Gun room vault door

[VinnieBoomBah]

V1 Vault Door - Zanotti Armor

The V1 Vault Door from Zanotti Armor® is a cost effective solution for keeping valuables and your family out of harms way.

zanottiarmor.com

 

[Piercearms]

Call tracker safe in Vancouver they can have them special built for your application

 

[bpyycpyy]

My research included the Zanotti safes that are also modular. Liked everything about them but the lead time. If my memory serves, it's gotten better at current time of 10 weeks (probably worth the wait though).

 

[Member 24198]

My research included the Zanotti safes that are also modular. Liked everything about them but the lead time. If my memory serves, it's gotten better at current time of 10 weeks (probably worth the wait though).

Last I checked with them back in December, they were only four weeks out. From what I've read, they've got the best modular safe on the market.

 

[Stomper]

Why are you guys doing this? Nobody is coming for your guns… Let's Go Brandon said so!

 

[bpyycpyy]

Last I checked with them back in December, they were only four weeks out. From what I've read, they've got the best modular safe on the market.

That be sweet if that's true as I'll be the market for another modular safe soon. Their webpage (at top) currently states 10 week lead time though. Will have to check on that because I agree that these looked to be the nicest quality modular safes available

Edit 2/11 - Ordered modular safe today. Wanted to order the Zanotti but I was $2500 in not including the shipping. Decided on the SnapSafe Titan (better fire rating, 9 gauge walls & 3/16" door) at just under $2K, shipping included to my door. Plus I already have a Titan and happy enough with it to not justify the cost difference. Also website states it should ship in 1-2 business days versus 10 weeks.

 

[titsonritz]

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

Ideally at least two walls and possibly the ceiling would be basement constructed of reinforced concrete or CMU.

 

[foxmeadow]

An old friend in SW Colorado built his house on top of his gun room. The vault door was salvaged from a local bank that was being demolished. Very cool old door from the 1920's. A very fancy, ornately embellished door from before the 1920's.

 

[jbett98]

Money can buy happiness!

 

[Realist1954]

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

Thanks in advance

Good morning
you said the roof of your safe is steel plate. If the room is in a building with a roof over it I highly suggest you cover the plate with several layers of drywall. That plate can heat up and incinerate everything inside.

 

[washagonian]

Give Burt Gummer a call - he has a lot of experience. (But watch out for the Graboids.)

 

[Nosferatu]

Give Burt Gummer a call - he has a lot of experience. (But watch out for the Graboids.)

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Luckily, @Burt Gummer is a member here!

 

[echo1]

I used a layered leaded over sized door from an old x-ray room. PAX

 

[Mike86]

V1 Vault Door - Zanotti Armor

The V1 Vault Door from Zanotti Armor® is a cost effective solution for keeping valuables and your family out of harms way.

zanottiarmor.com

I second Zanottiarmor. I bought one of their modular safes and it's been solid and reliable. I have it bolted to concrete. Their customer service was great in the purchase and delivery process. They are a legit good US company.

 

[braaap_n_pew]

Make sure you have a way to ventilate the vault, as air will stagnate over time and it can smell funky in there if left for too long or you leave on vacation for weeks or months. I have a vault in the building I ran my FFL out of (former Bank of America branch) and that vault always smelled a little weird after I'd go on long trips or vacations and that's a properly built bank. You'll also want to put in a "vault ventilator" or means of air flow if the door does not have an internal way to open it, so you don't suffocate in the rare chance you're in there during say an earthquake and the door slammed shut on you from that. You'll also want to consider how you're going to manage humidity, as once water gets in there, it's not really going anywhere and can cause rust, mold, oxidation and degrade sensitive materials that are stored in there. There is a reason why banks leave the vault door open during the day, maximum ventilation and humidity management for the vault so they don't risk damaging anything that people have stored in those safety deposit boxes.