Anyone found any larger safes that are 24" (or less) deep, including any lock/handle? I've got several closets in my house that would be great candidates for a safe - up to 48" wide - but they're all only 24" deep.
Problem is that as soon as a safe gets much more than 24" to 30" wide they start growing to 25" or 26" deep which would necessitate removing the door(s) from the closet, rather defeating the whole purpose (out of sight, out of mind) of locating the safe in the closet in the first place.
So - why is it that safes have to get deeper when they get wider? I haven't found any reasonable explanation but it seems to be pretty consistent across the industry. Would think a company that marketed a safe that would actually fit inside the average home closet would be able to sell more of them based on that fact alone.
Stack-On does make a cabinet - one of their green ones - that's 38" x 18" x 55" that is pretty close to ideal as far as internal dimensions; if it were covered with a few layers of fire rock surrounded by an outer shell, and had a heavier door with a better lock it would be "da bomb". As it is it would be almost as good at beating burglary attempts as most of the "big box store" safes, especially the quick grab and go types that seem to be so prevalent.
Problem is that as soon as a safe gets much more than 24" to 30" wide they start growing to 25" or 26" deep which would necessitate removing the door(s) from the closet, rather defeating the whole purpose (out of sight, out of mind) of locating the safe in the closet in the first place.
So - why is it that safes have to get deeper when they get wider? I haven't found any reasonable explanation but it seems to be pretty consistent across the industry. Would think a company that marketed a safe that would actually fit inside the average home closet would be able to sell more of them based on that fact alone.
Stack-On does make a cabinet - one of their green ones - that's 38" x 18" x 55" that is pretty close to ideal as far as internal dimensions; if it were covered with a few layers of fire rock surrounded by an outer shell, and had a heavier door with a better lock it would be "da bomb". As it is it would be almost as good at beating burglary attempts as most of the "big box store" safes, especially the quick grab and go types that seem to be so prevalent.