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Need help bolting safe into new house
- Thread starter Ace_357
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What are you looking to do? Are you looking to bolt the safe down? A home alarm system will notify you if a door or window is opened.
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Concrete slab or wood floor, makes a big difference?
Watch the video posted above. A good plan would be to position the safe in its final location and accurately mark your mounting locations on the concrete.
Get a masonry drill bit the correct size for your anchors. Install the anchors and reposition the safe on top of the anchors and secure the fasteners.
Remember that unless the hardware is unaccessible, an angle grinder can zip off your hardware much faster than it took you to install it.
Are you afraid someone could pick up and haul off your entire safe? Given enough time and effort, even the best safe is capable of being defeated. Don’t let them have the time. This is where a home alarm comes in. Even a couple ring cameras can provide real time notification.
All you need is a concrete drill bit. Under the bottom floor cover is 2 pre drilled holes used to bolt the safe to the floor. Drill two holes in the concrete after you mark the position through the holes in the bottom of the safe. Make sure the holes are big enough to accommodate two large plastic screw anchors. You're safe should have provided a packet with the two large securing screws, washers and two anchors in it. It might be in one of the pockets in the door of the safe. Take the anchor to the hardware store and buy the concrete drill bit the same diameter as the screw anchors. Once you install the screws into those anchors they will expand and grip the concrete. Make sure the holes are drilled deep enough to where the screw anchors sit flush with the concrete after you have vacuumed out all the dust and debris.
After that reposition the safe over the corosponding holes with the anchors in place. Then simply install the screws through the bottom of the safe into the anchors. The safe will never be able to be moved until you are ready to remove the screws and move it. Just make sure to drill the holes in the concrete deep enough to allow the anchors to be flush with the surface of the concrete. Then replace the bottom support board and you are done.
You will need a drill, a concrete bit large enough to accommodate the provided 2 anchors, 2 washers and 2 screws.
The screws are quite large and quite long so you'll have to drill deep enough in the concrete to make sure they get plenty of bite on the anchors and sit flush on the bottom of the safe floor and pre drilled holes. One concrete drill bit shouldn't be that much and you'll need it one size above the diameter of the screws to allow for the anchor diameter. This will secure the safe to the floor.
This is a fairly straightforward process and you shouldn't need any help. Once you drill the concrete holes make sure to vacuum out all the the dust and debris out of the drilled holes.
Here's what the safe bolt down kit package should contain. If it didn't come with this little package you can order one online for next to nothing. Just measure the diameter of the two pre-drilled holes in the bottom of the safe and by the screws and anchors the correspond with the size of the those holes.
After that reposition the safe over the corosponding holes with the anchors in place. Then simply install the screws through the bottom of the safe into the anchors. The safe will never be able to be moved until you are ready to remove the screws and move it. Just make sure to drill the holes in the concrete deep enough to allow the anchors to be flush with the surface of the concrete. Then replace the bottom support board and you are done.
You will need a drill, a concrete bit large enough to accommodate the provided 2 anchors, 2 washers and 2 screws.
The screws are quite large and quite long so you'll have to drill deep enough in the concrete to make sure they get plenty of bite on the anchors and sit flush on the bottom of the safe floor and pre drilled holes. One concrete drill bit shouldn't be that much and you'll need it one size above the diameter of the screws to allow for the anchor diameter. This will secure the safe to the floor.
This is a fairly straightforward process and you shouldn't need any help. Once you drill the concrete holes make sure to vacuum out all the the dust and debris out of the drilled holes.
Here's what the safe bolt down kit package should contain. If it didn't come with this little package you can order one online for next to nothing. Just measure the diameter of the two pre-drilled holes in the bottom of the safe and by the screws and anchors the correspond with the size of the those holes.
Just get 3/8ths tap-con screws from your hardware store. I needed 4 for my safe, pull the bottom liner from the safe, find the holes, drill the holes with the Tap-con bit, vacuum up the dust and bolt it down, put the liner back in. Simple.
