Hi All,
I'll be having a gun safe delivered next week and would be interested in your opinions on where to place it. I was originally planning on putting it in an unfinished space upstairs (2nd floor of a single family home). This is the floor with all of the bedrooms and access to the unfinished space is easy, even though the space is effectively an attic-like, non-conditioned space. I've been reconsidering that though, and now I'm thinking maybe it should go in the basement. The basement is also unfinished, but it is conditioned space. The basement would (obviously) require going downstairs to access the safe contents, but I'm currently thinking it may just make more sense to be down there, rather than in an unconditioned space on the 2nd floor.
Here are my thoughts on pros/cons:
Upstairs:
+quicker access in an "emergency"
-more cumbersome access when just heading to the range
-lots of weight (~600lbs + contents) sitting on the 2nd floor
-In case of fire seems like it would end up in the basement anyway
-securing it would be to a wooden structure
-unconditioned space
Basement:
-effectively no access in case of "emergency"
+would be secured to the concrete floor
+easier access when just heading to the range
+conditioned space
So I guess this really boils down to whether easier access in case of "emergency" (read: home intruder) outweighs the other pros/cons...
Thoughts?
Thanks...
I'll be having a gun safe delivered next week and would be interested in your opinions on where to place it. I was originally planning on putting it in an unfinished space upstairs (2nd floor of a single family home). This is the floor with all of the bedrooms and access to the unfinished space is easy, even though the space is effectively an attic-like, non-conditioned space. I've been reconsidering that though, and now I'm thinking maybe it should go in the basement. The basement is also unfinished, but it is conditioned space. The basement would (obviously) require going downstairs to access the safe contents, but I'm currently thinking it may just make more sense to be down there, rather than in an unconditioned space on the 2nd floor.
Here are my thoughts on pros/cons:
Upstairs:
+quicker access in an "emergency"
-more cumbersome access when just heading to the range
-lots of weight (~600lbs + contents) sitting on the 2nd floor
-In case of fire seems like it would end up in the basement anyway
-securing it would be to a wooden structure
-unconditioned space
Basement:
-effectively no access in case of "emergency"
+would be secured to the concrete floor
+easier access when just heading to the range
+conditioned space
So I guess this really boils down to whether easier access in case of "emergency" (read: home intruder) outweighs the other pros/cons...
Thoughts?
Thanks...