How to bolt the safe on second tile floor

[hpdad]

My second floor is tile. I have a fire safe about 80 lbs in weight. It's capable of bolt down but don't know how. Any ideas will be much appreciated?

Thanks

[Mp5marley]

easy peasy!!! get a ceramic bit/masonary bit to punch thru layer or tiles/back boards. make the hole slightly larger than the LAG BOLT you will be using to drill into the wood below the ceramic tile!!!!! basically, you would drill about 3/4" to 1" into the tiles, after that, you want your LAG bolt or screw to attach to the wood below that. If you're lucky, you may hit a joist/stud if your lucky! the idea is to pre drill holes into tiles so that you don't crack them with a lag bolt/screw. If you don't bolt your safe down, my low life friends will come and steal your safe! How? They will use a piece of carpet or blanket to drag your safe across the tiles, it's much lighter this way!!!! BOLT IT DOWN!!!!!

[SoCal1]

Put the safe in the location want it, mark the holes. Use masonry bit or tile/glass bit (depending on the type of tile) to drill through the tile then a regular bit to drill sub-floor. Use lag bolts to secure.

[ElvenSoul]

Does it have to bolt to floor? What about studs in back wall?

[hpdad]

Does it have to bolt to floor? What about studs in back wall?

The safe has ONE pre-drill hole at the bottom.

[saki302]

It's VERY easy to make new holes int he bottom and back of the safe with a drill bit.

Drill as many holes as you want to bolt it as many times as you like. The more bolts securing it, the better.

I prefer one bolt in EACH bottom corner, then two bolts in the back.

-Dave

[gshraptor]

Use a quality masonry bit.

If you are worried about the tile cracking, start with a small bit as a pilot hole and go larger from there.

A porcelain tile will be much tougher to drill than travertine or natural stone.

Once you get through, you can use lags, or some large metal butterfly anchors.

If possible, get something in the floor AND the wall.

[hpdad]

I love to drill on wall. it much easier to find the studs than on floor but afraid that will void the fire warranty. Guess I have to drill one hole on the floor and bolt with pre-drill hole.