Taking a vault door out of a former bank branch, or moving a safe too heavy for a moving company? Rigging-Busters is a machinery moving and rigging company. Our professional riggers and lifters free the unit, move it out on skates, a gantry or a lift truck, and haul it to its next site.
We handle bank vault removal, vault door removal and installation, and heavy commercial safe moving across Ontario.
- Vault doors, vault panels and heavy safes: units too heavy for a moving crew.
- The building comes first: floors, stairs and elevators checked against the weight.
- We work with your trades: the safe technician handles locks, the contractor cuts concrete, we rig and move.
- Minimum job: 3,500 CAD. Per project, before tax, so home and gun safes fall below it.
- Quick replies: quotes usually within 2–4 working hours once we have all the details, and estimates are free.
- Equipment: jack-and-roll systems for loads up to 600 tons, hydraulic gantries, lift trucks up to 60,000 lb and float trailers for loads up to 50 tons.
- Insured: $5 million in liability insurance that includes cargo coverage, plus workers’ compensation coverage (WSIB in Ontario). Certificate of insurance and WSIB clearance certificate on request.
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Who We Move Vaults and Heavy Safes For
- Banks and credit unions: branch closures, moves and renovations.
- Building owners, property managers and contractors: a former branch being converted or demolished, where we remove the door, the frame and the vault equipment.
- Safe and vault dealers: rigging for deliveries and installations beyond their own equipment.
- Jewellers, pharmacies, cannabis producers and institutions: high-security and fire-rated safes moved between business locations.
What We Move: Vault Doors, Vault Panels and Safes
- Vault doors and frames: UL 608 rates them from Class M (15 minutes of attack resistance) to Class III (120 minutes).
- Modular vault panels: where the panels are bolted together, the vault can be taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere.
- Vault equipment: everything a closing branch leaves behind, including safe deposit box sections, night depositories, cash safes and ATMs, cleared at the same time.
- Heavy commercial safes: burglary-rated, fire-rated and antique safes that need rigging to go down stairs, between floors or through a window by crane.
Our Vault Door Removal and Safe Moving Process
- Survey: the type of unit, size and weight, how it is fixed, the route out, and truck or crane access.
- Building check: a safe on rollers puts its weight on a few small points, so your engineer confirms the route on upper floors and steel plates protect the floor and spread the load safely.
- Made safe: you empty the unit, your safe technician locks the bolt work so the door is secure in transit, and your security and ATM providers disconnect their equipment.
- Freeing the unit: a bolted door and frame are unbolted and lifted out; a frame cast into concrete is cut free by your contractor while our rigging carries the weight.
- Moving out: on skates, a gantry or a lift truck. Where no floor route works, a crane partner supplies the crane with its operator and our riggers take the unit out through a window. In Toronto, a crane on the street needs a Street Occupation Permit, applied for at least four working days ahead.
- Transport and setting: by flatbed or float trailer to the new location, a dealer, storage or the recycler you choose. We set and level the unit; your vault installer or safe technician anchors and commissions it.
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What Bank Vault Removal and Heavy Safe Moves Cost
Every job is priced as one project:
- The unit: weight, size and how it is fixed
- The route: floors, stairs, elevator rating, doorways and loading area
- A crane, a street permit or after-hours work, where needed
- The haul, and any storage or recycling
Jobs start at 3,500 CAD per project, before tax. A full branch clear-out (vault door, safes and equipment) costs much more: one US company that does this work nationally publishes typical estimates of 20,000 to 50,000 US dollars. See how jobs are priced on our pricing page.
Not a Fit
We don’t take residential work: home safes and gun safes go to a local safe mover or a locksmith for a few hundred dollars, under our 3,500 CAD minimum. We also don’t open safes or repair locks, demolish concrete vault walls, or handle cash and contents.
Your Quote Checklist
Send these with your quote request and we usually reply within 2–4 working hours:
- The unit: make, model, size, weight and how it is fixed
- Photos: the door, its hinges and frame, or the safe from all sides
- The route: floor level, stairs, elevator size and rating
- Where it goes: new site, dealer, storage or recycler
- Your team and dates: site contact, lease end, demolition start and working hours
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We serve all of Ontario: see our pages for Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London and Windsor.
Bank Vault and Heavy Safe Moving in Ontario: Frequently Asked Questions
From 3,500 CAD per project, before tax. The price depends on the weight, how the door is fixed, the route out, and whether a crane or after-hours work is needed.
One manufacturer lists its current UL-rated vault doors at 3,750 to 4,600 lb. Older doors vary widely, so we take the weight from the nameplate or the drawings.
A modular vault with bolted panels can, without demolition: it is designed to be taken apart and reassembled. A vault of poured, reinforced concrete cannot; its door, frame and equipment move, and a demolition contractor removes the walls.
No. Those fall under our 3,500 CAD minimum, and a local safe mover or a locksmith is the right call. We take heavy safes that need rigging: moves by stairs, between floors or by crane.
Often, after a floor check. Office floors above the first storey are typically designed to the Building Code minimum of 2.4 kPa (about 50 lb per square foot), so your engineer confirms the spot and the route.
