Vault door question

feddoc · Mar 18, 2018

I need to get another safe. But, I gotta ask all the smart folks on this site if it is practical to place a vault door in place of a regular door?

I can easily widen the opening enough, but don't wanna get caught up in something unforeseen.

What say all you smart folks?? How could I go about doing this?

DW · Mar 18, 2018

Poured concrete walls?

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overton · Mar 19, 2018

I think you need a structural engineer

Homer · Mar 19, 2018

Yeah....a vault door on a drywalled room makes tons of sense.....lol

1911 · Mar 19, 2018

>Yeah....a vault door on a drywalled
>room makes tons of sense.....lol
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It's depleted uranium drywall dickweed.

eelgrass · Mar 19, 2018

My wife replaced her bedroom door with a vault door. I don't have the combination either. Oh well.

feddoc · Mar 19, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Mar-19-18 AT 09:07AM (MST)[p]>Yeah....a vault door on a drywalled
>room makes tons of sense.....lol

I agree. However, this was designed as a panic room. Drywall is there, but on top of engineered wall.

Nice try, and thanks so much for your help.

I also have some 1/4" plate for additional support. The vault door I have in mind is about 1/2 " wider than frame of door.

DW · Mar 19, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Mar-19-18 AT 10:25AM (MST)[p]Just an inch out of the concrete wall shouldn't be an issue. Shouldn't need an engineer or any reinforcement. You'd be surprised how many people I've talked out of putting a vault door on a typical drywall 2x4 wall.

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Wiszard · Mar 19, 2018

What is it for? Just a safe place to store valuables? Will you use it as an environmental safe place like in the mid-west? I'm just curious. How big is the room?

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elkwon · Mar 19, 2018

The door size is irrelevant, your more interested in the RO ( rough opening) your door maybe 1/2" wider but the vault door jambs may be 2" wider ea. requiring a RO. 4" wider. Pm me if needed.

feddoc · Mar 20, 2018

The room is about 20x16. I'm just gonna get a contractor to widen the existing frame.

Zeke · Mar 20, 2018

>My wife replaced her bedroom door
>with a vault door. I
>don't have the combination either.
>Oh well.
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This sounds familiar around my house!

Zeke
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DW · Mar 20, 2018

>The room is about 20x16.
>I'm just gonna get a
>contractor to widen the existing
>frame.

Yer golden feddoc, proceed.

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feddoc · Mar 20, 2018

>My wife replaced her bedroom door
>with a vault door. I
>don't have the combination either.
>Oh well.
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I'm sure elkasssss can give you the combo.

eelgrass · Mar 20, 2018

>>My wife replaced her bedroom door
>>with a vault door. I
>>don't have the combination either.
>>Oh well.
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>the combo.

She always had a soft spot for plumbers.

heartshot · Mar 21, 2018

In this case I think a metal door with a good lock will be just as efficient as vault door.

It can be compared to locking a cardboard box with a deadbolt. You wont get the worth out of the vault door or the deadbolt.

joesikora · Apr 1, 2018

hi feddoc
What brand door do you have? I installed a Fort Knox swing in door under my front porch.It was accessed though my finished basement. It was 6? x18? x 9? ceiling , 6 sides of concrete.
That door weighed around 1,000 lbs or better. I also had 6? HVAC run and a land line phone just in case you got locked in. I could never mustard up the nerve to lock it behind me. LOL. Mine was built as a fire proof/panic room.

If you have any questions just give me a shout out

Joe

"Sometimes you do things wrong for so long you
think their right" - 2001
"I can't argue with honesty" - 2005
-Joe E Sikora