When I remodelled my house, I bought a small safe, welded some
rebar to it and cast the assembly into a concrete wall.
The helpful hint from the safe company was that if you cast
a safe into a concrete foundation you can cut a hole into
a smaller, less expensive unit and use that hole to to
access a concrete vault.
I wouldn't worry too much about someone using shop tools
to cut your safe open. Your average burglar is robbing your
house because they can't earn a living with tools. They
probably don't know how to operate a plasma cutter. I
don't either!
I'm not an expert in this area but you should probably approach
security from several directions. Safe deposit boxes, insurance,
alarm systems, off site backups, and sprinklers all come to mind
when thinking about hanging on to your "stuff"
Steve Shipley
Richard George wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was considering the purchase of a fireproof safe, but I find that most of
>the more reasonably priced
> ones have inadequate fire ratings (a lot of them gloat about a 1/2 hour
>rating, but I found that the
> average fire in my area burns at heat for 45 minutes, at a temperature higher
>than a lot of them are
> rated for).
>
> It was suggested that one could simply purchase one of these safes and add
>additional lining to
> increase their fire rating.
>
> I was wondering if there are any "safe gurus" out there who might have some
>input on doing
> such a thing. I've seen a lot of safe sites online, but there doesn't seem
>to be much out there
> on safe construction - does anybody have any good pointers to information on
>this topic?
>
> As an aside, somebody pointed out that my concerns about a potential thief
>using my plasma
> cutter or torch to get into the safe can be greatly reduced by putting the
>plasma cutter consumables
> and cutting torch tips in the safe....
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> rkg
> (Richard George)
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