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How To Choose A Fireproof Safe

10 May 2016 by Edward Smythe

If you are planning on storing valuable papers in your home, you need to make sure that you purchase a fireproof safe. This safe will be able to keep the flames away from the papers and ensure that they remain intact. Here are some tips so that your purchasing process is as smooth as possible.  

1. Budget for Professional Installation

In order for a safe to be considered fireproof, it needs to have walls that are thick enough to keep the fire from getting into the safe. The walls also need to be specially treated in order to make sure that they don't melt. Both of these characteristics of fireproof safes are necessary but they also make the safe tremendously heavy. This means that when you are budgeting the money to purchase a fireproof safe, you are also going to need to set money aside for professional installation. If you are going to have the safe installed into a wall or placed on top of another structure, you want to be sure that you hire a professional to make sure that the structure or the walls are going to be able to bear the weight of the safe on their own.

2. Choose a Composite Cladded Safe If You Also Want Burglary Protection

If you also want to be sure that you have adequate protection against burglars, you will need to purchase a special type of fireproof safe that has a layer of aggregate as insulation against fire, rather than any other liquid or material. This will allow you to have this fireproof barrier without compromising the integrity of the safe against burglars. Also, be sure that you purchase a safe that has thicker steel walls than the average fireproof safe or else you are going to have burglars simply cutting through to get to your valuables. Contact a local outlet, such as Georges Lock & Security Service, for further assistance.

3. Add a Dehumidifier

If you don't get a composite cladded safe, you will absolutely need to get a dehumidifier to suck up any moisture that the insulation layer in your safe produces so that the papers that are in the safe are not ruined. This will allow you to better regulate the humidity in your safe and allow you to store a wider variety of items in it.

For more information, talk to a company that specializes in fireproof safes. They will be able to help you determine if the structure of your home can handle the weight of a composite cladded safe and will help you determine how to get it under budget.

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