Epic gun safe challenge: How would YOU do it?
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Bobson
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Is this a house you own and plan to remain in for several years?
If you've got interior flooding in that room, you might just want to pull the carpet there and be done with it. Even with proper airflow, if the pad underneath is getting saturated, you've probably got mold, just from the length of time it takes to dry each time it floods.
I recommend you pull the carpet and pad, and lay down a tile of whatever style you like (pre-cut to allow floor bolts for the safe). Then you get some small, 2x2x1 inch (or so) steel blocks, and set them around the perimeter of the safe, maybe every 12" to 18" apart, so it's just slightly above the floor. That'll give sufficient airflow to allow the tile to dry quickly after flooding, but will also keep the safe low enough that accessing the mounting bolts is extremely difficult.
That's how I'd do it if it was my own house, except for the obvious point of actually fixing the flood problem.
What are you doing about the water getting on the sheetrock behind the safe every time it gets wet? That will mold too, even if you don't see it on the inside.
If you've got interior flooding in that room, you might just want to pull the carpet there and be done with it. Even with proper airflow, if the pad underneath is getting saturated, you've probably got mold, just from the length of time it takes to dry each time it floods.
I recommend you pull the carpet and pad, and lay down a tile of whatever style you like (pre-cut to allow floor bolts for the safe). Then you get some small, 2x2x1 inch (or so) steel blocks, and set them around the perimeter of the safe, maybe every 12" to 18" apart, so it's just slightly above the floor. That'll give sufficient airflow to allow the tile to dry quickly after flooding, but will also keep the safe low enough that accessing the mounting bolts is extremely difficult.
That's how I'd do it if it was my own house, except for the obvious point of actually fixing the flood problem.
What are you doing about the water getting on the sheetrock behind the safe every time it gets wet? That will mold too, even if you don't see it on the inside.
leadcounsel
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Since the feet have to stay, and there's a need to keep the safe elevated, I'd remove the carpet (sounds like it's a bad area for carpet anyway due to moisture/water problems).
I'd lag the safe down in the pre-drilled holes. Then I'd build a form for concrete, go buy yourself some quickcrete and rebar and build a base of concrete either under the safe or to set the safe on to protect the bolts.
You could also use treated lumber instead.
Just make it hard for people to get to the bolts with tools. They'd have to cut away the lumber or chip away the concrete.
I'd lag the safe down in the pre-drilled holes. Then I'd build a form for concrete, go buy yourself some quickcrete and rebar and build a base of concrete either under the safe or to set the safe on to protect the bolts.
You could also use treated lumber instead.
Just make it hard for people to get to the bolts with tools. They'd have to cut away the lumber or chip away the concrete.
CapnMac
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The flooding problem needs to be fixed first.
That carpet will be taken out, to the slab--not a question of "if" only of "when."
So, quck, "for now" solution. Measure the legs as precisely as possible. Go to your local metal supplier and see if they have some "scrap" or "surplus" steel columns. Look for 3" x 1/4" or 4" x 1/4"--round or square tube. Get four of those cut to the length of the feet. Paint them with galvanized primer, then with a finish coat of black.
Were it me, I'd get a couple cans of spray foam, and fill the tubes full, and use a hacksaw blade to trim the foam flush. Gotta keep that flood water out.
Place the tubes under where the safe is drilled for anchors, and drill through safe, foam, and concrete to get good anchors in.
That carpet will be taken out, to the slab--not a question of "if" only of "when."
So, quck, "for now" solution. Measure the legs as precisely as possible. Go to your local metal supplier and see if they have some "scrap" or "surplus" steel columns. Look for 3" x 1/4" or 4" x 1/4"--round or square tube. Get four of those cut to the length of the feet. Paint them with galvanized primer, then with a finish coat of black.
Were it me, I'd get a couple cans of spray foam, and fill the tubes full, and use a hacksaw blade to trim the foam flush. Gotta keep that flood water out.
Place the tubes under where the safe is drilled for anchors, and drill through safe, foam, and concrete to get good anchors in.
oneounceload
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Build a platform similar in looks to a pallet or similar so there is air flow. Bolt that to the floor and the safe to that. What material you use is up to you.
Or, build a wall around it three sides so that someone would have to tear the walls out to get the safe removed and bolt the safe to those walls. Giving it its own little "closet" keeps casual glances from visitors from seeing it.
Or, build a wall around it three sides so that someone would have to tear the walls out to get the safe removed and bolt the safe to those walls. Giving it its own little "closet" keeps casual glances from visitors from seeing it.
rbernie
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That was my thought, as well. I can't begin to imagine how bad the humidity management is gonna be in a safe that sits in a flood zone.
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