How to Bolt a Safe to the Floor

This article will show you in easy to follow steps how to bolt a safe to the floor. Once done properly, the safe is unable to be removed from the outside without extreme measures but can be relocated to another room or another home by simply opening the safe and removing the securing nuts.

Things You'll Need

• Drill
• Drill bit
• 4 Stud bolts with nuts
• Hammer
• Pencil

Instructions

1. Place the safe exactly where you want it. With the safe door open, look inside and find the mounting holes that go through the bottom of the safe. With a pencil, make a circle inside each of the mounting holes to mark the location that you will drill the holes. Remove the safe from that location and set it aside. Use the studs provided by the safe manufacturer, or follow the safe manufacturer's instructions and use the correct size studs.

2. 

   Depending on your mounting surface, use either the concrete drill bit or the wood drill bit, and drill the mounting holes vertically and to the precise measurements recommended on the package for the studs that you are inserting into the floor. Be certain that you follow directions from the safe manufacturer or on the package of the studs that you buy, because the holes that you drill will in all cases be smaller than the studs that you are putting in.

3. After drilling the hole, you will use a hammer to pound the Ramset stud into the concrete or use a wrench to screw the wood stud into the floor. Make sure that the studs that you put into the floor are vertical and that there is enough of the studs sticking out from the floor so they will enter the bottom of the safe.

4. Place the safe over the studs so that the studs protrude into the mounting holes on the bottom of the safe. Apply the nuts to the studs and tighten snugly so the safe cannot be moved. Most safe manufacturers provide decorative caps to put over the studs and nuts; if they have been provided, place over the studs and nuts.

Tips & Warnings

• Mark the holes very carefully. Drill the holes straight up and down. Don't hammer the Ramset stud so far in that it becomes too short to mount the safe. Don't overtighten the nuts in the safe, as doing so may break the studs.

• Always follow the safe manufacturer's instructions for placement and installation procedures. Do not use the electric drill inside the safe. Do not put your body in the safe for any reason.