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You shouldn't have had to help them at all; THEY were hired to do the job.

Yep, those damn cheap-ass "professional" safe moving companies: They charge you big bucks to move your safe, don't send enough guys to handle the job, YOU and your buddies have to help (or it won't get done) and they STILL charge you full price for moving the safe.

That happened to a friend of mine, even after they were told by the first 2-guy crew they sent out -- and who realized just two guys couldn't do it -- more guys were needed. The second crew sent out was ALSO just 2 guys.

What sorry UNprofessional idiots and rip-off artists!

I guess they just add the owners of safes to their labor pool -- unpaid "extra help" of course -- when needed.

-- John D.
 
if the room is over the garage, just put a small header to carry the load under it. you could hide the header in a 2x4 set of shelves.
 
Had a similar problem with putting the safe upstairs. The salespeople told me to buy a metal plate. Can't remember the exact size but something like 5 X 5 to spread out the load of the safe on the flooring. Decided I didn't want to go that route and found an area in my garage close to the entry door to the house. The safe is now anchored with cement bolts into 8" of concrete. The safe has been there for 9 years and no problem with heat or condensation. I live in So. Florida. I had my alarm company put in a motion detector in the garage watching the safe. I put a blanket over the safe to disguise it from prying eyes when the garage door is open and make it a point never to open the garage door and the safe at the same time. I'm happy with the arrangement and the statement made by the installer, "It will take a small nuclear bomb for anyone to get into this safe and if they do, they should be entitled to the contents." Not sure I agree with the second part of the statement but I am secure that my safe is secure and don't have the worry about a house fire destroying the flooring and having the safe come crashing down on my car or motorcycle, or what would be left of them.
 
I know of one way you can put it over your garage, but you must have a "vacant" space underneath and also be able to get to the structure in the garage ceiling. You put in a steel "lolly column" and have that lolly column support a short (3 ft or so) section of steel I-beam. The I-beam and the lolly column under it will effectively transfer the load down to the cement floor of the garage.
 
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