How to hide A Big Safe
3 Types of Concealed Safes - How Do You Hide a Safe?
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sometimes the best safe isn't the most
secure safe it's the safe no one knows
is there today we're going to talk about
three ways to hide a safe
I'm Robert with Acme locksmith and
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the first safe we're going to be talking
about is a wall safe now these are
absolutely the best way to hide a safe
because you could secure them in the
wall right behind a picture or a piece
of art so that no one knows the safe is
there it's really ideal if you have a
small set of valuables that you want to
hide now why do I say a small set well
the problem with wall saves primarily is
that they don't have a lot of space in
them because they're meant to go into a
wall that's only four inches deep you
end up only having about two and a half
inches of active space inside of a wall
safe so you can't put a lot of
possessions inside of them the other
issue with most wall safes is they're
not fireproof because they're built with
such limited space they can't have the
extra bulk required to make them
fireproof but if you're trying to
conceal something from somebody that's
breaking into the house and you don't
want them to know as safe is their wall
safes are one of the best ways to do it
if you are building a house there are
wall states that you can purchase with
fire ratings but they're much much
deeper so you're actually gonna have to
design the wall or space that you're
putting it in ahead of time but wall
safes are a great option for a concealed
safe now with a little forethought one
of the best options for a concealed safe
is an in-ground safe the safe actually
doesn't sit on the ground it goes into
the concrete and the concrete comes up
to the lip here so that you can lay a
carpet or something over it so no one
knows that the safe is in the foundation
they have a lid that pops off like this
and then your door is here now these
doors are normally spring or actuator
loaded so that it'll help you lift that
weight up and these come in a variety of
sizes the biggest fault with an
in-ground safe is that most new homes
constructive with post-tension slab and
you can't put a safe into the concrete
that is post-tension because you'll ruin
the structural integrity of those
tension cables and if you hit one it
could be a disaster so if you have a
really really old house that doesn't
have a post tension slab you can put
these in otherwise you need to plan your
development and plan your build with the
floor safe in mind so that before they
pour the foundation you can get these
safes in one of the best thing about
floor safes is that they are typically
burglary rated this one here has a half
inch solid steel door so you get a lot
of security with a floor safe with a
wall safe because they're going into
such a tight space they don't have a
very thick door or a very protective
layer they're relying on the fact that
it's hidden within ground floor saves
you get the hidden feature as well as
the security feature of the safe major
weakness of floor safes though are they
are not watertight so in the event of a
fire somebody comes in and they're start
spreading water everywhere water will
get into this safe they do inherently
have some fire protection because they
are below the ground in the concrete and
in the ground so they are fire protected
to some extent even though they don't
have official fire ratings but water
will definitely get in so you want to
make sure that you have a way to ensure
the water integrity of any content that
you're putting into the safe the last
thing I want to talk about isn't a way
to hide a safe from somebody that's
already gained access to the home but
what we find is with larger gun safes a
lot of people are putting them out into
the garage and if the garage door is
open and somebody's driving along the
street they can see that there's a safe
in there so American security came out
with a great product called a safe cloak
now it's designed by American security
for American security safes but what
you'll find is that most gun safes come
in standard sizes so that you can use
this product on gun safes from other
manufacturers and other brands now
what's really cool about this product is
it essentially just lies over the face
of the gun safe and makes the gun safe
look like a cabinet now if you're in the
garage you'll see it's not a cabinet
because the sides are exposed
but if somebody's driving by on the
street and looks into your garage when
the garage isn't open it actually
creates a very good illusion that it is
a cabinet and not a gun safe so those
are three things you can do to hide your
safes I hope you found this video
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