I'm currently rehabbing my house (totally gutted) and have the opportunity to run a water line over the area where I will be putting a gunsafe that I've yet to buy.  I was wondering if a commercial type indoor fire sprinkler system mounted 3 feet or so above the safe would be an idea that could possibly benefit my collection if a fire were ever to break out.  

I know that the fire lined safes usually are rated for 30 mins at 1,200.  I suspect a house fire runs quite a bit hotter than just 1,200 and probably would last at least 30 minutes.  The only thing I'd benefit from would be baking the cosmoline off of my C&R's.  Other than that I imagine that inside the safe would still get to temps that would melt most of my plastic toys (glocks, walther pistols, AR stocks/furniture) and would be hell on optics.  

So what's the odds you could get a simple system like that installed in my gun room/storage room and work enough to keep the safe from turning into a crock pot.

have a residential fire sprinkler system installed throughout your house and you won't have to worry about your guns burning up.


a house fire  WON'T  last anywhere near 30minutes with a good sprinkler system.


not a really expensive investment, especially considering you are gutting the house anyways.

Quoted: have a residential fire sprinkler system installed throughout your house and you won't have to worry about your guns burning up. a house fire  WON'T  last anywhere near 30minutes with a good sprinkler system. not a really expensive investment, especially considering you are gutting the house anyways.

Question:  Given that insurance companies have all of the intelligence and common sense of a sack of hammers, do you think they will have any problem with insuring the house against both fire and water damage if you have a sprinkler system installed?

I'm serious (and curious, I'd like to have sprinklers...)

Insurance companies will give you a huge break on fire insurance for installing sprinklers.  Reason: sprinklered buildings don't burn down.  Any water damage from the sprinklers going off pales in comparison to smoke/fire/water damage in an unsprinklered house.

Not to mention it's safer for your family.

Quoted: Insurance companies will give you a huge break on fire insurance for installing sprinklers.  Reason: sprinklered buildings don't burn down.  Any water damage from the sprinklers going off pales in comparison to smoke/fire/water damage in an unsprinklered house. Not to mention it's safer for your family.

that would be the logic that I would follow.

Quoted: Insurance companies will give you a huge break on fire insurance for installing sprinklers.  Reason: sprinklered buildings don't burn down.  Any water damage from the sprinklers going off pales in comparison to smoke/fire/water damage in an unsprinklered house. Not to mention it's safer for your family.

Seriously huge... I was talking to my new agent about this last week.

I mean, it isn't going to off-set the cost of installing the system... But, you get a break and most of your shit won't burn up.

Ask Denny Hanson about safes and fire.