Commercial interfaces
Bar millwork and connected lines: separate the scope
Can a bar be treated as ordinary cabinetry during removal?
Only after its equipment and services are identified and released. A bar can contain sinks, refrigeration, beverage lines, power and other connected systems. The tenant’s providers and appropriate trades handle those systems; the demolition assessment then defines counters, cabinets, finishes and retained boundaries.
Planning guidance by MetroPoint Demolition. Site conditions and the agreed professional scope determine the final removal.
Compare the boundaries
Loose stock and equipment
The tenant clears contents and identifies equipment ownership before handover.
Connected systems
Providers confirm decommissioning and cutback requirements; visible disuse is not a release.
Millwork and finishes
List the bar front, worktop, back bar and floor/wall interfaces as the assessed removal.
Include both the bar front and the service side
Photographs of the customer face alone miss most connections. Supply accessible views behind the bar and identify known equipment without moving it. Ask whether any services continue to a kitchen or another bar station so the removal does not assume a local connection is isolated.
Back-bar shelving may be separate from mirrors, decorative walls or overhead features. Give each a keep/remove/review instruction, especially where part of the installation is to be reused. The receiving contractor should also specify what is needed at the floor footprint and wall fixing points. Bar removal does not include commissioning a replacement installation.
Questions for the assessment
- Who owns and releases each connected system?
- Are the front and back bar both included?
- Which footprint and wall repairs belong to the next contractor?
Choose the next step
Read the matching service scope and exclusions, then describe what you want removed and what must remain. Your service choice can be corrected in the form.
Discuss this removal boundary