Will do the same.
Concrete block gun safe.
Insist the builder install a drain in the floor for use as a condensate line and to drain if there s a flood and at least two air vents in the walls or ceiling so air can move.
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For the interior wall i put number 4 rebar down each block hole vertically and chipped the centers of block horizontally you can buy special block for this and layed a rebar horizontally every one or two courses.
It s 5 x more heat resistant than drywall.
Concrete is cheap and weighs about 144 lbs per cubic foot.
If concrete is poured paint your vault s interior with a product like ugl s drylok or red guard.
When i built my house i included a small closet made out of concrete block that was attached to an exterior wall.
The most important thing is that the anchor can be securely bolted to the gun safe.
Tapcon concrete screw anchors draw from its unique ability to tap its own threads into concrete making it an excellent.
Concrete block is very weak.
See how it feels and imagine.
If you can t bolt down your gun safe you ll have to get more creative.
We put a 6000 degree torch of drywall jet board concrete.
Out of sight to seal off the back wall of a closet in his safe room the author installed a custom cut 4 by 8 foot 480 pound steel plate that he then drywalled and painted.
Insist that a moisture barrier is used during construction.
Grab a sledge hammer and you can quickly demolish it.
Watch our jet board concrete fire material video.
Extra special gun safe and i guess in a tornado event anythings better than the bathtub but grab your wife and turn off all the lights and go sit in the smallest closet in your house.