Posted: 11/24/2007 5:13:08 AM EDT
I has a vault  First off, let me say that these guys are as professional as they come. I highly recommend them. You can find them at www.rhinovault.com They didn't deliver what I thought they would. Instead, they delivered much more than I could imagine. These guys have re-defined the term "built like a brick shithouse". This thing is amazing. I am still in awe. It weighs in at somewhere around 40,000 lbs. 3/16" steel on the outside with 1/8" steel on the inside. It is braced internally with 1/4" steel. It has 6" of concrete in between the walls. I think we ended up with about 10" of concrete on the roof. The door is a pocket style door and is secured by electro-magnetic locks rated at 1200 lbs. Keypad entry and battery backup. I don't have the final pics yet, since I had to leave to go out of town. I only have pics up to when they poured the concrete. I'll have the final pics today when I go out there. I'll be sure to post them. On to the pics I do have: The pad before:  Bringing in the first corner:  One side of the door frame:  Bringing in the first corner:  Almost there!  First corner is in:  Bringing in the other side of the door frame:  Lining up the door frame:   Bringing in the rest of the panels:     A good view of the internal bracing:  The door:    More walls:     A view from the far wall in, before the final wall panel:  Last wall!  View from the bedroom:  Roof going on:  View after the first section of roof:  I didn't get a pic after the second roof panel was on.  Pouring concrete:  I'll have the other pics done today  This thing is badass. These guys build quality vaults and doors. I highly recommend them. Update! The carpenters have finished the exterior wall around the vault in the garage. I also did most of the electrical work this afternoon. The finish work on the interior of this thing is awesome. Pics: The exterior wall around the vault in the garage:  The entrance from the house is done:  View from the entrance:  Most of the electrical work I did:  I'll post more pics as it progresses, but the progress will be slow until we get permanent power to the house. That should be in the next few weeks. UPDATE: 7/2/2008 Here are the pics after I got most of my stuff moved in. There are a few 1911's and some shotguns missing.....  
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I almost hate to ask what that costs, based on the fact I know I cant afford one myself. Based on how your wall studs are set up, how are you going to get into the door on that thing, and how are you going to finish out the studded walls there? All I need is to do is hit the $133M powerball tonight and I have to have one of those!! 
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I'll say that I paid a lot less than what anyone would pay for it now, due to steel prices. They were nice enough to honor a quote that they gave me 18 months ago. You'll have to call them for a quote, though. The interior wall will have an exterior door on it. We were just waiting for the vault to be in so we could make sure the doorway would be in the right spot. The pics this afternoon should show this, as the carpenters were supposed to be out there yesterday finishing that wall. |
That is cool as hell! Are you sure about the weight though? 40,000lbs is a lot for a concrete floor, although I see the floor is thicker in that spot. How about fire rating? I think you got some cool shit going in right there. "Man room", "safe room", "SHTF room", etc.....................looks good, keep us updated, and give me your address and combination, just in case you forget it.
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Looks nice so far, but that reply is pretty lame. You can't give a ballpark so we can have some idea as to cost? |
Probably around 20k, depending on exactly what you want. This one is 16' x 5' x 8' inside dimensions. |
Well, it took 8 yards of concrete. 1 yard of concrete = 4000 lbs, according to the concrete company. That is 32,000 lbs right there. We estimated the weight of all the steel at around 8000 lbs. The slab was engineered for this from the beginning, so it is properly reinforced. ETA: Fire rating is over 2 hours at I think 1500 degrees. I'll ask them again to confirm. |
Not flood proof, since water could seep under the door. I tried to figure out how to do that, but couldn't come up with a door design that would do it without eliminating the pocket style door. Can't be "everything proof", I guess.
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You could just do a "rhino lining" like they do on the pickup trucks on the entire interior. Then you would have the vault completely sealed!! It might work. A buddy of mine did his old Scrambler completely covered in the Rhino lining stuff.
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Thanks. Very nice. |
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