Liberty Safe explains the best place to put a safe in the home is in the basement. Learn why it is recommend that you place your safe in a corner against an outside wall and bolted to the floor.
Best place? I put mine in a basement corner. Bolted it with 4 bolts on each panel to the both walls and the floor. Door opening close to one wall. Then poured 4" of reinforced concrete on the top and one exposed side. It will take a professional to cut through or drill the safe. Safes only buy time. The alarms will be triggered, and safe should buy enough time to prevent the theft. Protect the sides and top, and prevent the removal of the safe or pry attacks. After that, insurance, and of course armed resistence work wonders.
Never, never, never in a basement. Unless you live where basements do not flood. I live in Central Ohio. Anyway the basement is the most humid place in the house. My basement has only flooded 2 times in 50 years. And yes I have a battery backup sump pump, 2 infact. I would only put a safe in a basement if it had waterproofing. The odds of the basement flooding are higher than theft. Even my deep freezer in the basement is up on concrete blocks. Be wary of what you put in your basement.
Also, a garage mounted safe is much easier to remove from the property, even if it’s anchored. Back a truck in and wrap a chain around it. Gone in seconds
A friend of mine puts his gun safe where it can be found (thieves) and stores cheap air rifles and cheap firearms in it. The real collectables of value he hides in hidden wall cavities, and puts money and jewels in vac sealed packs in bottom of freezer under frozen foods, that protect from heat of fire too. Thieves can spend time on target that contain decoys, and w SHTF and sheriff shows up to confiscate firearms, he will give them what is in safe! 🤠
@@emilebichelberger7590 of all the guns lost, stolen or misplaced, I have never see one lost in a fire. A few may happen, but ask yourself do you want to prevent theft that is deliberate, or fire which is much more rare. Even if there is a small fire in the garage, it frequently extinguished before entire property is destroyed. Yes I think my rifle stored in a well insulated freezer, inside a secure fire wrap is safer than in a safe that can be wheeled out on a hand cart by one person in 2 minutes flat!
@@emilebichelberger7590 as I said above I am not worried about a rare house fire( never witnessed one personally in my 76 years) but many nearby thefts that were targeted and deliberate. A thief cannot sell a Burt up gun to buy drugs with!
I live in PA. My house has an old stone cellar and it is dry as a bone. I bought a safe and my cellar is not a tall one...some areas have to duck because of ducts. I covered the walls in the area I planned to put the safe with very thick dark plastic. I took "2 men and a boy" to get the safe in (height issues) and I placed it on 4 bricks and not flat on the floor and allows air to circulate. It is in the far corner of the basement. All I did was to put a heating rod in the safe to insure temp. It has been there for years and is ok. I do have a sump and the cellar floor is level to the base of a cellar door so any water...if sump fails ...will go out the door into a banked part of the yard. I thought the same with putting the safe in the basement...in case of fire. one ...it will end up there anyway in a fire and two...heat goes up so may be the extra time of not in direct fire but under it... might save contents . just my opinion
The area of my home I would like to put a safe in is my den and it does not have a basement underneath of it that part of the house sits on the foundation and there’s dirt under the floor basically with a concrete block foundation of course,,,I’m thinking I could cut between the joists and build some sort of form or footer on the dirt and pour in some mixed sack Crete and come up between the joists in that away and make the concrete level with the floor basically and have threaded steel rod cast in the concrete and come up into the safe to bolt the safe down????idk????
You are the first person that I have ever heard of that said to place it next to an outside wall. You have more temperature changes that way, and thus, more condensation. Put it in the basement away form an outside wall and control the humidity. (Your basement will smell much better also.)
What kind of "mat" would I get and put under my safe if it's on concrete, and do I not take off the bracket crate thing that was attached at the bottom when it was shipped?
You can use stall mat material or any rubber mat to act as a moisture barrier. Yes, you do take off the bracket or pallet that is under the safe when it is shipped. That's there to make it easier to put a pallet jack or forklift under the safe for easier transportation.
