Thanks for your input! My Vault Room COMPLETED! OP UPDATED (Pics)

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Posted: 9/26/2018 3:29:09 PM EDT

I could not be happier with how it all turned out. I appreciate each and every one of you who gave advice and input along the way (in the previous thread and this one). Total time to completion was about almost a year thanks to my work being so busy. But here it is

Vault Room? What Vault Room?

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:34:42 PM EDT

[#1]

Great progress, great job.......I hate you.

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:37:14 PM EDT

[#2]

Looking great!

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:38:49 PM EDT

[#3]

Love it !

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:39:42 PM EDT

[#4]

Love it!

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:47:44 PM EDT

[#5]

Wow... well done

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:50:44 PM EDT

[#6]

Looks awesome. I'm very jelly.

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:52:33 PM EDT

[#7]

Wow, I too hate you!
Looks great, nice job

Posted: 9/26/2018 3:55:58 PM EDT

[#8]

What kind of block did you use to build the walls?

roof?

Posted: 9/26/2018 4:00:16 PM EDT

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that's formed poured concrete. I'm just wondering if he used #4s throughout.

Posted: 9/26/2018 4:13:38 PM EDT

[#10]

Nice,

I assume you can't be locked in there?

Posted: 9/26/2018 4:17:26 PM EDT

[#11]

Very nice!

Got any shots of the rebar in the walls and ceiling?

Posted: 9/26/2018 4:40:54 PM EDT

[#12]

Very nice

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:08:38 PM EDT

[#13]

Nice work.....looks great.

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:15:32 PM EDT

[#14]

WOW!

Very curious about your ceiling arrangement also.....

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:17:03 PM EDT

[#15]

Nice

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:21:28 PM EDT

[#16]

When I have my house built I'm doing something super cool like this too

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:34:26 PM EDT

[#17]

Outstanding. When I dig a warren of tunnels beneath my house, I'll put in a nice vault.

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:44:33 PM EDT

[#18]

Very nice.

Posted: 9/26/2018 5:52:09 PM EDT

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^this

Posted: 9/26/2018 6:15:20 PM EDT

[#20]

That's sexy!

Posted: 9/26/2018 6:23:17 PM EDT

[#21]

Was the door a professional install?

Posted: 9/26/2018 6:29:36 PM EDT

[#22]

What are you doing for fire suppression? Air circulation? Comms?

Posted: 9/26/2018 6:51:00 PM EDT

[#23]

Nice work.

Posted: 9/26/2018 6:55:58 PM EDT

[#24]

nice

Posted: 9/26/2018 6:59:15 PM EDT

[#25]

Looks really good so far. Can't wait to see the finished product. OST.

Posted: 9/26/2018 7:01:25 PM EDT

[#26]

Freakin jealous, nice job op

Posted: 9/26/2018 8:01:20 PM EDT

[#27]

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Got any shots of the rebar in the walls and ceiling?

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Very nice!

Got any shots of the rebar in the walls and ceiling?

I do somewhere and I meant to post pics of it, but I can't find them. I hope I didnt delete them.

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What kind of block did you use to build the walls?

roof?

The walls and ceiling are 8 inches thick poured concrete.

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that's formed poured concrete. I'm just wondering if he used #4s throughout.

I paid a contractor to do it and he used a decent amount of rebar (I think). I believe it was an 8 inch grid and I won't pretend to know what #4 means.

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Was the door a professional install?

It was. I ordered the Magnum Extreme Deluxe from Smith Security and had them install it. I'm glad I did too because it took 4 of us to get it in place before the installer worked on it.

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What are you doing for fire suppression? Air circulation? Comms?

Hopefully the Vault door and concrete keep me safe from fire. There is a 4 inch hole attached to a vent in a strategic place that should provide air. Comms is a great failure. It is something I could still work in thanks to the air vent, but when the door is closed, there is zero cell service. Internet from my router does work in the vault however. I know that's not ideal if the electric goes out.

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Nice, I assume you can't be locked in there?

There is a handle on the inside that will let me out in regular situations. The vault door is I swing, so if there is a tornado, my door should still open at the end.

Posted: 10/1/2018 7:17:06 PM EDT

[#28]

A+

Classy

Posted: 10/1/2018 7:25:35 PM EDT

[#29]

No toilet?

Posted: 10/3/2018 7:57:33 AM EDT

[#30]

How did you pour the walls? Pump?
Nice job.

Posted: 10/3/2018 8:20:04 AM EDT

[#31]

That is incredible. Do you have some sort of construction background or did you just "wing" that? Honestly, that is really impressive.

