I just bought a 36 gun field and stream safe from Dicks.. was an okay price. Big thing was it was in stock. I am going to pick it up tomorrow.. its 500 lbs. I'm trying to decide where to install it. Basement? or Garage? Basement means a narrow set of steps down in side the house.. so a need a few friends... and I run the risk of a flood. I run a dehumidifier 24/7 down there so it stays really dry.. 50% rel humidity. The garage is an easy install but I have to deal with the hot cold cycles and no way to control humidity really. Basement.. good luck getting it out since its 500 lbs. Hell I don't know if the stairs will handle it. Garage.. can be bolted to the floor but easy access to tools in the garage to get into it. What do you guys think?

i'd put it out of sight

Are the basement and garage your only two options? What about hidden inside a closet, or just put up against a wall in a non-busy room?

 

If you're basement floods, I would not put it in there. Although the temperature fluctuates in your garage, that may be a better option for you. If a criminal really wants to get into your safe, they will get into it no matter what.

I went with the basement. It was hard to get it down there but now it's my man cave. I would have preferred putting in the walk in closet in my MBR. My wife would not have gone for that though.

 

Check the documentation - you may be able to take the door off the safe to move it.

wife is not thrilled about the gun thing.. so I gotta keep it in my manzone.. basement or garage. I have a lot of protection against flooding. New oversized sump pump with a water powered backup sump. I also have a generator.. so no worries about not being able to pump. I think I am talking myself into the basement. The temperature changes/moisture cant be good for steel guns in a garage. I'd love to do the garage since its such an easy install but I think the basement makes the most sense.

Basement! A case of beer and ill help you LOL

Put it up on blocks in the basement with flooding.

Quid pro quo.. Ill help out too if you can help me with my liberty 30 coming today

_{I vote garage- much safer than going down the stairs and I learned that the hard way. Build a plywood cabinet to keep it out of sight. Don't worry about the heat/cold. Wire in a marine dehumidifier stick and the stuff will be fine.}

ive got my new one thats in the garage now, but going in the basement soon. also a 500 lbs safe. but take the door off my door is around 150 on it. so that will make a big difference. but check with the manufacturer if you can take it off, as i hear some you cannot take off.

I would go with basement unless the garage is attached to the house and you have an indoor entrance. In these times, I wouldn't want anyone to see my gun safe or my carrying my guns to and from it.

When you bolt it to the floor make sure you position the safe so that the side the door opens on is up against a wall. This is important so that if a bad guy try's to pry the door his pry bar hits the wall.

Take the door off and it will be much lighter

I got room at my house and ill even help u move it lol

I would put it in the basement. If there is a chance it will flood, install a sump pump.

If you put it in the garage or basement you will absolutely need a Goldenrod dehumidifier or in August you will be able to grow mushrooms in there. Get the biggest one you can fit, maybe even 2.

Basement, bad guys would look in the garage first for valuables than your basement. Keep hidden, someone mention just covering it with a card board box like a fridge box. I also heard you really don't need all those fancy things to keep moisture at bay a simple light bulb will do the trick. .

When I got my liberty safe (800lbs), I paid the extra cash for them to deliver and install. Does Dicks have that option?

I got it installed in the basement tonight. Needed 2 friends and an appliance dolly to make it happen. I removed the safe door but the dam thing still weighed 300+ lbs. It worked out though... Thanks for the tips and offers all. I'm really happy with the safe. Love all the pouches on the door and handgun holders. I bolted it to the floor and added a couple desiccant jars to keep things dry. I have to install the shelves still.

I have this really enormous walk in closet. It's filled with clothes - mine. In the rear there are 4 huge shelves, and a bunch of smaller tilted cubbies, peresumably for shoes (which I keep on racks near my home's entryways).I just put the safe on one of the shelves, and covered the door with old clothes. It's invisible. Drilling the holes for the fasteners was a huge ****, and I screwed up the 4th one, but the 3 I did get are solid, driven through 3/4 " wood and secured on the inside with washer, lock washer and hex nut. On the other side, I have one cubby devoted to miscellaneous crap, and everything else I need is there at the charging dock.

The reason I went for the basement was because my wife doesn't exactly know how many guns I have. She is ok with not knowing but I don't want to have to make a big trip from the master bedroom when i want to go to the range or when I want to show my guns to my friends I like the privacy of the basement. I have a fingerprint safe in the bedroom with a single loaded gun, but the collection in the safe is in the basement.