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Safes.... What You Need to Know
There are many different types and sizes of safes available in the market today. There are also a wide variety of safes designed for specific purposes such as data and laptop safes. Safes can be divided into several main styles and categories:
Small domestic or hotel safes
Cupboard safes
Underfloor safes
Wall safes
Supply and cut new and additional keys
Free standing safes
Fire safes
Data safes
Gun cabinets/safes
Safes are now rated under European standard EN1143. Within this standard safes fall into three common grades 0/1/and 2 categories. These grades give the safe an insurance rating for both cash and jewellery:
Grade 0 £6000 cash £60,000 Jewellery
Grade 1 £10,000 cash £100,000 Jewellery
Grade 2 £17,500 cash £175,000 jewellery
Higher grades do exist but these are used for specialist security applications. There are several mistakes commonly made when safes are purchased. Often the wrong type of safe is bought. The safe may be to small, it may be large enough at the moment but what about in a couple of years time ? The importance of the location of the safe is often forgotten, it's pointless anchoring a safe to a plasterboard wall for example.
Things to remember:
Seek expert advice
Buy the right type of safe
Why do you want it, to prevent theft ? to protect from fire ?
What do you want to keep in it ?
Have an adequate budget
Do you have a suitable position for the safe ?
What sort of locking method do you want, key, digital, combination etc... or a combination of different methods ?
Think ahead, will the safe still be adequate a few years down the line ?
If you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate to call, advice is free and priceless
