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Architectural SpecificationsWe designed all of our residential safes to fit conveniently into the home environment. Where Should My Safe Be Placed? When determining the appropriate location for your safe, you must first analyze how often you need to access the safe. If the safe has to be accessed on a regular (or daily) basis, consider the locations in your home that you will go to at a moment's notice. If it's "out of the way", you'll never use the safe as intended, and then items you would like to access will either remain inside the safe, or worse yet, left out, unprotected. Unfortunately, many of us know what can happen to valuables left unattended. When it comes to jewelry and watches, many people want them to be immediately accessible, so the safe should be easy to get to. Therefore, the safe should be located in a convenient room or closet...yet not buried behind a lot of clothing or doors, which can make accessing the safe an uncomfortable task. Keep in mind that what you want to do is condition yourself to use the safe as your jewelry box, where everything that's valuable or important is to be organized and protected...at all times. Safes containing items that don't have to be accessed on a regular basis are usually located away from the living area of the home, in a place that's still relatively easy to get to. Oftentimes, clients will buy a large and heavy burglary protection safe that's placed in the basement (below ground level, requiring that we transport the safe down stairs to locate it). Then, they'll put a modest sized safe for their jewelry and/or watches, upstairs, near the dressing area. In this way, they address and satisfy both needs. Places Not to Put Your Safe. We recommend that the following locations NOT be used for the location of your safe: a child's closet, guest coat closet, garage, as well as any closet or room where there are utilities that may need to be accessed by outside contractors, etc. Will the Safe Fall Through the Floor? Even though many are quite heavy, we usually install safes (weighing from 500-1,500 lbs.) on upper floors of homes. FYI, the majority of well built homes have floors that can easily and safely support heavy safes. We are prepared to review this, if necessary, with your architect, builder or contractor. Complete Coordination with Architects, Designers and Contractors. When dealing with new homes or renovations, we often interface with these groups in order to help identify the best location and setup for the safe, taking into account which way the door swings as well as making sure the door of the safe can open wide enough to allow the items and/or drawers to be pulled open completely.We often interface with millwork designers (and review drawings) to coordinate the design of the cabinetry with the placement and operation of the safe, helping make sure the door of the safe can open without damaging the wood finishes. In addition, safes are often placed off the ground, on top of a steel base (something we can supply) or wood platform (usually prepared by others). The reason for this is because many clients do not want to have to bend down to access their safe on a regular basis, so we take into account the height of our clients to assure the safe will be at the appropriate height. We also review the location of the top drawer inside the safe to help make sure it will be easy to see into. |