I've made a couple of errors in buying a safe. I didn't do enough research regarding various security levels, I opted for a dial and I have diminished visual acuity, and I think I'd like to make a platform to raise it up to eye level but it weighs 240 pounds. Not like buying a lawnmower!
All was well until a goddamn pipe busted in the attic during the ice storm down here in Texas last week😩hadda rip up all the carpet and dremel the bolts I had it bolted down with. Gahhh🥺
l see that the numbered pad must be controlled with a battery ?? what happens if the battery goes flat, does that mean you can't open the safe ? thanks Keith
Mine is installed in my kids’ closet. I reinforced the floor with 1/4” steel and welded nuts for the bolts to thread into. Reason being, if its a home invasion, im only steps away from my arms, and if we’re away, the top floor is monitored by the alarm company in 2 different ways (doors and motion) not just 1 like the basement (doors only).
If you are worry about humidity, flooding, and drilling into your concrete rebar. 1. Install next to interior walls. 2. Pour a concrete slab area at least 4-6 inches in height and enough area to cover safe. (Try to pour some close by a corner wall and directly on top of existing concrete to bond more to house foundation also watch a tutorial on how to bond existing concrete to new concrete) Drill concrete anchors for the safe to anchor on slab. Lay a nice thick sheet of plastic on top of slab 3. Put a hot rod dehumidifier inside safe. Use a hygrometer to keep moisture between 45 and 55%. Add a whole house dehumidifier if basement gets too humid.
The basement is the worst place to put a safe. Had a Pawn Shop in our area burn down. Store was on top of a full basement where they stored all their safes. The building collapsed down into the basement cavity and turned the hole into a furnace. Absolutely nothing survived the fire. Once the safes were cut open and inspected, everything was totally destroyed. All the gun barrels warped and the wood and composite stocks were gone. Total loss of over 200 firearms.
And please post your address, where you leave your house key outside, and the combination of your safe, so that we don't duplicate combination numbers. Bwaaaaaaa Bhwwwaaaaaahhhh !
If it is on an exterior wall you should be okay. That is where your footings are at. If you are worried build a header in the basement and use floor jacks underneath the trusses. That is what I am going to do.
the only way some can actually take the whole safe from your basement is if it is one of those cheapo one that weigh nothing, if you can rock an unbolted safe with one hand like the one in the video then spend some extra and get a real safe. 1000LBS and up.
I would want to see someone try to move a 1000 lb safe in a basement and have to go upstairs and out the door. If they can move that size safe out, I am not buying that brand.
I watched another video and saw it's not only about the weight and carrying it out. If the burglar can tip the safe on its back, then they have the room/leverage to use pry bar on the door.
Lol - Judge Reinhold - was listening to this guy talk and couldn’t hit it who he sounded like when you said it. Brad in Fast Times at Ridgemont High - he was dreaming of Phoebe Cates coming out of the pool……
I’m having this carried up stairs and placed in corner next to my bed on carpet. I don’t think anyone is going to want to drag this thing down the stairs. I want to keep my Arsenal safe from my kids and have access to all of it if someone enters my house.
Im doing the exact same as what you’re doing. The only thing that comes to mind is if were out in vacation, its easier for them to slide it down the stairs. Its 625lbs so have fun lol. But im also adding ADT alarm system at home.
Are my eyes playing tricks on me, looks like you could slide a WHOLE DECK of CARDS through that top door gap ? Wtf ? A thief wouldn't have to try and steal that safe, just a couple crowbars 🤨😡
@@mandovapehater6988 The gun safe did its job, I'm genuinely surprised. Is it a quality one or just a big box one? I've actually not been broken into since I left Forest Lawn in Calgary (had my car broken into a couple times, but not the house): I live in a neighborhood with a lot of retirees, so a lot of eyes, makes it a low crime area.
sorry you just spent a grand on a safe that is useless. you can disassemble the digital lock and use key only if your has a secondary locking mechanism
Would be nice to have a remote detonated 5 lb block of C4. Get home "oh no my safe is gone " " damn johnny this safe is really hard to get in to " "yeah brah libertys are really tough " . .. BOOM
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