gun closet (pic heavy)

[tahoe2]

well, I have been looking at safes lately, and.... OMG they are expensive!
Soooo, .... I took a look under my stairs at the "catch all" junk closet. Being a carpenter for a living, I have acquired multiple scraps of wood, left over from some custom homes I have worked on. So I emptied out the closet and got started. I ordered a solid core door(80#), some security hinges and double deadbolts, I am reinforcing the jam with extra 2x4's and 5" screws, the interior is fully lined with 3/4" plywood and then 3/4" cedar tongue & groove and I have some Elm & Maple scraps I am going to use for some shelving. The bottom shelf for the gunstocks is cedar that has been routed out and 1/8" cork installed,the barrel rack is maple with sticky back felt.
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[tahoe2]

more pics

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[tahoe2]

and yet more pics

170502170503170504170505 definitely not finished yet, I've got alot of work to do yet, I'll have updates later.

 

[Mr.357Sig]

Very nice. Where in Seattle do you live?

 

[Tim the student]

Looks somewhat similar to what I did, except your racks are much nicer than mine. Wanna make some up for me?

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Great collection. If it were my house, I would put a heavier lock on the door. Not making it too obvious though, but that's a lot of money sitting in one small room.

 

[tahoe2]

Thanks everybody, ColdDay, my solid core door hasn't arrived yet, should be here next weekend I think,
two deadbolts and security hinges are going on that bad boy! I'll post more pic's when complete.
357sig-I'm across the water on the Olympic penninsula, Seattle is easier for others to understand the location.
Tim- pm me if your serious.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

Looks good. Any chance you could create false walls as well so if someone gets in they done even see the firearms.

 

[bikerdoc]

Good Job

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

I'm bookmarking this page, I, plan on doing the same to my spare closet, and want to be able to show my contractor. I, can't drive a nail strait, or make a square cut. But my family is full of carpenter's.

 

[littleguns223]

Very nice work.

 

[Ramone]

in a similar circumstance, a friend built a shallow bookshelf (just paperback depth) in the place of the door. It was really effective, and drew a lot less attention than a deadbolt on a closet door (he *did* have a DB on it, but as it was in the back of a below eye level shelf, it was very unobtrusive)

 

[Promod1385]

Going to pour the walls full of concrete?

 

[MrCleanOK]

That looks great. Makes me wish I had stairs with a closet under them! Do you have any plans for firerock, or any other fireproofing measures?

 

[tahoe2]

no concrete or fireproofing, but you would need a chainsaw to get through all the wood. I haven't heard of any "cat burgs" packin chain saws yet. But anything's possible I suppose.

 

[night4creeper]

What if you left the door you already have and then framed in the solid one you ordered behind it. then there is 2 doors to go through and the first one will hide the interesting double deadbolts on a closet door look.

Out of sight, out of mind is a good thing. I really like hidden areas in houses.

 

[tahoe2]

great idea creeper !! I'll see if I can do that!

 

[Walkalong]

An excellent utilization of space. Nicely done as well. I like the area under the long guns for storage. Keeps them up in case of minor flooding as well. Water heaters and/or pipes do bust from time to time.