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<p>[QUOTE="Speedbump, post: 2467341, member: 75637"]Anchored to the concrete slab is always best and is required for larger gun vaults that may weight a couple 1,000lbs. Be mindful of possible post tension cables within your slab when anchoring. </p><p><br /></p><p>Locating a safe over a wood floor structure is more complicated. Simple residential home construction is not meant to carry significant concentrated live loads. Smaller cube safes that weigh several 100lbs are typically ok, but larger gun vaults that approach or exceed 1,000lbs become problematic. Even if a floor system could technically support the weight of a large safe, you may end up cracking drywall on the ceiling below, or damaging the finished floor in areas adjacent to the safe if you have tile/stone or wood flooring. Also, your home's structural warranty and your insurance company may not cover damages if they discover you put in a super heavy safe that damaged your home. If your home has a wood floor structure on the first floor, you could put in a concrete footing below the safe's location to support it independently from the floor structure.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are putting a smaller safe over a wood floor, make sure it is anchored to the floor joist and not just the sub-floor. Don't bolt a safe down over tile/stone or wood flooring as you may damage the floor when you tighten the anchor bolts. You will want to remove finish flooring (including carpet) from the spot the safe will go, and then reinstall up to the safe's edges. Having the safe's bottom edge below the finish flooring will also help block prying of the safe from the floor. If you don't have tile/stone flooring, you could also install a concrete board sub-floor around where the safe will go to limit the ability of a burglar to simply cut the floor to remove the safe. If you are locating the safe on the second floor, you will want to find a place near or over load bearing walls below, or along an exterior wall preferably in the corner of two exterior walls. Exterior walls tend to be load bearing. This will help transfer the weight down instead of out across the floor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Speedbump, post: 2467341, member: 75637"]Anchored to the concrete slab is always best and is required for larger gun vaults that may weight a couple 1,000lbs. Be mindful of possible post tension cables within your slab when anchoring. Locating a safe over a wood floor structure is more complicated. Simple residential home construction is not meant to carry significant concentrated live loads. Smaller cube safes that weigh several 100lbs are typically ok, but larger gun vaults that approach or exceed 1,000lbs become problematic. Even if a floor system could technically support the weight of a large safe, you may end up cracking drywall on the ceiling below, or damaging the finished floor in areas adjacent to the safe if you have tile/stone or wood flooring. Also, your home's structural warranty and your insurance company may not cover damages if they discover you put in a super heavy safe that damaged your home. If your home has a wood floor structure on the first floor, you could put in a concrete footing below the safe's location to support it independently from the floor structure. If you are putting a smaller safe over a wood floor, make sure it is anchored to the floor joist and not just the sub-floor. Don't bolt a safe down over tile/stone or wood flooring as you may damage the floor when you tighten the anchor bolts. You will want to remove finish flooring (including carpet) from the spot the safe will go, and then reinstall up to the safe's edges. Having the safe's bottom edge below the finish flooring will also help block prying of the safe from the floor. If you don't have tile/stone flooring, you could also install a concrete board sub-floor around where the safe will go to limit the ability of a burglar to simply cut the floor to remove the safe. If you are locating the safe on the second floor, you will want to find a place near or over load bearing walls below, or along an exterior wall preferably in the corner of two exterior walls. Exterior walls tend to be load bearing. This will help transfer the weight down instead of out across the floor.[/QUOTE]
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