Fire-proof in-floor safes offer many advantages you should consider before choosing a floor fire-proof safe instead of a free-standing home safe as a floor safe has far more protection as usually they are double secured when they are buried and installed with weld mesh and reinforced concrete.  Most builders or handyman can securely install an under-floor safe by following our detailed under-floor instruction guide. Remember to always choose a high quality in-floor fire-proof resistant safes as this will give you peace of mind knowing that your valuable items stored in a high security in-ground floor safe are less likely to get damaged when there is a house fire or bush fire. 

Suggested locations to hide your floor safe

Criminals are increasingly becoming more daring these days and will stop at nothing when burgling homes to find your hidden valuables. So this is why when placing your possessions in a floor securely, safe won’t be enough. You need to consider carefully the best location for your home floor safes, because out of sight is out of mind. 

If you require a home floor safes in Sydney or home floor safes in Melbourne, our expert safe advisers will provide invaluable information, so you choose the correct in-floor safe. When deciding on a place for your safe consider under the carpeting. You can stash your expensive items in an appropriate sized floor safe and burglars will find it difficult to locate a hidden safe under carpeting as carpet usually covers a large area they wouldn’t know where to start looking. They would not expect your expensive carpet to conceal an in-floor security safe. 

Areas in the home that are constantly occupied by people would not be a wise choice to install the floor fire-proof resistant safe. So this makes locations in the home such as the dining area or lounge area not a good choice for the floor safe.

If your home house a wooden floor no problem an in-floor safes when properly installed safely and securely will give you a concealed floor safe that provides a highly resistant theft proof safe with a degree of fire resisting protection. And once an in-floor safe is installed into a wooden floor it still needs to be covered over and hidden. You may consider placing carpet or a mat over where your in-floor safe is and then place furniture over as a small table or chair that is heavy and awkward, so moving it out of the way by the criminal would be difficult and time consuming. Considering that burglars are in for the quick grab for whatever they can steal, they want to get in quick and out, so the longer things can hold them up, the less chance they’ll attempt it.

Other safes such as in-wall safes, in-floor safes and hidden free-standing safe can be hidden and concealed in various locations. To follow is some appropriate locations as suggested from our safe experts. So if you are considering to buy safes in Sydney or in Melbourne, the following places may be a good option to consider for a wall safe that could be hidden behind furnishings such as a painting or mirror, maybe a bookshelf or even a family photo. Alternatively, if an in-floor safe is your choice, then areas to contemplate to install the safe may be the garage, basement, bedroom closet or under the stairs. But always remember to keep them out of high traffic areas where tradesman or friends will most likely be in another type of secret stashing container product are secret stash devices such as everyday items made into secret storage containers for example Diversion safe secret containers may be a Coca Cola can with false twist bottom or a Nestle coffee jar with a twist bottom. There are hundreds of these types of secret storage options to choose from which is definitely more secure and important than having your valuables left in plain sight at home or the office where they can be easily stolen.

Now that you have some suggestions of the various options available on hidden safes being home in-floor fire-proof resistant safes, home wall safes, free-standing safes or secret stash containers and regardless, if you need your safes in Sydney or Melbourne, the place where it is installed is all about location, location, location. So pick a place that’s less conspicuous to the general public. Come to Safeguard Safe. We have the largest selection of home and office safes in Australia, so no matter what your storage needs and budget is, we have an in-wall or in-floor safes for you.

Some mentionable safes are:

Guardall: B1500e

CMI: Collector COLSTDD, WS6

Ardel: Hunter B In Floor Safes HB8812C, Executive Floor Safe EB8818C