Builders DIY: Home Security - Installing a Safe

Andrew takes us through how we should properly install a wall-mounted safe

[CleanFinish]

Surely that has to be the worst position to mount the safe? Lots of room around to swing a hammer at it, get a pry bar behind it or other implement? It should be also fixed to the floor where possible and mounted in a low corner.

[jamesjordanjr]

I think in the end don't put anything in the safe but make it a decoy. Put your stuff in the attic under the insulation. Who's going there to look for valuables?

[tonybussey]

1:53 -2:10 drills holes without glasses on, turns around and is wearing glasses!!!

[merhona]

Would it not be better to drill into brick than the mortar.

[cokentutes]

I don't have masonry in my house, would using hefty anchors and bolts into studs be a secure option?

[annemoebes]

i appreciate your video but here are some things that would be helpful; what size drill bit are you using? what do you mean by "sleeve"?

[diablohorer]

3:00 Write your code in a SAFE place...

[MDK]

No visibility for the anchor bolt installation.

[johnlowe]

what size drill bit do you use for the bolts .

[BurtBowers]

A safe is suppose to be completely hidden in a place undetectable to a thief that comes into a home, biggest mistake is to display a safe anywhere in a home that would automatically draw any thief to it once its been detected..

[andrewdavidloch]

you didn't actually show me what I wanted to do... you were in the way all the time.

[flyer]

He says not to mount to wood, that's totally impractical advice if there isn't any brick around to mount to!

[BrandonPlaysWhatever]

Did you really need to check for metal in that brick wall lol.

[Aaron-nxv]

Drilling into the mortar course what an amateur that safe will be getting ripped straight off.

[Gollammeister]

Wait is he drilling into mortar between bricks 😂def poor installation.
I’ve read if your safe walls even back rear of safe aren’t minimum 1/4 inch thick and door 1/2 inch minimum thick then it can’t really be classed as a safe it’s more a strong box for temporary securing things overnight than owt

[ianspaintpot]

them little things are not safes.
they are easy to break in even with a strong magnet or a tooth pick.
if you can pick it up a place it under your are then bont buy it.
get a safe that is a min of 190kg/418lb not even 3 people will move this away from the home