thefamcnaj
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Sorry to the mods if this thread isn't in the right place.
I moved into my home about 4 years ago before I was bitten by the gun/ammo bug. So when I was new into I bout a tin lock box called a centurion by liberty. I know longer feel this is adequate, so I started researching real safes. I talked with Frank(sorry I don't remember his thr name, he's used his real name before on here so...) and he's a great guy and patiently help guide me towards what a real safe was as opposed to an RSC. I had decided on the amsec tl30 gun safe. It is pricey, but thats ok because its worth the peace of mind. After getting some quotes and talking with my wife, we thought of a walk in vault. A big gun safe isn't big enough because she has some really centimental things that belonged to her mother, who has passed which mean more to her than any of my guns do to me. So with her wanting those things in safe keeping a safe would over flow quickly.
I've read all the threads I could find here on thr concernig walk in vaults. They were all dealing with new construction of a house which doesn't help me much. My home is just a regular 1 story house in a crowded housing developmeant. Its on a concrete slab and no basement. We do have a walk in closet but its full of all her goodies ie hand bags and shoes:banghead:
No rooms in the house are suitable because all rooms have windows.
I have a double car garage to work with or a 10x10 room that currently serves as my man cave so to speak.
I would like it to double as a storm shelter(as my wife and 2 kids are terrified of sever weather) and I checked fema's site and sports man steel safes site. The fema thing didn't seem to offer fire or security benefits and I've read complete horror stories on sportsman steel. Also I checked another sites "modular vaults".
Have any of you guys put a walk in vault in an already built house? Is it even practical? I haven't contacted a contractor or anything as I don't won't to ask for a "gun vault" may raise eyebrows, I don't know.
If you guys think its impracticle then I'll get the amsec and try and find a way to disguise it in the house and use the tin can as a dummy safe.
I moved into my home about 4 years ago before I was bitten by the gun/ammo bug. So when I was new into I bout a tin lock box called a centurion by liberty. I know longer feel this is adequate, so I started researching real safes. I talked with Frank(sorry I don't remember his thr name, he's used his real name before on here so...) and he's a great guy and patiently help guide me towards what a real safe was as opposed to an RSC. I had decided on the amsec tl30 gun safe. It is pricey, but thats ok because its worth the peace of mind. After getting some quotes and talking with my wife, we thought of a walk in vault. A big gun safe isn't big enough because she has some really centimental things that belonged to her mother, who has passed which mean more to her than any of my guns do to me. So with her wanting those things in safe keeping a safe would over flow quickly.
I've read all the threads I could find here on thr concernig walk in vaults. They were all dealing with new construction of a house which doesn't help me much. My home is just a regular 1 story house in a crowded housing developmeant. Its on a concrete slab and no basement. We do have a walk in closet but its full of all her goodies ie hand bags and shoes:banghead:
No rooms in the house are suitable because all rooms have windows.
I have a double car garage to work with or a 10x10 room that currently serves as my man cave so to speak.
I would like it to double as a storm shelter(as my wife and 2 kids are terrified of sever weather) and I checked fema's site and sports man steel safes site. The fema thing didn't seem to offer fire or security benefits and I've read complete horror stories on sportsman steel. Also I checked another sites "modular vaults".
Have any of you guys put a walk in vault in an already built house? Is it even practical? I haven't contacted a contractor or anything as I don't won't to ask for a "gun vault" may raise eyebrows, I don't know.
If you guys think its impracticle then I'll get the amsec and try and find a way to disguise it in the house and use the tin can as a dummy safe.