[dc11257]

Has anyone installed a wall safe in your home? If so, could you provide any recommendations of who installed the safe?

[MicheleE]

Martin's lock and safe in Leesburg installs floor safes. Not sure about wall safes.

[BogeyBoy]

Wow, if 20 people tell you they have a wall safe the crook just got 20 leads!

[rjm1cc]

Do you intend to lock the safe? If not a wall safe is ok.
If you are going to lock the safe I do not think it would be very hard to pull the safe out of the wall and leave. I would use a floor safe bolted into the slab.
By the way I use a safe that is always unlocked. I use it to protect paper in case of a fire so I was serious in the first sentence.

[dc11257]

Thanks you make a good point. I was concerned with installing in a wall with the studs at 24" width. I would like to keep important documents so locking to protect against theft and fire. Bolting to the floor will probably be my best option, I was just trying to avoid getting on my hands and knees to get something out.

[rjm1cc]

Originally Posted by dc11257

I was just trying to avoid getting on my hands and knees to get something out.

Valid and as we get older it gets harder.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I think any wall safe installed in The Villages would either have to be about 3" deep or it would protrude into an adjoining room.

[Carl in Tampa]

You might want to consider the Stealth "Dormitory" Safe.

It is vertical, not horizontal, intended to fit into a closet, with the access controls higher than would be the case with a shorter safe.

It can be opened by PIN or by one of your credit cards.

It comes with a floor mounting plate to bolt it to the floor, although you have to get the needed hardware locally.

If the battery operating the safe should die, there is external provision to provide power to the unit.

You could, perhaps, mask its presence with a plywood box that would make it look like the box is covering plumbing, etc.

Look it over. Dorm Safe - REAL STEEL, Not Plastic - 37% Off!

[Toymeister]

A wall safe won't be fire resistant, they are too thin at 3.5 inches. There isn't enough room for fire proofing. You need a floor safe.

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

You might want to consider the Stealth "Dormitory" Safe.

It is vertical, not horizontal, intended to fit into a closet, with the access controls higher than would be the case with a shorter safe.

It can be opened by PIN or by one of your credit cards.

It comes with a floor mounting plate to bolt it to the floor, although you have to get the needed hardware locally.

If the battery operating the safe should die, there is external provision to provide power to the unit.

You could, perhaps, mask its presence with a plywood box that would make it look like the box is covering plumbing, etc.

Look it over. Dorm Safe - REAL STEEL, Not Plastic - 37% Off!

For the documents that require fire protection, you might purchase this inexpensive container to place inside of the Dorm Safe.

SentrySafe Fire Chest 1200 - View All Home Safes

[villagetinker]

IMHO, if you are just after protecting papers from fire, etc., most of the office supply stores carry various sizes of 'fire proof' safes, you can place this in a location where it is typically not visible, but accessible in case of emergency.
I agree with many of the comments above, and will add one additional word of caution, I would not install a true floor safe where it would require cutting a hole in the floor, IMHO, this would be inviting way too many future problems, water, insects, etc.
Hope this helps.

[dnobles]

We don't have one here,but up north we had California Closet