mounting a safe

[souls]

Hi,

I bought a home safe small one. It can be floor mounted and I was wondeirng what I would need to mount it into the floor ? I have basic diy skills and tols. The flor has black tiles on top of it the kind the crack easily.

Erm.... just after what would be best ... would I need to laydown cement or somthing like that to mount it to?

Thanks for any help.

Thanks

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Believe it or not a person(scum-bag) who breaks into houses hardly ever venture into the loft. ;-)

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[Housemartin]

On a concrete floor, if the grout lines are reasonably wide you could get a angle grinder into them and grind very carefully around the tile or tiles, then hack them out with a cold chisel. If you don't grind first, there is a great risk of cracking adjacent tiles. You need to cut a hole with a pnewmatic drill to the required depth leaving an inch gap wider than the safe all around, and cement in the safe.

[al]

LOL .. just be damn sure you don't put the safe above anyone's bed!!! ;o)

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[Lobster]

Presumably this is one of those cheap'n cheerful types like you get in hotel rooms?

You've missed out the key bit of information, which is, what's under the tiles - is it floorboards? Solid concrete? And the tiles are ceramic, I guess?

David

[david lang]

The tiles sound like vinyl/asbestos and could be mounted on anything; concrete or floor boards most likely. You need to bolt it down I guess, does it have holes in the base?

If floor boards under the tile then large screws will be OK, if concrete then screws & plugs - but a normal hammer drill won't touch concrete, you need SDS.

Dave

[souls]

Yep its a relatively cheapish eletronic pad code type safe. Solid steel.

Its solid concrete under the tiles, the tiles are ceramic.

Cheers

[Colin Wilson]

...and you may also end up breaking through the DPM :-}

I`ve got a "medium" size safe, and to be honest, there`s not really that much of value in there - its sufficiently heavy without bolting it down to seriously hinder anyones' chances of a quick getaway !

[Ian Stirling]

Is it me, or is that phrase spectacularly pointless? A safe composed of solid steel would be rather useless, and heavy.

[Dave]

david lang wrote: [...]- but a normal hammer drill won't touch

Rubbish, how do you think anybody drilled concrete before SDS was around? If it's a floor it won't be that horribly hard stuff they make those cast garages out of. A normal hammer drill will do nicely.

Dave