Safe on second floor question???

[Southpaw45]

I got my safe up stairs to. Empty weight is 490lbs and the foot print is 30X22. My house was built in 98 so its got those wooden I beams in the floor. I recently moved the safe to check the floor for warpage and it still looks good. It was a B---- getting it up the stairs using an appliance dolly and two big Meathead dudes. I took out all the fire block inside the safe to lighten it up for the move and the carpet still was wrinkling up in front of the dolly wheels...

[9unknown]

I have mine up on the second floor in master bedroom closet, bolted down and strapped to the wall. Its right on top of a metal support beam so I'm not really worried. Though I will say getting it up there absolutely SUCKED. At one point I was almost sure the steps were going to break beneath us. It's a 440 lb centurion deluxe made by liberty safes. If I ever move it's just staying here, no way I'm moving that thing again.

[DdPartida]

If you were a firefighter and you knew that there was a 400lb gun safe on the second floor of a burning residence, would you risk going in? Burning floors fail. Safes fall.

[Sky_DiveR]

...If I ever move it's just staying here, no way I'm moving that thing again.

That's funny cuz when I was looking around at homes a few years ago, there were some that did have safes that came with the house. Upstairs, downstairs, even in the garage (that was a huge, double door one). Just moving my safe sucked. I can't imagine moving one to or from a second story.

[wilit]

Some safes are UL rated and undergo a drop test. Basically, they heat the living hell out of them for one to two hours, then lift it up 30 feet and drop it onto a pile of bricks to simulate a fall due to fire killing structural integrity. If the safe survives and is still impregnable, it gets the UL rating. But that doesn't say that if you have firearms inside they'll go unharmed.

Good info. Thanks!