I shimmed a door last week so it would close properly, so there's that.

Posted: 10/4/2018 1:23:54 AM EDT

[#32]

Outstanding.

BTW, what is your opinion on the Magnum Extreme Deluxe?

Posted: 10/4/2018 10:52:46 AM EDT

[#33]

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that's formed poured concrete. I'm just wondering if he used #4s throughout.

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I paid a contractor to do it and he used a decent amount of rebar (I think). I believe it was an 8 inch grid and I won't pretend to know what #4 means.

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No need to have a lot of iron in the walls, it's not like it's a bank vault. As a former Ironworker, I can say from experience that a bank vault would be drastically over-designed. # 4s 8" on center is quite adequate for your purposes it holds the concrete in place and stiffens the walls and ceiling. A #4 is approximately 1/2 inch in diameter.

looks like a job well done. I am quite envious.

Posted: 10/4/2018 11:36:38 AM EDT

[#34]

That looks amazing OP. I'm hoping to close on a house soon and am looking for ideas on how to do a vault in the basement. What is the size of the room? And if you don't mind me asking, about how much did the concrete pour cost?

Posted: 10/4/2018 11:42:40 AM EDT

[#35]

My jealousy cup overfloweth...

Posted: 10/4/2018 7:32:44 PM EDT

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No toilet?

No toilet.

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How did you pour the walls? Pump?
Nice job.

Yes, they pumped it in. It was pretty slick I thought.

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That is incredible. Do you have some sort of construction background or did you just "wing" that? Honestly, that is really impressive.

I shimmed a door last week so it would close properly, so there's that.

I do have a construction background and do all types of construction activities all day for work.

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Outstanding.

BTW, what is your opinion on the Magnum Extreme Deluxe?

I love it so far. It is unbelievably heavy and carries some momentum after you start opening it. If you are wanting that door, I recommend having a bar handle put on the outside of it. I didn't know that was even an option until the installer said Smith puts them on there if requested.

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That looks amazing OP. I'm hoping to close on a house soon and am looking for ideas on how to do a vault in the basement. What is the size of the room? And if you don't mind me asking, about how much did the concrete pour cost?

The room is 12x13 on the inside. I paid a little over $13k for the concrete. I'm not sure if that is a good price or not, I have used the same guy for concrete for about a decade now. It seemed fair to me and I didn't feel like getting bids from a bunch of contractors I didn't know to have this kind of thing done if you know what I mean.

I will have completed product pictures hopefully within the next week or two. I have everything just about wrapped up in there, I just want to take some high quality photos with a wide angled lens to share with you guys. Guns are hanging as well and It looks awesome

Posted: 10/4/2018 9:19:09 PM EDT

[#37]

can't wait for the final photos.......ya done good.

Posted: 10/4/2018 9:19:11 PM EDT

[#38]

Very cool

Posted: 10/28/2018 11:49:05 PM EDT

[#39]

Very nice something like what I want to do. What was cost of the door? The hook panel walls to mount guns on what band is it your using? What is the cost of it all so far? I plan on doing something like this but I need to go bigger lol. Design plans and ideas be great.

Posted: 11/10/2018 1:17:14 PM EDT

[#40]

Wait... this was all done inside a completely built home?! I didn’t even think that’d be possible!!

Posted: 11/10/2018 1:24:11 PM EDT

[#41]

looking pretty awesome so far!

Posted: 11/15/2018 8:02:57 AM EDT

[#42]

What is on the backside of the Smith door with the wires coming off it?

Posted: 11/15/2018 8:18:13 PM EDT

[#43]

Looks great. For all looking, THIS is how you add a room to an existing house. Good job OP.

What I like the most is the corner shelf units to join the walls, looks great and functional. Very nice.

Posted: 11/19/2018 1:25:18 AM EDT

[#44]

Sorry for the delay in posting finished photos. Work has been crazy busy and there are still a few finishing touches I have to add to it. Unfortunately, I won't have much time due to work again for a little while.

Posted: 11/27/2018 11:16:30 AM EDT

[#45]

It’s alright.

In all reality that is awesome. Looks amazing and well built.

Posted: 12/2/2018 1:26:34 PM EDT

[#46]

What does the outside if your house look like ?

Looks incredible !

Posted: 12/6/2018 10:23:43 PM EDT

[#47]

Damn that’s nice as hell! I wish my room had that much square footage but it wasn’t in the plan. You did it right though. Looking forward to the finished product. Looks like Gallowtech and a Smith door.