Gun room vault door

[Buffalo_River]

Building a gun room. Wanting to install a vault style door. Has anyone done this and have any manufacturer recommendations?

Thanks in advance

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[Nosferatu]

Browning if you need something prebuilt.

I built my own.

 

[Buffalo_River]

I will check them out.
Thanks

 

[titsonritz]

https://www.sturdysafe.com/products/vault-door

 

[American123]

When you put that much emphasis on making the door strong, what do you make the walls/floor/ceiling out of?

 

[Nosferatu]

When you put that much emphasis on making the door strong, what do you make the walls/floor/ceiling out of?

Walls are cinder block filled with rebar & concrete. Ceiling is 3/8" plate steel.

 

[billdeserthills]

These guys have a lot of different vault doors, this one is only a couple grand

Homeland Vault Door - Level II 80 x 30 Out-swing - USA Made - 60 Min @ 1200° Fire Rating - Homeland Safes

The perfect security door is you are on a budget. This doors comes with an internal release handle so you can unlock it from the inside.

homelandsafes.com

 

[bpyycpyy]

While I don't have any personal experience with their vault doors or creating a safe room, I do have one of their safes that you can assemble/disassemble that is a great safe with ratings that exceed many other safes for it's price point and even those above it (bonus, no need to bother friends to carry to upstairs location). SnapSafe is a Hornady company.

Vault Doors - SnapSafe

Create your own safe room or enhance the security of any closet, room, or storm shelter with the SnapSafe® Vault Door.

www.snapsafe.com

 

[Buffalo_River]

Thanks for the lead'

 

[Buffalo_River]

*leads

 

[BillM]

Check with the local safe and alarm companies, and any local
companies that demolish buildings and sell the materials.
Picked up a Diebold class A security/2 hr fire rated records vault
door (weighs about 700 lbs) cheap.

 

[Buffalo_River]

Check with the local safe and alarm companies, and any local
companies that demolish buildings and sell the materials.
Picked up a Diebold class A security/2 hr fire rated records vault
door (weighs about 700 lbs) cheap.

Great idea!
Thanks Bill

 

[pacmanwa]

Check with the local safe and alarm companies, and any local
companies that demolish buildings and sell the materials.
Picked up a Diebold class A security/2 hr fire rated records vault
door (weighs about 700 lbs) cheap.

This is how my grandfather gets a lot of turn of the century (1900s) Redwood for carpentry. Most of the time they just give it to him.

 

[dangerranger60]

I have helped build a couple of gun rooms with vault doors. One uses a door from Sturdy Safes, it was well made. another used a damaged gun safe that he cut away the back of the safe. He used only the door and frame. Watch for Scratch and dent sales or used safes that have the right size door. the safe door he used has him stepping over a curb and still ducking his head as he passes through the door. but his cost was only a couple hundred bucks. DR

 

[Snip]

With these vault doors, is there a way of getting out if someone closes the door on you accidentally? Last thing you'd want to do is build a Faraday cage where even a cell phone can't call for help.

 

[Buffalo_River]

The Snapsafe that was suggested does have a handle on the inside that locks and unlocks the door. This would be nice I'm thinking even in terms of personal protection.

 

[erslll]

No experience with the Snapsafe doors but 12 gauge is less than 1/8" at .109" thick. That isn't much steel especially for the price.

 

[bpyycpyy]

For what it's worth, years ago when researching safes I came to the conclusion that SturdySafe was among the strongest with tons of options to the consumer (I just didn't want to deal with getting this type of safe upstairs). Some options listed at this link:

TOP 5 Best Vault Doors on a Budget under $2500 [Updated for 2023]

Vault Doors tend to be considerably more expensive than a gun safe, however they are able to store more! Here are my top choices of vault doors under $2500.

amanandhisgear.com

Looks like the Homeland vault door may be 10 gauge (right at 1/8"). The SturdySafe vault doors I think start at 3/8" and then you can add options to increase thickness and stainless steel (to add to torch resistance).

 

[The Heretic]

Besides the ability to open from the inside, I would recommend some sort of facade to hide the vault door. A vault door visible to anybody passing by it just advertises the fact that you have something inside worth the risk to try to break into.

 

[Snip]

The Snapsafe that was suggested does have a handle on the inside that locks and unlocks the door. This would be nice I'm thinking even in terms of personal protection.

The Snapsafe had a single bolt that you could close from the inside from what I saw in the videos. I didn't see where you could actuate all the bolts in the safe.