641-1012 Get an estimate