Keeping gun safe in the garage?

[kayaker]

At least they would have to go find the grinder, It just seems to me that the safe being in the garage full of tools would certainly get the wheels turning that way a bit faster than being in the house.

[rmblaster]

I had a safe in my garage for the last 15 years or so no problems as for tools in the garage they can also carry them into the house as well

[StratORcaster]

Yeah... Temp, moisture... Bah. No issues myslef, nor have any friends who have done this for 20 years, although we do live inland. Coastal may be a bit different.

[Audredger]

A gun safe in the garage is better than no gun safe at all but, I feel the garage the least secure room of the house. In addition, many gun safes can be opened in a manner of seconds with a flat bar. As to no tools in the garage; A theif will no doubt bring his own tools.

[NSR500]

I keep mine in the master bedroom closet. I like being close to my safe.

[paul0660]

Lol. Typical ppl in SoCal going overboard. Socal isnt a humid enviornent that your safe will have moisture, especially indoors. Maybe in Florida where the air is constantly humid.

You must be one of those psychics, because no one knows where the OP lives.

And an expert on storage too!

[ArmyMedicMoose]

My safes sit side by side in my bedroom, my wife loves it

[TheExpertish]

For times when the garage door is open hang a blue tarp or old bed spread over it.

What's nice is you can drill directly into the cement and really bolt it down using all thread rod and a strong 2 part epoxy like simpson. I would use stuff made for foundations. Depending on your garage, you could also put it in an area where you could build a cabinet over it so it blends in and is inconspicuous or even take a gutted fridge and put it over it.

What's bad is you don't sleep in the garage (well, I don't), so you might not be able to access it if needed.

For moisture, I'd use both desiccants and an electric dehumidifier.

Big +1 for hiding it and NEVER accessing it while the garage is open. Get a Shotlok or something for indoors. I never have a situation where I cannot access a gun when needed. My safe is for storage only.

A good way to destroy your home and possibly die if your slab is post-tensioned concrete.
Cables are spec'd on 48" centers, but it is allowable for them to be as far as 72" apart when they need to be moved to clear slab penetrations for plumbing, etc...
Initial specifications were published in 1980, and today most slabs are made this way.

I have NEVER heard of someone being killed when a finished slab had a cable cut. Obliviously you want to avoid it. They are more common now, but in my 20+ years construction experience here in SoCal I haven't poured one. Mostly because the super hard clay mesa surfaces here don't need them and regular rebar slabs are fine.

[regalado1]

You should get a second safe and put it in the garage for all the power tools...haha

[John Browning]

There is nothing wrong with putting it in the garage if you epoxy it to the slab and it isn't visible from the street. As to not putting it there because of tools, that makes no sense. If someone has access to your living room, they have access to your garage, and if they have access to your garage, they have access to your living room.

[xibunkrlilkidsx]

Lol. Typical ppl in SoCal going overboard. Socal isnt a humid enviornent that your safe will have moisture, especially indoors. Maybe in Florida where the air is constantly humid.

one of our customers in temecula is having water leak up through his slab and up into the safe through the bolt down holes.

[eville]

My house was burglarized two weeks ago. Luckily they didn't touch my safe. It is in the garage. The safe is bolted to the floor. It will also soon be bolted to the 3x5 mud sill 24" of the floor through the back.
My garage is insulated and heated with radiant heat.
Since being broken into we have installed a monitored alarm system. We have motion sensor in the garage, door sensor to the outside and window contacts on the big window.

Do what works best for you. You'll never stop a thief, you can only hope to slow them down.

[ElToro]

i have a big flag of the local pro sports team hanging over mine. i try not to keep the garage door open all day long. its lag bolted with some big old long concrete lag bolts x4. it weighs over 1k pounds empty. its tucked tightly between a bunch of other heavy stuff to keep it non descript. i have some other brand, not a goldenrod, electric dehumidifier in there. when they delivered they offered me 1/2 shims at the corners in case the garage does flood or hot water heater gives up while im on vacation (happened to my parents when i was a kid!) mainly to be able to let it dry out under the safe incase of heavy wet floor

[Rivers]

That comment about being in SoCal and not needing dehumidifiers to prevent rust is way off base. I'm less than 1/2-mile from the ocean and have a rust problem with any steel outside my house. Homes closer to the surf have to repaint railings, wrought iron, etc. every six months. I'm not taking the chance with my firearms.

Since half the cars on my street in the summer have AZ license plates (a bit too hot and dry in Phoenix, right?), I'd suggest that someone from Arizona not offer "rust" advice to full-time San Diego residents. We deal with it year 'round.

[Jel]

A good way to destroy your home and possibly die if your slab is post-tensioned concrete.
Cables are spec'd on 48" centers, but it is allowable for them to be as far as 72" apart when they need to be moved to clear slab penetrations for plumbing, etc...
Initial specifications were published in 1980, and today most slabs are made this way.

Personally I would feel better with the safe somewhere in the house. But for what ever reason you need to put it in your garage AND you have a tensioned slab, you can have the slab x-rayed in the location you want to put the safe. I think we paid a contractor $150 to x-ray a server room floor where we wanted drill and run some conduit.