Turning closet into gun room

[Averageguy]

Who has turned a closet into a gun room/cabinet? I have a closet in my house that we are not using and would like to turn it in to my gun room. I plan to put a solid door with a keyless entry.

I would like the do's and don'ts of doing this.

Thanks

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Closest what?

 

[Averageguy]

Closest what?

Edited, thanks for the heads up.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Edited, thanks for the heads up.

Just ribbing you a little. I'd love to do something similar but just don't have the space for it.

 

[BigMoose]

I wont go into details or post photos for security reasons. But I rigged up a hidden room deal like this.

Some consideration.

Drywall on stud construction is exceptionally easy to hack through. Older style plaster on wood is a bit harder. So consider that your going to need to harden the walls too.

Ceilings can be a mixed bag, if it's below an upper level floor, then its harder to get into. Easier if its just an attic above.

Floors? If its on the slab, forget it.. no one getting in from below, but if its above a crawlspace.. you may have to armour the floor.

Are you going to go with a hidden door? Or something that clearly looks like an armored door everyone can see. Hidden doors can be bastard hard for someone not familiar to find, if done right.

Now mine is an larger space with a place for me to sit in with a TV, not a big room.. but still larger then a closet but I have an old house that is weird with multiple patchwork additions and odd multi levels, so it was easy for me to take an odd interior room that was under a room above. I went with the hidden door deal, with.. well I won't say what but it is a feature in a house this age that is normally built in.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I wont go into details or post photos for security reasons. But I rigged up a hidden room deal like this.

Some consideration.

Drywall on stud construction is exceptionally easy to hack through. Older style plaster on wood is a bit harder. So consider that your going to need to harden the walls too.

Ceilings can be a mixed bag, if it's below an upper level floor, then its harder to get into. Easier if its just an attic above.

Floors? If its on the slab, forget it.. no one getting in from below, but if its above a crawlspace.. you may have to armour the floor.

Are you going to go with a hidden door? Or something that clearly looks like an armored door everyone can see. Hidden doors can be bastard hard for someone not familiar to find, if done right.

Now mine is an larger space with a place for me to sit in with a TV, not a big room.. but still larger then a closet but I have an old house that is weird with multiple patchwork additions and odd multi levels, so it was easy for me to take an odd interior room that was under a room above. I went with the hidden door deal, with.. well I won't say what but it is a feature in a house this age that is normally built in.

 

[Hkindiana]

Do’s; whatever suits your needs. Dont’s; ; do not post about it to the world

 

[BE Mike]

Many years ago before I could afford to buy a safe, I put a deadbolt lock on a closet door and also added hardened pins that helped prevent someone from just removing the hinges and getting into the closet. It was better than nothing.

 

[Gingerbeardman]

You could buy thin metal sheets, drill holes for screws, mount to the wall then cover with another layer of drywall for increased fire protection and security.

 

[Averageguy]

Many years ago before I could afford to buy a safe, I put a deadbolt lock on a closet door and also added hardened pins that helped prevent someone from just removing the hinges and getting into the closet. It was better than nothing.

Yea, the keyless will be the deadbolt portion.

Were the hardened pins replacing the standard hinge pins?

Thanks,

 

[Averageguy]

You could buy thin metal sheets, drill holes for screws, mount to the wall then cover with another layer of drywall for increased fire protection and security.

I like the idea.

 

[actaeon277]

My Gun Room

Tomorrow we are meeting with the contractor and I FINALLY get my long awaited/promised gun room / safe room in the basement. I've been compiling pics, info, and thoughts for my 12'x8'x9' rectangular space. This will be a hidden door design (as of now). I have an idea in my head, but new ideas...

www.indianagunowners.com

 

[Amishman44]

Do’s; whatever suits your needs. Dont’s; ; do not post about it to the world

Pretty much...best of luck!

 

[actaeon277]

Help me build the ideal gun/reloading room.

Well, this is just peachy. Former Fifi f***ed me over again. Under the last section of carpet to pull I find a 2x2 square of mold under what I believe to have been Fifi’s favorite spot. So instead of the anti-microbial, I’ll be using something a little more... industrial. And a HEPA vac...

www.indianagunowners.com

 

[Rookie]

For the walls, sandwich expanded steel between two layers of plywood.

 

[ACC]

Who the heck has a closet in their house they aren’t using?

 

[Averageguy]

Who the heck has a closet in their house they aren’t using?

Lucky one, I guess.

 

[92FSTech]

I have no experience with such a thing, as my house has no appropriate space, but if I ever build a house I'm going to put a completely block-walled room in the corner of the basement with a solid steel door and have a massive reloading bench in there, another for cleaning/maintenance/armoring, and all my guns either hung or in racks on the wall. Digging around trying to find and extract guns from overloaded safes is for suckers and poor people (both of which currently describe me, lol)!

 

[BE Mike]

Yea, the keyless will be the deadbolt portion.

Were the hardened pins replacing the standard hinge pins?

Thanks,

Actually my memory isn't good when looking back so many years. I think that this is similar to what I used: Amazon product ASIN B01DG0TZ1A
You might also consider something like this. I have a similar system on all my doors at home:Amazon product ASIN B00FB29LZW

 

[Averageguy]

No, the male part actually is installed on the outside edge of the door and seats into the female part which is installed on the door frame.

k, thanks for clearing that up. I assumed that's what you meant but when you mentioned hinges. I was a bit confused. Do you have a website or link that you bought from?