Well my girlfriend finally broke down! She's allowing me to convert my walkin closet to my own gun room/man storage. I'm moving my clothes into the spare room, and putting a keypad locking doorknob on the door. I'm thinking about ammo storage on the shelves and some racks to hang long guns on the walls.

 

Anyone have suggestions? Anyone have a room like this of their own they care to share the layout of?

 

It's not a huge space, only about 9'x4'. But it's sufficient enough to store my firearms, ammo, bug out kits and supplies.

 

Any suggestions are appreciated!

I had posted these in a "Safe" thread but I'm looking for some gun/ammo storage on the first floor in some secret hiding places...

 

http://www.move.com/...lf-closet-door/

 

http://www.guncabine...en-gun-cabinet/

 

http://www.hiddensafes.com/large.htm

 

http://www.gunstorag...un-storage.html

 

http://www.rhinovault.com/

 

http://hiddenpassage...ept_doors.shtml

 

http://www.scribd.co...et-Compartments

 

http://www.custommad...customwoodworks

Although the room seems like a good idea, I suggest you place your firearms in a safe in the room. The door can be breached as can the walls unless they are heavily fortified.

I agree with Doc. I don't know if your walk-in is already a safe room, which, if it is, then obviously disregard my comments ( ). But if it isn't, as Doc mentioned, most interior walls are pretty easy to get through, and every door has a weakness-- regardless of how well it's made. If it is not the door, it's the door frame. If it is not the frame, it's the wall, etc etc.

So, yea, easy fix, to repeat it, put a safe in the room for the firearms regardless. Just the smart idea.

You can upgrade the door, I forgot the company but they make regular looking doors but inside they are bullet proof and almost impossible to breach with a ram. However if your walls are just drywall with insulation it defeats the purpose of this door, they can just break through dry wall and walk in. Like others mentioned if you plan to keep anything of serious value or cant afford to lose, I suggest a good safe inside the room.

Wait, why haven't I done this already? I don't need permission from anyone!

You're not even married and you're already super whiped?

Well my girlfriend finally broke down! She's allowing me to convert my walkin closet to my own gun room/man storage. I'm moving my clothes into the spare room, and putting a keypad locking doorknob on the door. I'm thinking about ammo storage on the shelves and some racks to hang long guns on the walls.

 

Anyone have suggestions? Anyone have a room like this of their own they care to share the layout of?

 

It's not a huge space, only about 9'x4'. But it's sufficient enough to store my firearms, ammo, bug out kits and supplies.

 

Any suggestions are appreciated!

 

Great!! I had a room like that when I was a kid. I alarmed the $hit out of it and was good to go. Secrecy is important. Do you have electric in there?

Get some good lighting and you have enough room to reload...

The next house I build will have a large room like this, already plan for poured concrete walls with rebar and a ceiling made the same way, probably a pre-fab section/sections to drop on during the build and heavy metal door. Not sure of all the logistics but I will have this eventually. Even with that, I would still have a separate safe or safes for guns.

 

As others said, plan for electric, also Sheetrock walls, not good enough for security, heck any of us would punch and kick our way into the room in a manner of seconds. Now if it's an older home with lath and plaster walls, well while not supper secure, it's a lot harder to get through without tools, but a safe is still good security. Plus a fire rated safe is a good thing to have no matter what.

 

Ammo storage, well in a room like this you could just put up wire rack storage if you don't have a butt load of ammo. While they are pretty good for ammo, it's when you load them up with ammo and reloading supplies you can far exceed the weigh capabilities. But put thousands of rounds of ammo and then if you reload and have reloading supplies, you can easily triple the weight capacity of 1 of the wire shelf units. I don't have much much myself, but I'd bet if I weighed it all I'd be well over a 1000lbs. So always thing weight. Also how is your floor, don't forget something has to support ll this weight.

 

Just a few thoughts to ponder.

Not sure who the mfg is, however there is "high security" drywall that was developed for housing projects that is very hard to breach. Its basically drywall backed with lexan. I also know of someone who did a similar project and put up sheet metal behind the drywall. It's not the same as building a vault, however it's not going to be as easy as just hacking through with an ax if you want to get in. If you arm the room with motion sensors and an alarm that is monitored, it should work.

Expanded metal is far better than sheet metal between two layers of sheetrock and is what the Govt uses for medium to high security areas.

 

But now anyone who watches this video will know that he has a secret room there...

Some cool ideas about hiding stuff. Hey, what was that guy doing for a few minutes in that secret room? Not sure I really want to know.

Some cool ideas about hiding stuff. Hey, what was that guy doing for a few minutes in that secret room? Not sure I really want to know.

The crazy aunt lives in there. He was giving her a sponge bath.

Although the room seems like a good idea, I suggest you place your firearms in a safe in the room. The door can be breached as can the walls unless they are heavily fortified.

