I have a new safe on order and it's about to arrive. I thought I had an airtight plan for installation and securing it and it appears to have fallen apart. I'd be interested in thoughts people might have.
The safe is going in my garage. It's a long boring story, but the bottom line is I need to put the safe on a platform that is at least 4" off the garage floor. Home Depot has solid concrete blocks that are 8"x16"x4". I thought these were perfect. I'd use concrete anchors to anchor the blocks to the floor, and then anchor the safe to the blocks.
I learned today those blocks will likely crumble *both* from the drilling as well as the weight of the safe itself. So now I'm faced with trying to figure out how to raise the safe min 4" as well as get it secured to the floor.
Anyone have any ideas? My safe delivery guy said he has seen people leave the safe on the wood skids they are shipped on, then use angle iron or something to secure it. Maybe I do something like that. I'd also be interested to hear if folks have gone through the trouble of getting a safe and NOT secured it to the floor. I've heard of stories where the mere presence of the safe alone scares them off. "Anything valuable here is in there. I can grab some stuff from next door a lot faster than messing with this thing."
Thanks.
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The safe is going in my garage. It's a long boring story, but the bottom line is I need to put the safe on a platform that is at least 4" off the garage floor. Home Depot has solid concrete blocks that are 8"x16"x4". I thought these were perfect. I'd use concrete anchors to anchor the blocks to the floor, and then anchor the safe to the blocks.
I learned today those blocks will likely crumble *both* from the drilling as well as the weight of the safe itself. So now I'm faced with trying to figure out how to raise the safe min 4" as well as get it secured to the floor.
Anyone have any ideas? My safe delivery guy said he has seen people leave the safe on the wood skids they are shipped on, then use angle iron or something to secure it. Maybe I do something like that. I'd also be interested to hear if folks have gone through the trouble of getting a safe and NOT secured it to the floor. I've heard of stories where the mere presence of the safe alone scares them off. "Anything valuable here is in there. I can grab some stuff from next door a lot faster than messing with this thing."
Thanks.
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