Hidden/Safe Room

[Chemechie]

In my old house I had a hidden gun safe; nobody knew it was there. If you have a setup like I had it is easy.
I put it in the floor of a bedroom, between 2 floor joists. The space I had was between 2 floor joists, about 16 inches wide and 4 feet long, 10 inches high minus the thickness of a board I put over the drywall of the ceiling below )I didn't trust drywall to hold much weight). The space was big enough to store several long guns and other valuables I wanted out of sight.
The hidden part is the most important; if you have a place in your house laid out like this, its easy: wall to wall carpet with a section 18 inches long and 4 feet wide, bordered on 3 sides by walls, with the floor joists running the long direction; if they go the short way it won't work.
If your carpet is not brand new and the area isn't heavily used, you can (gently) separate the carpet from the tack strip around the 3 edges and it won't shrink (undo the stretching when it was installed). You may want to practice undoing carpet from tack strips in a closet or other unobtrusive place. After you have the carpet up, outline an area in the subfloor to cut through; if you can run the cut along the top of a joist you don't have to add reinforcing to support the removable cutout.
Once the panel is put back into place, the carpet rolls back over it and nothing shows.
I had a lip under the subfloor along one side that made it easy to add a lock, so even if someone had found it they couldn't get in easily. Some state require guns to be locked up, and this design would meet such requirements. I don't have any pictures since it was a secret when I made it.
Let me know if you want more information/ descriptions.

[SNAFU]

If you're just looking to hide small items or firearms here's what I did with my reloading bench.

[NaeKid]

Looks good Snafu - did you make the whole bench yourself or did you start with something that was already there?

[cattlefarmer]

One of my buildings has a 10’ by 15’ hidden storage room that the roof is 15’ under ground. The door is inside the basement to our garage where we have our long term good storage. In the main storage room there are 2 large gun safes so I’m sure if some one was looking that they would stop there.

[Canadian]

That reloading bench is SWEET!!!!!! Nice one.

[Tex]

SNAFU - That's a nice bench.

[youpock]

thats a great bench, reminds me of that movie mr/mrs smith when brad pit has a gun/ammo stashed inside a painting

I know someone on another forum that order door from this place

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a little pricey but great quality, i've been reading this site and they have a lot of helpful info on how to do it yourself

Free Hidden Door Plans - How to Build A Hidden Door For a Safe Room

[bunkerbob]

One idea that I use is a decoy inexpensive floor safe, large enough to tempt, in closet very noticable, filled with broken concrete pavers and steel washers. Light enough to move and shake, hopefully will be taken quickly and the rest left alone.

[youpock]

Originally Posted by bunkerbob

One idea that I use is a decoy inexpensive floor safe, large enough to tempt, in closet very noticable, filled with broken concrete pavers and steel washers. Light enough to move and shake, hopefully will be taken quickly and the rest left alone.

A decoy does seem like a pretty valid option; I know a guy on the local gun forums that purchased a cheap used gun cabinet off clist and filled it with his airsoft guns. His real guns were in a safe in a hidden closet.

[sears7007]

you can always build furniture with hidden spaces --with a little thought you can hide firearms -both handguns and long guns.....I've built many for myself and others. You can either make built in units like bookcases , jelly cupboards, even bathroom vanities.