Delaware Concealed Carry Forum
General Gun Discussion => Rifles and Shotguns => Topic started by: MikeF on August 06, 2012, 01:08:27 AM
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Hey Everyone! I just bought a 500 pound safe and I would like to keep it on a floor that is not concrete. Does anyone have their safe on a non concrete floor? Any problems with the structural integrity of your house? Any issues with a sagging floor? I don't have that many guns...yet, but I like to keep a nice little stockpile of ammo on hand.
Thanks!
Mike
P.S. I do have a few concrete floors in my house where I can put it but i would like to put it on the non concrete floor if possible.
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Put it on the concrete floor and bolt to it.
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Our Salt water tank is 200 gals... we put a post under it in the basement. 500 is light..
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You can calculate floor loads with some fairly simple formulas. Here's a site that explains it.
http://www.ehow.com/how_7485788_calculate-floor-load-capacity.html
I would tend to think 500+lbs is on the heavy side & you should look into more support .
forgot to add you can toe nail another beam to the existing one & increase load wt. Like 2 2X8's = 1 2X10 in load bearing
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