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Posted: 4/17/2010 10:03:24 AM EDT
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For those of you that have your "safes" in main parts of the house ie...bedroom, living room etc.. and not a basement or garage do you just drill right through the carpet through the padding and into the slab/sub floor? My wife and I will at most live in our current house another 3 years so I have issue with just drilling throught the carpet in my spare room. We are on a slab so I have no option to take it to the basement rec room and I'm not going to put in the garage. I just don't want to sell the house move the safe and have these two holes in the carpet. Now, I realize there is going to be a mark left where the safe sat but that usually works itself back after a few months.
So just bite the bullet and do it or is there some "science" to follow so your carpet doesn't get destroyed. |
| Talking from expierience in a different area if you cut the carpet in a + or cross patternt to get the bolt through it usually can later be covered up. But I suspect it will be tough as hell to acomplish with a heavy ass safe. I suspect you will say to hell with it and just drill through. |
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also, washers are ok... but I would suggest to place a wider and semi thick metal under the bolt so that the gunsafe's body won't rip apart when someone tries to knock it down. 7,10,12 guage is a little to thin to stop that type of stress on the metal.
let me rephase it.... The diameter of the bolt or even a washer is not large enough to distribute the stress of the metal, causing the bolt/washer to rip the steel underneath it. |
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also, washers are ok... but I would suggest to place a wider and semi thick metal under the bolt so that the gunsafe's body won't rip apart when someone tries to knock it down. 7,10,12 guage is a little to thin to stop that type of stress on the metal. let me rephase it.... The diameter of the bolt or even a washer is not large enough to distribute the stress of the metal, causing the bolt/washer to rip the steel underneath it. I think I understand what you are saying. Place a washer on top of the hole then slide the bolt through...? |
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yeah, but it has to be a very wide washer or place another sheet or metal like 5by5 inch metal (doesn't have to be thick, under the washer to give that hole more strength.
floor - bottom of safe - sheet of steel (5by5) then washer then put the bolt through that. doesn't have to be 5by5... i am just giving an example. should make it very sturdy. a truck would have to ram it. its like putting a piece of paper and nailing it to the wall. give it a good pull.... the paper will come right off. ..... putting several layers of paper (washer - sheet of metal) under the nail will give it more strength and will be harder to seperate the paper from the wall. |
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Cut a section of the carpet and pad out. It will be less noticable than a section where a safe set on it for 3 years. All you need to fix it is double sided heat tape, you can buy this at most carpet stores. This is probably the best suggestion yet....... |
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Cut out the carpet. I've moved and installed my safe in three different homes, each time cutting out the carpet.
The carpet is easily seamed back in by a pro for about $80, or just DIY. The advantages of cutting the carpet; a) carpet not crushed, patch not visible when you sell the house, b) carpet wiggles, no matter how heavy your safe it will NEVER be as stable on carpet as it will directly on the slab c) you can shim the safe with washers or pennies to eliminate any wobble and to level the safe so the door doesn't swing open or closed. I tried on top of the carpet first, it sucked and I pulled the safe out and cut the carpet, like I should have done in the first place. |
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