I'm so excited...this will be my first safe. The amazing thing is that I ordered it from Home Depot on Thursday this week, and received a shipping confirmation email and phone call, stating that it will arrive at my house on Monday; that's what I call FAST shipping! (Note: if you purchase from HD, be sure to call their Online Customer Service group and speak to a Supervisor, to request a price match. The stated pricing on their website is close to MSRP).














 

nice safe

Much better safe than the Silverado for not much more money.
And the Legacy has a 1/4 inch of plate steel in the door.
Taking of tomorrow for delivery??

Safe dealers around here will NOT drill into a post tensioned foundation.  Rather, they use adhesive to secure the safe to the floor.

 

 

There are a variety of epoxy adhesives used in construction for attaching metal to masonry.  There can be significant differences in their rated strength in "tension" (pulling force exerted straight up / lift), vs. strength under "shear" (twisting/torsion/pushing).   However, the most significant consideration in anchoring a safe with epoxy (or other adhesives) is the permanent nature of the installation.  If the adhesive is strong enough to resist forcible removal of the safe, you may never be able to move that safe without demolition of the substrate or destruction of the safe.

Perhaps epoxy adhering a steel plate (or plates) with threaded studs to the slab, allowing the safe to be bolted to the anchor plate(s)?

This is a common method in commercial installations. Actually, J-B Weld is an excellent adhesive for this purpose, with the right properties to bond steel to concrete.

I don't know if I have told the story about the liquid nail on here before.

We bought several safes from a chain of defunct hardware stores.  One of these stores had a drop safe where they had built it into the wall, half of it sticking out on either side.  The drop compartment was on the outside, and the safe door was inside the cash room.  Since they were tearing the building down, damage was not a concern.  We sawed the wall from around the safe, and as we tore it apart, realized that they had simply liquid nailed the wood studs directly to the safe.

After getting the wall out of the way, we opened up the safe to unbolt it.  To our surprise, there were no bolts, yet the safe wouldn't budge.  We put blocks against it and hit it with a sledge.  We put a johnson bar under the hinge and stood on it.  It wouldn't move.  I finally brought in our forklift.  We pressed againt it gently, and the forklift spun its wheels.  I bumped into it with a bit more force, and it finally popped loose.  Actually, it didn't pop loose.  The glue holding the commercial vinyl tile to the floor gave way.  The tile was still glued securely to  the safe.  Upon close inspection, we determined that it was the same liquid nail.  It made a heck of of a bond between the steel and the vinyl tile.

that safe looks like it was made by the same people who made my field and stream safe I got from dicks