I will be getting ready to do a addition to my home this Spring and want to add a Gun Vault / Armory . Problem is I'm not sure how to construct it to be fire/theft proof, my home is stick built and on a crawlspace foundation. I have found a Vault door built by Browning. The dimensions I'm planning on are 8'wide x 8' deep with 8' ceiling. Any tips or pics would be greatly appreciated.

 

Man I don't have any real suggestions, but I'd love to see what you have that needs that much room.

If you really want fireproofing, you'll need a solid concrete or filled block perimeter, top and sides, I would think. Plus maybe some of the standalone fire suppression units.

Have you contacted Browning to see what they may have as a guide?

 

I have (3) Browning safes that are slammed ,(2) 24/35 gun for my long guns and a 11/22 gun safe for my hand guns . I also have some archery equipment I want to keep protected and want to have a area designated for ammo storage. I wanted a 8'x12' but my wife said "No , I couldn't have a gun closet bigger than her walk in closet"

 

Hidden Safes and Vaults

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check out fema's website for above ground safe rooms also for construction details for a vault type room, we are going to do that for both a safe room and gun/reloading safe.
also i found some inswing vault doors from Vault Doors,Safe Room Vault Door,Fireproof Vault Doors - Get the best prices at homelandsafes.com, prices are reasonable and they will do custom sizes also inswing so they qualify as a saferoom for fema regulations.

one of my friends built a safe room gun safe that is fantastic but what worried me is the door is only a out swing so if the house collasped around it you will be trapped inside, of course that may not be all bad at least you will be safe.


life begins when the kids leave home and the dog dies

 

thanks Speedwrench, I never thought about FEMA having the info. They have several plans in detail.


thanks

 

Your walls had better be super strong--b-cause------If a crook finds your vault
door---he will desecrate your walls to get in...................

 

Although not that durable, drywall is used in most gun safes for fire protection. They just keep layering it on until they get the rating. It is also used as a fire barrier in buildings. 1 layer of 5/8" is a 1 hour wall, (one side) 2 layers is 2 hours.

Really your just trying to slow somebody down that is trying to get in. Even a block wall can be broke into with just a hammer. It will just take them a long time. (unless they get a bigger hammer) Heavy steel mesh is a good addition too.

I am also planing to build a small (4' x 7') gun room. I got a safe door from a friend off a job so I have a head start. I'm planning to put up a block wall. Put drywall on the inside and outside. Either put steel mesh behind the rock, rebar between the courses and/or fill some of the cores.

 

fill all of the courses with grout and rebar on 8 in centers that will stop most thiefs in their tracks.

if we're not supposed to eat animals why are they made out of meat?

 

the one we have at the office is 12" filled block with an 8" poured ceiling sitting on a slab. you'll have to run yours to the crawlspace , sit it on a foundation, and pour a floor.