Thoughts on this safe room build?

[hamburglar3]

Was thinking it might make a good base for a gun room/vault

Home tools and size adjustable are big pluses

 

[Hayata]

Would need to figure out how to lock it from the outside but otherwise looks pretty dang sturdy.

I guess it all depends on how long the bad guys have to open 'er up.

Here's another alternative...

 

[hamburglar3]

I was thinking a pipe through 2 heavy duty eye bolts with padlock on each end. Could have same setup inside in case i need to occupy inside

 

[CUTBAIT]

I would not want a door that opens out for a storm shelter. Just in case something fell in front of it to keep from being trapped inside a possibly flooding basement.
Not would I want to use the pipe idea if I was to be hiding inside.

 

[rockyfatcat]

What are commercial bank vaults made of? Wood?

Actually, they pour individual slabs out of concrete reinforced with steel and have harder metals like used drill bits mixed in. The slabs are joined together so the joint cannot be isolated and attacked.

It's one thing to make a storm shelter and another to make a 'room sized safe'. I bet anyone with common power tools could slice open a wood room.

I would go with reinforced concrete. If you want bank level security; mix in a hefty amount of used drill bits with your concrete.

Of course, I feel the better option is a storage location that no one would consider looking for hidden stuff

 

[fattboyzz]

Looks kinda safey

 

[41mag]

Tornado shelter - ok
Safe room ? My ass….give me a chainsaw and 5 mins

 

[User170512]

I'll second the nogo on the outward swinging door. In a basement, odds are you will be trapped in there by debris.

Also, ventilation?

 

[diacnik]

Would need to figure out how to lock it from the outside but otherwise looks pretty dang sturdy.

I guess it all depends on how long the bad guys have to open 'er up.

Here's another alternative...

Good job by Walt - that room could be a bank vault! 8" of concrete ceiling- just laid solid blocks on top of 1" x 6" boards which were attached to ceiling joists

 

[Poppa Mike]

This is the one I did a few years ago.

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