Gun safe doors that look like regular doors

fred p · 02-11-2010, 06:13 PM

in a house I lived in years ago I turned a closet into a safe room by using a solid core door. I built the wall up with solid studs to the corner and used 6" lag screws and 5" ball bearing commercial hinges. Then I built a bookcase on the door with 3 piece trim to completely hide the fact that it was a door. the trim on the hinge side was mounted with hidden hinges. you fliped the trim back to allow the hinges to work. the toe kick under the door looked like part of the bookcase but was attached to the floor. I glued together a few books that sat in front of the deadbolt. I used crown molding around the top and used this space to hide my home defense piece and the key was in another closet hung on a nail. no one ever knew it was a closet and the HDP was readily accessible.

02-11-2010, 06:13 PM	#1
fred p User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: N.C. usa Posts: 86 Thanks: 10 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	in a house I lived in years ago I turned a closet into a safe room by using a solid core door. I built the wall up with solid studs to the corner and used 6" lag screws and 5" ball bearing commercial hinges. Then I built a bookcase on the door with 3 piece trim to completely hide the fact that it was a door. the trim on the hinge side was mounted with hidden hinges. you fliped the trim back to allow the hinges to work. the toe kick under the door looked like part of the bookcase but was attached to the floor. I glued together a few books that sat in front of the deadbolt. I used crown molding around the top and used this space to hide my home defense piece and the key was in another closet hung on a nail. no one ever knew it was a closet and the HDP was readily accessible. __________________ if it's broke I'll either fix it or I'll fix it so no one else can fix it.