Safe Room?

[cullyhog]

All commercial metal buildings have steel doors that swing out.

Isn't the reasoning behind this Fire Code? In case of fire you want the doors to swing out in commercial buildings so people don't get trapped rushing the door.

 

[Willy Leadwell]

Isn't the reasoning behind this Fire Code? In case of fire you want the doors to swing out in commercial buildings so people don't get trapped rushing the door.

Yes, and they have to have panic bars on them. In case of fire, you should be able to escape by flailing your arms about while screaming and running blindly into the door. I think OSHA's fine for a blocked(or locked) "fire exit" is something like $75,000.

 

[sublimebeer]

All commercial metal buildings have steel doors that swing out. You can't just pull the pins and reverse open it. It's not a closet door, it's a steel door with security hinges. That said, I still wouldn't build a reinforced concrete vault and put anything less than a vault door on it.

That's weird. I've never seen a commercial door.

 

[Willy Leadwell]

That's weird. I've never seen a commercial door.

Based on the fact that your sig says you install commercial security systems, I'm going to assume that your sarcasm font is broken.

 

[sublimebeer]

Based on the fact that your sig says you install commercial security systems, I'm going to assume that your sarcasm font is broken.

Install, Own.. As I breifly read through the OP I saw no mention of proper doors. Only that "a door" was mentioned. I agree with everything you have said about doors, but you are a new guy and you deserve to be hazed.

 

[Peacekeeper]

Isn't the reasoning behind this Fire Code? In case of fire you want the doors to swing out in commercial buildings so people don't get trapped rushing the door.

A lot of it goes back to the fire at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston in 1942. A lot of requirements came out of the event regarding doors in commercial buildings.

 

[bluesman2a]

So I read through some of this last night, and happened across this article this morning. I realize a "storm/safe room" isn't quite the same as a GUN-safe room, but it may give the OP some ideas:

http://www.familyhandyman.com/smart-homeowner/how-to-build-a-storm-shelter/step-by-step

FEMA plans and specs referenced in the article:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/26215?id=5788

In looking at the materials, they are REALLY light, you'd want to beef anything up by a couple of orders of magnitude.

 

[ReganR6]

So I read through some of this last night, and happened across this article this morning. I realize a "storm/safe room" isn't quite the same as a GUN-safe room, but it may give the OP some ideas:

http://www.familyhandyman.com/smart-homeowner/how-to-build-a-storm-shelter/step-by-step

FEMA plans and specs referenced in the article:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/26215?id=5788

In looking at the materials, they are REALLY light, you'd want to beef anything up by a couple of orders of magnitude.

Thanks for bringing this thread back on topic LOL

 

[Scotty]

What is it your looking to have answered? You said you have someone that designed the house for you, correct? If that person is an architect or designer the should be able to add a safe room into the build. Is there something specific you want to know about?

 

[ReganR6]

What is it your looking to have answered? You said you have someone that designed the house for you, correct? If that person is an architect or designer the should be able to add a safe room into the build. Is there something specific you want to know about?

Yes, I am looking for a specific answer OR someone who does this for a living.