About Installing Wall Safes
We are not responsible for any
injury to yourself or others, any damage to your wall, you tools, or your wall
safe. These directions are only to assist with installation.
Choose the location for your wall safe carefully. All
the fire rated wall safes on the site are deep --- these safes have to be large
because the insulating material takes up space. These safes then will extend
through the back side of the wall. Since the back of the safe will show through
the back wall, you will want to pick an area where this won't matter such as a
closet.*
Tools you will need to install a
wall safe:
- Safety goggles
- Drill and spade bits
for making large hole
- Dry wall saw and/or
jig saw
- Carpenter's level
- Measuring tape
- Electronic stud locator
- Screwdrivers (for mounting
hardware)
Steps involved
- Chose area carefully, looking out
for an hazards
- Review instructions which came
with your wall safe
- Set out template if one is
included with instructions
- Locate studs
- Measure and mark hole you will cut
in wall
- Cut the hole in front and back
wall
- Place the safe in the hole
- Use mounting hardware to fasten
safe to the studs
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*If the safe size requirements are such that you have chosen
a safe that will protrude through the back side of the wall,
remember to choose a location say in a bed room, where the
safe could protrude through into an adjoining closet
wall (to allow concealment) of the protruding portion. Some
choose a wall that might protrude over a utility room.
Should you choose this as an option, make sure that if there
are top loading laundry equipment below the protruding
portion, that there will be sufficient clearance so as to
not hinder the use of the equipment. Some choose a wall that
might be adjoining to an attached garage, where the
protruding portion might not affect anything. Some have a
house constructed such that the protruding portion might be
allowed to enter an un-used attic area. Some are designed
such that the safe can be installed so that the protruding
portion might protrude below a stairway (to the upstairs).
