Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(15)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says;  Avoid fireboard or drywall based fire safes: Although fire safes constructed with fireboard, drywall, fiberboard, or other panel based insulation materials make up the majority of safes sold today, they provide inferior fire protection when compared to true composite fire safes or composite clad fire safes.
More importantly, these panel based safes provide fire protection at the cost of highly reduced burglary protection. The majority of fireboard style safes provide little to no burglary protection.

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(14)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says;  We routinely receive calls from agonizing safe owners permanently locked out of their safe by a malfunctioning Chinese lock. Opening these safes is generally a very costly and time consuming ordeal as it's nearly impossible for even a licensed locksmith to obtain accurate blueprints to aid in a clean repairable entry into the safe. Most safe owners in this unfortunate position opt for the faster and less expensive forced entry option. The safe is rendered unusable after a forced entry and the owner is stuck with a hefty bill and in the market for a reliable and secure safe... many current clients sought out our company after experiencing one or more highly unpleasant lockouts with inferior safes.

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(13)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says; If you decide on a safe without a UL approval, there's a 95% chance the safe's lock comes from China. The vast majority of safe manufacturers who equip their safes with "their own" lock brand also use Chinese locks. While highly affordable, Chinese built locks are highly undependable and are prone to early failure.

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(12)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says;  Stick with a UL approved lock - Always check that the safe you plan to purchase has a UL approved Group 2 lock or better. The three dependable lock manufacturers are LaGard, Sargent & Greenleaf, and Kaba Mas. These are the only lock manufacturers that produce locks guaranteed to provide decades of trouble free operation.

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(11)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says;  If a safe is heavy, it doesn't necessarily mean the safe carries a lot of solid steel, the weight can come from the concrete amalgamate alone. To determine the amount of solid steel used by a safe, it's still best to learn the actual steel thickness for both the door and walls.

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(10)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says; Steel and high density concrete amalgamate together are really heavy. A true burglary safe with solid steel walls and concrete amalgamate fire cladding often carries three time the mass of an equivalent size safe constructed from sheet metal and drywall panels.

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America asks; What things should you look for when buying a safe for your luxury home or estate?(9)

Petruccelli L.T.D of North America says; High density concrete based amalgamate is heavy. A concrete amalgamate based composite fire safe will weigh substantially more than a safe that uses insulation panels.