Does anyone know of a good company to build/install a walk in vault/gun safe in the Dallas Area? I've got a 8x9 room that is down to the studs that I have been able to swipe from my wife.
This company/person would need to install/build the vault and a door.
Thanks in advance.
i can order a vault door, what kind of protection/features for the walls were you thinking of doing...?
how soon do you need this done..?
I have not looked at ICF. Woudn't there be a security issue with the studs?
I would assemble the forms up against the studs on the inside of the room. The forms and studs on the outside will be structurally separate, just like if you went steel structure built inside the room. Thieves ripping out the surrounding stud walls wouldn't compromise the inside structure.
That modular steel system looks pretty cool in the sense that you could disassemble it whenever you move, but that's really the only benefit I see to it. It takes a whole lot more tool, energy, and sound to get thru reinforced concrete than 1/4" steel.
Graffunder is a HIGHLY respected safe manufacturer, and from everything I've heard, makes one of the best out there. However, look around the area for a jewelry store/pawn shop/bank that's going out of business - any place that generally has high-dollar inventory. Ask around at the COMMERCIAL safe places. The demand for vault doors is limited - so when there's a used one, it generally goes for pennies on the dollar. I'd even google for one via craigslist. When we were building this house, I strongly considered a gun room, and found a door system that usually sold for 12k for under $1500. Ended up passing on it, though - the better half didn't think we needed THAT much room....<G>