How to build a gun room?!

Daniella · June 11th, 2008, 04:55 PM

I have surfed around without any luck in finding any info and or posts on the subject.

I want to begin to play with the tough of making a gun room.

How do I do such a thing? I mean..putting up thick reinforced steel plates,
putting in a vault door and getting the plates to stay on the wall..just use nice long screws? Have anyone done such a thing and would like to tell me what and how they did it?!

Plates, lights, ventilation and doors..and any other things i might have forgot..

MattLarson · June 11th, 2008, 04:56 PM

Humidity control / desiccation needs to be on the list.

Matt

BigEFan · June 11th, 2008, 05:14 PM

Steel plates may not be necessary if you are building from scratch and can make the walls out of reinforced concrete.

Rob72 · June 11th, 2008, 05:14 PM

A friend put one in his basement. Basically:
Wall frame built on 12" centers.
Ceiling and floor joists placed with "concrete" (coated) nails and Liquid nails.
Cross bars between the studs off-set, top-to bottom, at 18"
Solid wood outward openung door (recessed hinges)with lock and catch set 18" apart.
Face panelling of 3/4" particle board.

He had some rebar run through the studs somehow, too. I think he had 6' pieces that he dead-headed into the exterior wall stud, and drilled the subsequent studs, basically threading them onto the rebar, then deadheaded into the door frame.

Made a good family safe-room.

SIXTO · June 11th, 2008, 06:21 PM

You can make a "poor mans" vault using chain link fencing too, sort of a cage type set up.

matiki · June 11th, 2008, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIXTO

You can make a "poor mans" vault using chain link fencing too, sort of a cage type set up.

This is actually very close to how many companies handle interior add-on high value rooms. Most that I have seen include horizontally run 2 x 4 's between studs every 18", then a fence heavy stapled to the studs, and a new interior wall built over that.

SIXTO · June 11th, 2008, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matiki

This is actually very close to how many companies handle interior add-on high value rooms. Most that I have seen include horizontally run 2 x 4 's between studs every 18", then a fence heavy stapled to the studs, and a new interior wall built over that.

Thats where I got the idea... a lot of PD property rooms are the same thing.

HotGuns · June 11th, 2008, 08:10 PM

It be better if the chain link fence had concrete poured over it.

dukalmighty · June 11th, 2008, 08:34 PM

Depending on how many guns etc. you may be better off buying one or more gun safes and anchoring them to cement floors and walls and then building the exterior walls around them,possibly block walls reinforced with concrete and rebar

SonofASniper · June 11th, 2008, 08:34 PM

It really depends on what your budget is, and who or what you are trying to keep out.

June 11th, 2008, 04:55 PM	#1
Daniella Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Posts: 169	How to build a gun room?! I have surfed around without any luck in finding any info and or posts on the subject. I want to begin to play with the tough of making a gun room. How do I do such a thing? I mean..putting up thick reinforced steel plates, putting in a vault door and getting the plates to stay on the wall..just use nice long screws? Have anyone done such a thing and would like to tell me what and how they did it?! Plates, lights, ventilation and doors..and any other things i might have forgot..

June 11th, 2008, 04:56 PM	#2
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June 11th, 2008, 05:14 PM	#4
Rob72 VIP Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 2,840	A friend put one in his basement. Basically: Wall frame built on 12" centers. Ceiling and floor joists placed with "concrete" (coated) nails and Liquid nails. Cross bars between the studs off-set, top-to bottom, at 18" Solid wood outward openung door (recessed hinges)with lock and catch set 18" apart. Face panelling of 3/4" particle board. He had some rebar run through the studs somehow, too. I think he had 6' pieces that he dead-headed into the exterior wall stud, and drilled the subsequent studs, basically threading them onto the rebar, then deadheaded into the door frame. Made a good family safe-room.

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dukalmighty VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: texas Posts: 2,628	Depending on how many guns etc. you may be better off buying one or more gun safes and anchoring them to cement floors and walls and then building the exterior walls around them,possibly block walls reinforced with concrete and rebar __________________ I like Poetry,Long Walks On The Beach,And Poking Dead Things With A Stick

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