Great Video! Question, how far does the handles protrude past the jam? Im adding ones of these and would like to put a sliding mirror in from of it and didnt know if it would lay flush.
We had only two people and so we separated the door from the frame to make it easier to carry etc. More muscle would have been good We made the concrete blocks exactly 37 1/4 “ apart square and level the frame dropped in perfect no shims needed We used 5/16 Tapcons for our fasteners much stronger and better for concrete blocks We did add some concrete adhesive for a little extra strength not sure if necessary No predrilling needed but it was easier with just the frame for test fitting as we put the wall up. The door is heavy to put on afterwards but we did it with two 170 lb guys so you should be ok Good luck let me know how yours works out 👍🏻
Can you install this on just a typical house wood? I don’t necessarily need an armory it’s more of like I’d like a walk in safe that is more secure than just a locked door. I just don’t have the means to lay cinderblocks in concrete. I was just hoping to replace one of my interior wooden doors and frames.
Dude, you installed the safe door backwards. At least you did a concrete ceiling, but where is your galvanized decking to support that concrete and steel beams every 6 feet on center ,checkerboard rebar 12 inches on center tied into the existing foundation walls and rebar through the top block and tied into the concrete ceiling ? I’m thinking you should have had a structural engineer before you took on this project ?
The room had a concrete ceiling when the house was built in 1976 same as the garage has a concrete ceiling over the cistern under it The concrete ceiling has been there for 47 plus years I just closed in the opening with a wall Before that the concrete ceiling was not supported plus the house was built and owned before me by an engineer though not a structural engineer I am not an engineer and the guy helping was a 30 yr brick mason but not an engineer either So far I have no complaints with it I appreciate the input and your thoughts 👍🏻