I agree with Doc. I don't know if your walk-in is already a safe room, which, if it is, then obviously disregard my comments ( ). But if it isn't, as Doc mentioned, most interior walls are pretty easy to get through, and every door has a weakness-- regardless of how well it's made. If it is not the door, it's the door frame. If it is not the frame, it's the wall, etc etc.

So, yea, easy fix, to repeat it, put a safe in the room for the firearms regardless. Just the smart idea.

 

But isn't that the point. You won't be able to tell visually that is is a firearms storage locker/room/furniture. I don't want it to be detectable to the outside world. I don't want deadbolts and padlocks visible to give it away that there is something desireable locked away in there.

Expanded metal is far better than sheet metal between two layers of sheetrock and is what the Govt uses for medium to high security areas.

 

What is expanded metal?

You can always just leave the current facade intact, and build another wall just inside the doorway with a secure door. To the outside, it looks like a closet. Open the door, and you're presented with another, more secure door.

 

Very cool. I'll need to watch the other related videos to see what else is available out there.

All good ideas and information! Although a few things to ponder

- I live in a town home, which occupies the second and third floors of the building. In order to get to my personal front door, you need to get past the common door (common area of 8 units). This door is electronically locked with an alarm on it.

- My front door is dead bolted and locked, and I have an alarm system installed in the house

 

So in order to get to this closet, you need to get in the common area, which would sound the alarm. People are present in one of the 8 units literally 24 hours a day, seven days a week, someone is home. Then you would have to go up two flights, break through my front door, sounding my alarm. Then get past my fiesty American Eskimo (this is a joke). Then go to my bedroom and break through the closet door.

 

While possible, this is highly unlikely. I have a smaller safe already in the closet bolted to the floor with heavy lag bolts, containing some valuables, then another fire/water proof safe hidden in a place that I can guarantee NO ONE could find before the cavalry came.

 

That being said, security is not my highest priority, which I'm sure many of you guys disagree with, and I don't blame you, better safe than sorry, etc.

 

Fireproof is not the highest concern either, with a sprinkler system, with one head in the closet, and multiple in the surrounding areas.

 

This is more of a display room, something where I can organize things in a neat fashion and have it be comestically pleasing. Safe rooms and hidden rooms are not possible, I would have to seriously alter the floor plan, which I am not interested in.

 

I am more so looking along the lines of some racks on the walls, drawers, and shelves. That being said, I am still thoroughly enjoying many suggestions and am absolutely storing them for my next home. Goes to show how innovative and creative many of you guys are!

You're not even married and you're already super whiped?

 

Hey y'all don't say that! I would come up with a good remark or somehow put you down, but I have to get in the kitchen and make dinner

Maybe after I'm done with the dishes or doing laundry I'll get to it. Just wait.

You don't know it yet , but you probably will be building a revolving shoe closet in your spare room

Man up shoulda did it from the start!

Haha if she grows out of her closet, which is about 10'x6, plus the dresser and chest, then I'm just moving to my storage in the basement.

Well my girlfriend finally broke down! She's allowing me to convert my walkin closet to my own gun room/man storage. I'm moving my clothes into the spare room, and putting a keypad locking doorknob on the door. I'm thinking about ammo storage on the shelves and some racks to hang long guns on the walls.

 

Anyone have suggestions? Anyone have a room like this of their own they care to share the layout of?

 

It's not a huge space, only about 9'x4'. But it's sufficient enough to store my firearms, ammo, bug out kits and supplies.

 

Any suggestions are appreciated!

 

If you have an alarm system, set up the closet as a separate zone with its own keypad that will remain armed even if the main alarm is disarmed and give the monitoring station your cell phone rather than your home phone. Put the keypad somewhere discrete, not near the closet. That way, if the door is ever opened, no matter where you are, whether someone is home or not, you will get a call from the monitoring station. A thief might bypass the main alarm somehow, but won't know that the room is a separate zone that will still go off if opened.

Is it me or a nice big safe bolted to the floor not enough anymore?

If you have an alarm system, set up the closet as a separate zone with its own keypad that will remain armed even if the main alarm is disarmed and give the monitoring station your cell phone rather than your home phone. Put the keypad somewhere discrete, not near the closet. That way, if the door is ever opened, no matter where you are, whether someone is home or not, you will get a call from the monitoring station. A thief might bypass the main alarm somehow, but won't know that the room is a separate zone that will still go off if opened.

 

Wow that's actually a really good idea. Thats why I created this thread, to get ideas from you guys, I'll look into this.

 

 

Is it me or a nice big safe bolted to the floor not enough anymore?

 

It is enough, I just want to display them, even only to myself, and have more room to organize ammo and supplies. So instead of stuffing everything into a safe, no matter how big, this way things can be more organized. Plus this is an incredible amount cheaper.