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AF-Odin wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:50 pm I have a really old Treadlock Horizontal safe (don't think they even make it anymore due to safety with the lid issues). It is 53" long by 23" wide and 18" deep. That means that there is less PSI for the footprint than if it was a stand-up safe. We have had it on a vinyl laminate floor for over 10 years and it has not made any significant issues. In fact, it has held the vinyl down where it has come un-stuck in other places in the bedroom. Sub is like your's, concrete slab. We have wood laminate in all of the house except the bedrooms and have vinyl in them. Really wish that when we did the bedrooms (about 10 years after the rest of the house) we had gone with the wood laminate rather that the (so called) Luxury Vinyl Laminate--constant battle with the rubber mallet to keep it from popping up--probably just bad installation.

Ruark wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:06 pm We have porcelain tile flooring throughout our house. We had an issue with a metal filing cabinet that, over a couple of years, developed some rust underneath the metal bottom where I guess moisture collected in minute amounts. That left some rust stains on the tile. Fortunately we were able to remove the rust stains, since porcelain is quite impermeable. In general, I cut a rectangle of 3/8" plywood and put it under anything like that, with about an inch sticking out around the edge.

puma guy wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:53 pm This particular safe is 22"X30"X 60" and contains approx 18 rifles and Shotguns and about 15 pistols as well as miscellaneous items...

Rafe wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:16 pm

puma guy wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:53 pm This particular safe is 22"X30"X 60" and contains approx 18 rifles and Shotguns and about 15 pistols as well as miscellaneous items...

Wait. You were with me on that deep-sea fishing trip in the Gulf last summer. We lost all our guns when the boat capsized!


Seriously, though I can't say for certain... Ours is laminated wood, and I've always been cautious with it...just because. I used 3/4" plywood with an expanded footprint, meaning making the plywood a few extra inches larger around all sides. I confess I haven't moved the safe since it was installed that way, so I honestly can't tell you what it looks like under the plywood. But judging from the edges the flooring should be fine underneath.

The 3/4" plywood is under the safe as well the heavier stuff in the home gym, including the lifting cage, weight stands, and dumbbell racks. The greatest constant pressure on the floor is one of the DB racks that weighs 770 lbs plus the rack itself (call it about 850 lbs total) on two 2"x18" feet, or only 72 sq inches in contact with the plywood that's in two 12"x24" pieces sitting on top of the floor. I rearranged things in there about four years after setting it up, and the laminate underneath the plywood still looked fine despite that psi.

flowrie wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:27 am I have two safes, on carpet. I cut a 3/4” oak plywood rectangle to match the foot print of the each safe and place that between the safe and the carpet. The purpose is to prevent any rust stains on the carpet. If I were to place the safes on tile, laminates or any other surface, I would do the same as for the carpet. Just my opinion.