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    Default Re: Transforming a walk in closet into gun room

    No, builder said it was for a security room, but wouldn*t elaborate. The rebar was randomly spaced and spanned three studs each with overhang into the adjoining bays. Looked like ladder rungs but not evenly spaced. At the time, I thought well, nobody is going to get in there because you can*t get a good enough hold on it to pull the wall down. Wrap a chain around it and you might get two studs to pull free, but not completely, so it*s not worth the effort. That*s if you could get a chain to the street to hook up to a vehicle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Delkal View Post
    Just about anyone can kick a door inwards if they try hard enough. The only thing holding it is a thin piece of the door frame where the inch of a deadbolt goes in. No one will be able to pull it open.

    What is the issue with being in a roof full of guns and ammo with bad guys outside? Hiding should be safer than opening the door and trying to confront them. If you are worried about getting locked in and starving leave a sledgehammer in their with your firearms. After they leave you kick the door out or bust thru a wall.

    My 7 1/2 inch thick door has bolt that go into the concrete wall. Maybe I went a little extreme, however no man will kick that door in. With enough time and tools anyone could break into fort knox.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daycrawler View Post
    My 7 1/2 inch thick door has bolt that go into the concrete wall. Maybe I went a little extreme, however no man will kick that door in. With enough time and tools anyone could break into fort knox.
    You are correct.......I did not think about someone with a 7 1/2 inch door and a concrete door frame. But residential doors are pretty much a joke. Watch some cop shows when they do a forced entry. They might have a battering ram to make things easier but I never saw a show where they couldn't get the door open and gave up. Trying to knock an outward opening door they would probably have to break the door into pieces, not just the 1 inch back of the frame where the locks bolt is.

    But even with your setup if your door was reversed and the 7 1/2 inch door was resting on all sides by the concrete wall (not just the bolt) it would be even harder to open.
    Last edited by Delkal; June 26th, 2020 at 05:13 PM.

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    I've done it. Cinder blocked off room in the house with a steel security door behind a Floor to ceiling framed piece of artwork. Heres the live security camera/ motion detector feed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zet70 View Post
    I've done it. Cinder blocked off room in the house with a steel security door behind a Floor to ceiling framed piece of artwork. Heres the live security camera/ motion detector feed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buckengr View Post
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    Thank you sir, that's a .45acp model. One of 40 in the US.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zet70 View Post
    I've done it. Cinder blocked off room in the house with a steel security door behind a Floor to ceiling framed piece of artwork. Heres the live security camera/ motion detector feed.

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    Nice!
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    Turning a walk in closet into gun storage. No wife in that house.
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    Default Re: Transforming a walk in closet into gun room

    I dunno, unless for some reason you expect to be targeted by well-equipped professional burgers, some of these suggestions seem like overkill. Whatever construction minimums to deter that average street rat armed with nothing more sophisticated than a screwdriver looking to get in and get out with some quick drug money or items to pawn should suffice.
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