Gun Safe -- where do I put it??

[sigstroker]

If your floor can't handle 800 pounds, make damn sure you never have 3 friends stand near you.

[Flintlock Tom]

Lots of good logical suggestions here so I'll just say: "paint it white and put it in the kitchen."

[gunsmithcats]

Best advice I heard was to put it in the corner of the room where there are more support beams.

[Sky_DiveR]

..... "paint it white and put it in the kitchen."

Don't forget the refrigerator magnets.

[deerdeerdeer]

Lots of good logical suggestions here so I'll just say: "paint it white and put it in the kitchen."

Or better yet, buy yourself a refrigerator, and use it as a safe LOL, make sure its not plugged, rig it to have its own internal lock, and has non clear containers =)

[BroncoBob]

Funny how quickly a 500# safe can come out of the bed of a pick up truck.

[63j300]

My house I will watch it for you no problem. Oh i will need the combo to make sure contents are still there. 500# should not be a problem upstairs in a corner of a room. Is heavy but not all that heavy just don't fill with ammo.

[CK_32]

Living room? Kids room.

Great conversation starter

[rcslotcar]

A friend of mine put carpet on a large piece of plywood that was about 2 feet larger than the safe. He figured that would help spread the weight of the safe over a larger area. That was 10 years ago and hasn't had any problems.

[geeknow]

Put it upstairs. Use a stud finder to locate the joists in the floor. They are usually 18" apart (on center). Straddle 2 joists, to disperse the load, if you feel better about that, but one joist can handle the weight. Also consider this, you'll be placing the safe against the wall. The frame of the house is tied together, so the different planes share the load. In other words, the second floor isn't only held up by the floor. It is also supported by the walls. If the wall you choose is a load bearing wall, so much the better.

I also like whoevers idea it was to paint it white and stick it in the kitchen . Bonus points for hiding in plain sight.

[JDay]

It'll be fine. The weight is spread out so the PSI is quite low.

[JDay]

I'm no rocket scientist but how does this sound...

I weigh 200 lbs and stand with my feet together in the spot where you are going to put your safe. Is that weight per square inch (say a 1 foot by 1 foot square) more stress on the floor than the safe at 800 lbs spread over a 30 by 30 inch square?

Maybe someone here that is smarter than me can do the math.

There's a difference between static and live loads.

[Erion929]

Question: 1988 two-story Orange County tract home....if I put a 500-600 lb. safe in the 2nd floor master bedroom corner that has a tiled floor, can one just drill down through the tile / thinset and into the floorboards to anchor it? I don't know what the 2nd floor is constructed from, I know there was a plywood that the tile was laid on....is there usually a lightweight cement under the plywood, or just wood? I can't imagine getting lucky enough to find floor joists in exactly the correct positions in the corner of the room where the safe fits best.....

[postal]

No- it is all wood construction for 2nd story.

Best bet would be to drill the back and or side of the safe (if in a corner,) and bolt it to the wall studs.

I'd bolt it to the wall studs for sure.

I have a 100+ pound 'document safe' I took out of a foreclosure home that I slid down the stairs. Easy as pie. Took about 3 minutes to open when it was sitting my garage too. (nothing good- just insurance/medical paperwork.)

[scbauer]

If your floor can't handle 800 pounds, make damn sure you never have 3 friends stand near you.

My thoughts exactly. If you feel comfortable having you and 3 friends stand near each other upstairs, this is no different. If you are that worried, is there a way to put another 2x4 or two under the safe (downstairs) against the same wall? That would give you peace of mind, but really shouldn't be necessary.


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