Building A Safe Room Under Garage

Each lone star safe room is custom measured to fit your exact application.

Building a safe room under garage.

The safest place for a safe room is underground. Know the best place to build or create a safe room. This storm shelter mounts flush with your garage floor and with a 1 4 in. The survive a storm in garage model underground tornado safe room is the perfect solution for a family that doesn t want to displace valuable space that could be used for storage or other purposes.

A high security hidden room sometimes called panic rooms provide a safe and near impenetrable retreat if your family is ever threatened by an intruder. Individuals considering purchasing or installing a safe room should contact their local building official about building code requirements but should bear in mind that the extreme loads generated by tornadoes are not covered under model building code requirements. Obtaining proper building permits and inspections is important for all construction. No matter where you decide to place our safe room in a closet under the stairs or in the garage area our safe rooms are built and installed with some of the most respected products in the industry such as schlage simpson strong tie and ge our factory trained installers will complete your job with the knowledge and.

Thick lid it s so strong that you can even drive a vehicle over it. Most of my plumbing and stuff runs around the floor joists down there so i wanted enough room to have access to everything but i didn t want to build an eight foot wall it took me 7 weeks to do the block for the garage workshop and storage room so saving 4 feet of wall seemed like a good idea. A first floor interior room is also a good location. And a high security room seals from the inside and the secretive nature of a hidden door provides an additional level of security.

Safe rooms while a smart idea can be expensive to construct on any property. Many safe rooms are built underground to which the foundational construction alone can be wildly costly. Basement under garage i ve done a couple houses with rooms under the garage generally the engineer has called for 12 thick steel reinforced foundation walls on all four sides and flexicore pre engineered concrete slabs for the garage floor with the flexicore bolted directly to the foundation.