Tornado Shelters- Flat Safe, Ground Zero or Taylors??

SPDguns · Mar 24, 2015

Tornado season is here.

I'm getting a below ground, sliding door in the garage.

Which would you get, which did you get, what did you like, what did you dislike?

348 · Mar 24, 2015

I'm interested in the same thing. Is there one where the entire top slides back?

BadgeBunny · Mar 24, 2015

I got one from F5. Got the OSA deal (they are members here). I loved the process ... guys were great to work with, installers were pros -- left my garage floor clean!!, and no complaints about the shelter afterwards.

I'll use them again ... if we ever move and need another shelter installed.

Oh ... and 348, it's a "slider" ... very smooth. Easy to move, even for me with my neck issues ...

OKCShooter · Mar 24, 2015

I personally have a Tornado Safe. I have houses with Ground Zero and an unknown brand in another and a ground Zero in yet another.

I think they are all comparable...BUT, they are all metal.

If I was putting one in today it would be the new fiberglass (I think) vs metal without a doubt...

dieseltech09 · Mar 24, 2015

I have the XL GroundZero in my garage. It was here when we bought the house last fall so I havent had the chance to spend much time in it but it is pretty roomy.

HMCS(FMF)Ret. · Mar 24, 2015

I've had a Ground Zero for 7 years. I like it. I bet most the established companies are pretty good.

1krr · Mar 24, 2015

I used SmartShelters and was pretty happy with them. They made me a deep version for just a little more that that I can more or less stand up in which makes a huge difference being down there.

nofearfactor · Mar 24, 2015

OKCShooter said:
If I was putting one in today it would be the new fiberglass (I think) vs metal without a doubt...

Educate me, please. What is the reason? Cost? Structural? Im curious as to what to put in my other place.

dennishoddy · Mar 24, 2015

nofearfactor said:
Educate me, please. What is the reason? Cost? Structural? Im curious as to what to put in my other place.

You have to be careful with fiberglass installation. If not properly strapped, with concrete in the bottom of the hole, they will float out of the ground. Make sure to get references.

nofearfactor · Mar 24, 2015

dennishoddy said:
You have to be careful with fiberglass installation. If not properly strapped, with concrete in the bottom of the hole, they will float out of the ground. Make sure to get references.

I was just thinking about providing one at one of my rent houses that doesnt have one and trying to keep the cost down.

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