This is coming up because I've decided I want a fireproof safe and am strongly considering putting it in an unheated detached garage. A decent sized one, thinking a "40 gun" sized.
My living situation is like this, I live with my girlfriend who owns the house, threatens to kick me out about every year or so and then life is good (basic consequences of not being married and not having kids to complicate a break up ).. We have been at this for 6 years and are more or less happy but nobody's perfect.
BTW the reason I live with my girlfriend is she owns a house she can't sell, and she gets a check every month - do not confuse me with some other looser ..
So anyway to be practical I do not want to bring a massive gun safe into the basement that very well might need to be taken out of the basement or left behind if things ever really go south with us. Additionally I keep most of my expensive non-gun clutter in a detached garage, which is more secure than the house (metal door dead bolted on inside, re-enforced door/deadbolt to get in, windows covered in 3/4 plywood on inside - you'd need cutting tools practically to hack your way in).. Where I live crime is also nil to none, I keep my car keys in the car for instance.
Two reasons I like the garage #1 that's my space she does not even have a key to, #2 if she ever really kicked me out down the road I could get in there to empty the place very quickly and without causing a stir. Why I do not like the garage is it's not heated.
Soooo long story short options are #1 - live with non fireproof not so secure stack on safes in the house #2 put a proper safe in the garage that is fireproof and more secure, possibly climate control it..
What do you think? Thanks!
My living situation is like this, I live with my girlfriend who owns the house, threatens to kick me out about every year or so and then life is good (basic consequences of not being married and not having kids to complicate a break up ).. We have been at this for 6 years and are more or less happy but nobody's perfect.
BTW the reason I live with my girlfriend is she owns a house she can't sell, and she gets a check every month - do not confuse me with some other looser ..
So anyway to be practical I do not want to bring a massive gun safe into the basement that very well might need to be taken out of the basement or left behind if things ever really go south with us. Additionally I keep most of my expensive non-gun clutter in a detached garage, which is more secure than the house (metal door dead bolted on inside, re-enforced door/deadbolt to get in, windows covered in 3/4 plywood on inside - you'd need cutting tools practically to hack your way in).. Where I live crime is also nil to none, I keep my car keys in the car for instance.
Two reasons I like the garage #1 that's my space she does not even have a key to, #2 if she ever really kicked me out down the road I could get in there to empty the place very quickly and without causing a stir. Why I do not like the garage is it's not heated.
Soooo long story short options are #1 - live with non fireproof not so secure stack on safes in the house #2 put a proper safe in the garage that is fireproof and more secure, possibly climate control it..
What do you think? Thanks!