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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1892730, member: 37498"]Sure there is. A well made vault in your home.</p><ul> <li>Moisture control [check]</li> <li>Fire protection [check]</li> <li>Burglary protection [check]</li> <li>Flood protection [check]</li> <li>Tornado protection [check]</li> <li>Protection from zombies [check]</li> <li>Protection from crooked bank employees [check]</li> </ul><p>The only reason I now keep my bullion in a SDB is because I do not have a vault in my home. Eventually, we would like to have a house custom designed and built for us. If we do, it will have a small vault, perhaps 100 sq ft. It will be in a full depth basement in a corner, with the walls, ceiling and floor being constructed of reinforced concrete. With two walls and the floor having earthen insulation, and the ceiling and two interior walls having at least 6" of cement for insulation, fire would not be a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although installing a vault into a new construction isn't very expensive, there are cheaper alternatives that work for both new and existing construction. A good floor safe installed in a cement floor or a good wall safe installed in a cement wall. Installing them inside cement, especially the floor, offers excellent thermal protection. Moisture can be a problem, but it is not impossible to mitigate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1892730, member: 37498"]Sure there is. A well made vault in your home. [LIST] [*]Moisture control [check] [*]Fire protection [check] [*]Burglary protection [check] [*]Flood protection [check] [*]Tornado protection [check] [*]Protection from zombies [check] [*]Protection from crooked bank employees [check] [/LIST] The only reason I now keep my bullion in a SDB is because I do not have a vault in my home. Eventually, we would like to have a house custom designed and built for us. If we do, it will have a small vault, perhaps 100 sq ft. It will be in a full depth basement in a corner, with the walls, ceiling and floor being constructed of reinforced concrete. With two walls and the floor having earthen insulation, and the ceiling and two interior walls having at least 6" of cement for insulation, fire would not be a problem. Although installing a vault into a new construction isn't very expensive, there are cheaper alternatives that work for both new and existing construction. A good floor safe installed in a cement floor or a good wall safe installed in a cement wall. Installing them inside cement, especially the floor, offers excellent thermal protection. Moisture can be a problem, but it is not impossible to mitigate.[/QUOTE]
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