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Posted: 6/11/2010 7:08:39 AM EDT
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Without divulging too many details, im looking to turn a large closet in my home into a "safe" room. No, not a place to run and hide...but a room to house a safe and other things to keep locked up.
Its positioned in the coner of a second living room and the existing structure will be torn down and rebuilt to be much stronger. Door jambs will be heavily reinforced (im thinking anchored 4x4's) and a solid wood door with traditional lock put in place. Here is where my question comes in. Im looking for a backup locking system that is preferably located inside the room. I cant seem to find any pre-made actuator driven "bolt" locks, but I am famaliar and have shopped out some of the E-M locks. The key is for that to be completley unknown from the outside so no keypads or whatever. Anyone ever use one for their application? What strength would suffice? They commonly come in 300lb, 600lb, and 1200lb holding strengths. The key here is they never even get in the closet to see whats in there.....much less get into my safe. My idea for the walls has me confident that the true weak point would be the door. |
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Salty,
Yes im referring to the ones like they use in hospitals with the plate mounted at the top of the door. Now I just have to convince the wife which may be hard considering I dropped 1.6 grand on a Browning Gold Line safe this weekend. She feels that I may be overdoing it 
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The ones at my condo let the gates open when the power goes out. I guess your chance of getting robbed when the power is out is slim though  That's required by fire code for means of egress. But there would need to be a battery back-up or alternate means of locking to secure it during a power outage. |
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