The common answer we get when we ask a safe owner what’s the reason
they got their safe in the first place, they often respond we thought
it was a good idea. Well it’s not just a good idea it’s a fantastic
idea and here are some of the reasons why.
Types of Home Safes
Before we get into the reasons why
safe ownership in your home is such a good idea let’s first go over the
different types of safes that people often put in their homes.
Here is what we find to be the most common types of home safes we install and repair:
These are not only a good idea to have if you are a
gun owner but they are often required by law in several states too.
Currently in Illinois the state laws only require that a handgun be
stored in a safe or have a locking device on it at all times when not
in use.
We of course advocate the use of gun locking devices or gun safes for all stored firearms until they are taken out to be used.
Gun safes come in all different shapes and sizes. They
can be small and used to store just a single handgun or they can be
vault sized and store many big guns and other valuables too. They will
offer limited protection usually in the event of fire or flooding. Many
gun safes these days are built using sophisticated biometric locks to
keep them as secure as possible and allow the owner quick access to
their guns if they are ever needed.
Birth certificates, Social Security Cards, Passports
and other paper records are things that are not easy to replace if they
are lost, stolen or destroyed.
That’s why it’s best to always store them in a fireproof safe that gives them at least some chance of survival if a fire ever breaks out in your home. These come in all
shapes and sizes and most safe types on this list offer at least some
level of protection for what’s stored inside them in the event of a
fire.
These are much like any other type of safe in that
they come in all different shapes and sizes. Some are hard to get into
but easy to just pick up and carry away while others need to be
delivered to your home using fancy equipment and a team of many people.
Stand-alone safes generally offer some protection against fire, water
damage and can be fitted with some very sophisticated locking mechanisms
too.
Unlike in the movies these are not just for rich people and they are a lot more affordable to install than you might think. What is like the movies is that these safes are usually recessed
into walls so they are not as easily detected as other types of
stand-alone safes. They are placed up high so they can survive
flooding, usually have some degree of fireproofing and the locks on
them can be made to be very sophisticated too.
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