A question about "floating" laminate floors and gun safes.

[Porthos]

Does anyone here have a gun safe on a floating laminate floor? I just put a Pergo floor in my man cave and want to put my safe in there also. The safe weighs +/- 750lbs empty. Has anyone had problems that has done this?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[geoff40]

I can't imagine any reason why you'd have problems. I don't have experience as you ask, but I seriously doubt the weight will harm the floor in any way. Take the same floor, would you hesitate to put an extra large kitchen refrigerator/freezer on it, and then fill it full of food and beverage? Because the weight on your floor would be in the same ballpark, once the thing was full of beer, frozen pizza, and venison...

 

[Protected]

put down a piece o 3/4" plywood cut to just a little bigger than the size of the safe, then run bolts through all of it. that should give a little more protection.

 

[cubfarm1]

Flooring

You will need to lay doun some plywood to rool the safe in on. Those tounge and groove joints do not really like a pinpoint load. No real need to leave a pad under forever though.If you don't use a dolly those "majic sliders" really do work. A little dampness on the floor helps too. However anything like "pledge" on that stuff and it is slippery for a week!

 

[roundgunner]

My safe has been on a floating floor for a couple years and I can't see anything wrong. I never thought about it, or moved the safe again...

 

[Rule3]

Either put another piece of plywood as mentioned and/or save enough pieces of the flooring so should you move or get another safe you have matching flooring in case it gets messed up.