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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedbump, post: 2359058, member: 75637&quot;]What is the construction type of your apartment building?</p><p><br /></p><p>Placing heavy safes upstairs is not recommended unless you have concrete or some other substantially constructed floors. Wood or steel framed buildings are not usually meant to carry that amount of live load per square foot. You can end up with damaged ceilings on the floor below. If you know you have a bearing wall below the floor area where the safe is going, that might be OK. Some also say you can get away with locating it along an exterior bearing wall. These options are not always absolute however. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, just because its heavy doesn’t mean it provides good security. Many fire resistive gun safes only offer thin gauge steel linings that can be cut through easily. The fire resistive material itself is often just drywall. A modestly sized gun safe that uses thicker steel and a cementitious fire proofing can weigh 1,000lbs or more depending on the size.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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