Bolt Safe To Floor Carpet

How to secure a safe without bolting it to the floor while bolting a safe to the floor is common there are lots of reasons not to do this.

Bolt safe to floor carpet.

The hole saw leaves a hole in the center for the bolt. I was sure to pick up the floor joist locations and screw into them. Cut the carpet around that area using a pair of scissors and lay it back on the floor. If you are renting you may not be allowed to bolt a safe to the floor.

Shell busey shows you how to screw through carpeted floor. You may even consider cutting away all carpet under the safe as this can prevent you from getting the safe bolted really really tightly to the floor. Then if the safe is only a couple of hundred pounds try and get enough in the safe to get it close to 1000 pounds or more. If you don t think you can get it to 1000 pounds bolt it down.

Another reason is that the floor itself is not suitable for bolting a safe to making safe owners seek an alternative. I placed a 2 fender washer on each 1 2 lag screw. Drill holes using a hand drill of around 1 inch deep in the concrete floor for your bolt holes. How to secure a safe without bolting it to the floor.

Having the safe lagged to the top prevents someone from grabbing it at the top and. Honeywell safes door locks 5105 low profile steel security safe with hotel style digital lock 1 14 cubic feet black 4 1 out of 5 stars 109 149 17 149. If you have carpet on the floor where you will be placing the safe use a knife to cut a circle out of the carpet that is large enough to accommodate the bolt and the mounting hole. My heritage safe is bolted through my berber carpet to the floor in 4 places.

Concrete if your floor material is concrete then use a black marker or a piece of chalk to mark the entry point for your bolt holes on the concrete surface. And if you move a lot bolting the safe to the floor removing it then bolting it to the floor of your new apartment can be a bit of a hassle. For more videos or to ask shell a question on any home improvement topic go to http askshell co.