Expert Advice on Safes and Vault Doors

A walkthrough of the custom safe building process: 3-5 day drawings, 10-14 week build times, and the material, hinge, fire, and lock choices along the way.

Recent developments by Hayman Safes have put an interesting polyethylene (plastic) floor safe on the market that seems to be shaking up the status quo. The big question is: how secure are these safes?

Most people assume that in order for their valuables to be safe they must be kept in a bank safety deposit box. After all banks go to great measures to keep all the burglars out, right? They have secure concrete bunkers they transform into vaults with tightly controlled access and vault doors that no one in the world would ever dream of breaking into. Plus they have very tightly controlled security alarms that will have the authorities there in minutes. All of this sounds like pretty convincing evidence to store your passports and important documents in a safety deposit box….but a fireproof safe might be a better option. 

You should never rush into an important decision, so make sure you have answers to all of these factors before buying anything. We really suggest against the impulse buy for something that will protect your most precious possessions.

Jay Hunt, our wonderful President here at SafeandVaultStore.com has a message for you! Seeing this little talk from him really puts a face on the business. 

We have expert safe builders who know all the tricks of the trade, ready to create the ultimate safe just for you. Whether you need an odd size or you want extra fire protection, we can do something for you.

While safes are generally pretty standalone there are always a few ways to make the experience better and ensure that you have all of your needs taken care of. Safe accessories range from humidity control to organizational tools and lights and while not always necessary they can still be an important facet to home or business storage. Here we’ll look at some of the more important accessories and you can decide for yourself what is necessary and what is not. 

ou might think that a safe containing locking bolts is a safe that is secure enough to handle your priceless possessions. You might also think that locking bolts will protect in the event of a burglary. Due to the many different types of locking bolts and bolt formations, the answers might surprise you.  

If you’re in the market for a safe, it goes without saying that you want something that provides unparalleled security at a great price. There is nothing quite so important as protecting your precious heirlooms, goods and belongings from burglary and, in the unfortunate event that your home is broken into, you deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing your belongings are secure.

This is a fantastic video about how a safe can manage to be both incredibly inaccessible and very accessible at the same time – depending if you are trying to break into the safe or if you have a code at the ready. It really helped demystify the safe as a security method for me. Did you know that safes are made of steel, concrete, and Diatomaceous Earth? Do you understand how the locking mechanism of a safe works? You will after watching this video.

One common question we get here at Safe & Vault Store is: What type of people need to buy a gun locker? It’s not as if everybody that owns a gun has more than one or two. In a way, this is very much true. The people who require a gun locker are those who own multiple weapons. But the number of people who fall into this category is much larger than you might think.