The title says it all. [laugh]
I need a small safe to hold cash and other valuables in a two story house... question is, how do I bolt it to the floor on the second story.
I may be able to get get you a small one for free.
use lag bolts to bolt a metal plate into the floor joists, then bolt the safe to the plate
http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p16_Fire-Security-Safes_140803_Business_Supplies_10051_true_SEARCH
about this big
Quote from: bobspapa on September 29, 2008, 01:21:35 PM
I may be able to get get you a small one for free.
use lag bolts to bolt a metal plate into the floor joists, then bolt the safe to the plate
http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p16_Fire-Security-Safes_140803_Business_Supplies_10051_true_SEARCH
about this big
I might have to take you up on that [thumbsup]
Quote from: TiAvenger on September 29, 2008, 01:30:13 PM
I might have to take you up on that [thumbsup]
I'll try to grab one from the corp office on Wednesday [thumbsup]
will you have the combo? [laugh]
also, I know you may not know, but are they fire rated?
Quote from: TiAvenger on September 29, 2008, 01:35:45 PM
will you have the combo? [laugh]
also, I know you may not know, but are they fire rated?
yup... and a key
and yup...they are someguy, lucazuma and Rameses proof. ;)
Hey!
Personally I'd skip the safe and find a terribly obscure places to hide it, possibly in between floors. I know if I were a thief, and I came across a safe, I'd find a way to take it before looking much further.
So maybe keep a pretend safe with nothing in it but rocks :P
Quote from: someguy on September 29, 2008, 02:27:01 PM
Hey!
Personally I'd skip the safe and find a terribly obscure places to hide it, possibly in between floors. I know if I were a thief, and I came across a safe, I'd find a way to take it before looking much further.
So maybe keep a pretend safe with nothing in it but rocks :P
You dont watch "It takes a Thief" do you? [laugh]
Quote from: someguy on September 29, 2008, 02:27:01 PM
Personally I'd skip the safe and find a terribly obscure places to hide it, possibly in between floors. I know if I were a thief, and I came across a safe, I'd find a way to take it before looking much further.
That wouldn't be fireproof, which should be your first concern. :P
Quote from: bobspapa on September 29, 2008, 01:43:54 PM
yup... and a key
and yup...they are someguy, lucazuma and Rameses proof. ;)
>:(
[laugh]
Quote from: msincredible on September 29, 2008, 02:53:53 PM
That wouldn't be fireproof, which should be your first concern. :P
You can put something fireproof between the floors.
What would you be keeping in the safe? Currency? Securities? Gardall makes a good safe in different levels of security. Need ultimate fire protection? I have a safe in my cellar embedded right into the cement slab. As fire safe as you can get. Has a water proof seal also. Another safe in our bedroom closet is scumbag rated B with a fire rating of 2 hrs. Bolted right to the floor and weighs about 150#. It'll stop most attempts.
Check with a local lock/safe shop.... they usually will have better quality items than the chain stores. Bolting the safe down is rather easy.
Mainly my credit cards (i dont keep em in my wallet) and enough reserve currency to last a month (about 2 grand)
and possibly a pistol or two.
why would you keep a pistol in the safe?
Quote from: He Man on September 29, 2008, 09:27:54 PM
why would you keep a pistol in the safe?
so your wife doesnt shoot you.
Quote from: He Man on September 29, 2008, 09:27:54 PM
why would you keep a pistol in the safe?
I do.... it's the law in MA.
I have a small "finger tip" activated safe bolted to my night stand. With the press of 3 buttons a spring loaded door pops open and... shazam! Pistol in hand.
Quote from: He Man on September 29, 2008, 09:27:54 PM
why would you keep a pistol in the safe?
Im at work 10 hours a day, not much use for it in my nightstand when Im not there to grab it.
Quote from: TiAvenger on September 30, 2008, 06:42:13 AM
Im at work 10 hours a day, not much use for it in my nightstand when Im not there to grab it.
If it not on my hip....it's in the safe.
Quote from: Charlief on September 30, 2008, 01:45:37 PM
If it not on my hip....it's in the safe.
same with my colostomy bag