Every mans dream

[Brian Palmer]

Been in the works for a couple years. Picked up the door by luck from a co-worker. Built the wall about 2 month ago, now in the process/project of completing the inside.

 

[JWFilips]

Brian,
That is just a tease ! I know you have more pics!
This guys vault room is a thing to behold!

 

[KeithB]

Nice room.

 

[shootnlead]

Nice!

 

[Rick]

Wow! How sweet is that. I can assure you that I am the proper shade of green with envy.

 

[Longone]

Nicely done, great place to escape. Is the door wide enough for a fridge?

 

[Brian Palmer]

Im sure I can fit one in. Defiantly a keg-o-rator size!

 

[Josh]

Holy poop, I want one!

 

[Brad]

I used a gunsmith years ago who had his house built for his shop. He had a door from an old bank vault on his room.

That is awesome.

 

[Longone]

Definitely will need a fridge in there for ice, you know for ice tea.

Great job, just my 2 cents, but I would leave the exterior of that door just as it is. Lots of character.

 

[L1A1Rocker]

That is a dream room!!! Very nice. I'm just one lotto win away from having something like that.

 

[Brian Palmer]

That is a dream room!!! Very nice. I'm just one lotto win away from having something like that.

It was actually fairly cheap. The door is the hardest thing to source. I got VERY VERY lucky searched CL the day I decided to do it and found it. I sent the message and 5 min later a co-worker called and asked if I was the BPalmer that emailed her husband about the door from my .gov account. Total I have maybe 2500ish into it.

 

[Rick]

Building the room isn't the expensive part, it's the having a place and the room in the first place. Winelover here has a great walk in safe with a bank vault door. Cost? Dunno would hate to guess but . . . It sure is nice.

 

[Winelover]

The door alone was 6K and weighs 1700#s, IIRC, manufactured by Brown Safe. Has both the manual and electronic dials with a interior emergency override. I built using ICF's (insulated concrete forms). Exterior walls are six inches of reinforced concrete so wasn't a big deal adding an a entire wall the width of the basement and concrete ceiling for a "safe room" with a 10' x 10' walk in vault.

 

[Brian Palmer]

WOW VERY nice!

 

[Pistolero]

Very nice.

 

[L1A1Rocker]

The door alone was 6K and weighs 1700#s, IIRC, manufactured by Brown Safe. Has both the manual and electronic dials with a interior emergency override. I built using ICF's (insulated concrete forms). Exterior walls are six inches of reinforced concrete so wasn't a big deal adding an a entire wall the width of the basement and concrete ceiling for a "safe room" with a 10' x 10' walk in vault.



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Brown makes some tough stuff. I've got a TL-15 made by Brown (Badged by Hamilton) that used to be in a bank I worked at. Talk about heavy, 1 inch steel on the body, and 1.5 on the door! Always wanted a basement vault/fallout shelter.

 

[Brad]

I saw a thread called "every mans dream" and figured I would be removing an inappropriate photo.

I was close

 

[KHornet]

Yep, and the pic of Stonewall is also to be
admired!

Paul

 

[Missionary]

Nice addition to a basement. One day maybe....
Mike in Peru