Where to Install a Gun Safe - Get the Most out of Your Gun Safe

When it comes to boosting home security, a gun safe is an essential component. Not only does this keep firearms out of the wrong hands but also protects items when burglary level safes are purchased. But, where you choose to install the gun safe can either help its security, hurt it, or make it a pain to use.

The best place to install a gun safe is in a location where the gun safe is

Removing a Safe Door: Step-by-Step

Overview

To remove a safe door: open the door so that it's perpendicular to the safe, lift straight up from the base of the door, slide the door off of its pivots. 

Why Would You Want to Remove a Safe Door?

When moving a safe

Safes are large heavy objects, but nearly 1/3 of the weight of safe is contained within the door of the safe. You can make the moving a safe considerably easier if you remove the door to the

How to Install a Floor Safe: Step-by-Step

We sell Floor safes because they have one major security advantage: they are completely hidden. In fact, on many ocations we've had customers call us after living in a home for several years asking us to open a floor safe they've just discovered! For safes going on a ground floor of a building, there is no more secure safe than a hidden floor safe.

Summary

• Determine if you can install the floor safe in your

Avoid These Mistakes When Choosing a Safe

Imagine you've just invested in a safe to protect your valuables, only to discover that it's too small, too big, easily compromised, or doesn't have enough fire-resistant.

Here are essential factors to consider.

Summary

• Size matters. You must plan for growth, and you need to know how to properly measure your space (and safe) to ensure it fits.
• Get a properly built safe that meets your protection needs.
• Get

Get the Best Safe for Jewelry At Any Budget

As with any fine object of art, jewelry should have a place which it can call 'home.' A jewelry safe should be:

• Easy to find,
• Easy to access,
• Easy to keep organized, and
• Secure

That last point being of particular interest. For some jewelry, insurance companies will require that it be stored in a burglary-rated safe in order to be insured. 

Jewelry safes are the solution.

To get the best jewelry safe for

Finding the Best Gun Safes for the Money

Gun safes are an essential item to have in your home if you are a gun owner. They provide secure, safe storage for keeping your firearms out of little one’s hands, and they can provide additional security from fire or burglary attempts, not only for weapons but other valuables as well.

But, when deciding which gun safe to purchase, which features should you be looking at?

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What features should you consider

Safes & Post Tension Slab

Why You Don't Want to Cut or Drill into Post Tension Slab

When drilling or cutting into a post-tension slab, it's possible to hit a tension cable.

If that cable is damaged, it can not only weaken or cause damage to the foundation, the cable can even snap and rip right up through the slab, causing serious injury or even death to someone standing nearby. You do NOT want this to happen.

If it's a new home, putting any holes

What Type of Safe Should You Buy

What You're Putting in Your Safe Determines Which Safe You Should Purchase

The worth of the safe's content is the main consideration when buying a safe. Safes are like parachutes, when you need one you don't want it to be made cheap. When protecting your money, do not go cheap. Here are our recommendations based on what you are putting into your safe.

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Know Which Safe to Buy

Is the cheapest safe the best safe?

Is the most expensive safe the best safe?

Are those safes on the "top" lists of safes that Google loves to rank #1 the best safes?

No, No, and definitely no.

When choosing which safe to buy factor in the thickness of door & body, bolt size, and the safe's weight. Use those factors to buy the best safe at your budget. Ignore biased 'top' lists; reviewers likely never touched those safes. We're