Mounting a gun cabinet on its back under a storage bedframe? Anyone done this?

[VonBlitz]

So I have had an offer accepted on my first house, so my guns will follow me from my family home there. However its much smaller, more modern and does not have solid walls for mounting a safe. I want to make the best use of the space I have.

Been looking at beds and noticed the one pictured below. The idea would be to mount the safe to the floor underneath the bed frame. Maximum covert storage and I would assume also decent strong mounting potential to the floor on its back.

My questions then:

1. Has anyone done this before? How was it/was it well received by the plod?
2. Can anyone here who has had to mount to plasterboard walls offer advice on how they did so and what did you use to mount it?

Cheers.

 

[Pellet Pinger]

Wouldn’t work for me, the wife is nasty enough without tipping her out of bed at 2am to put the rifle away after a spot of foxing.

 

[saddler]

Wouldn’t work for me, the wife is nasty enough without tipping her out of bed at 2am to put the rifle away after a spot of foxing.

...easily rectified/avoided = just tell her to wait up for you until you get back in
Make sure you mention there'll be bonus points for a hot cup of tea or coffee and a bacon butty!

 

[JTO]

Can anyone here who has had to mount to plasterboard walls offer advice on how they did so and what did you use to mount it?

Do you mean dry-lining to a block/brick wall or a studwork partition wall?

 

[VonBlitz]

Do you mean dry-lining to a block/brick wall or a studwork partition wall?

Stud/partition.

Its a middle terrace.

 

[Blench99]

How about in loft space

 

[VonBlitz]

How about in loft space

Police forces don't often like that and I'm not sure they make loft hatches that wide.

 

[Si B]

Surely still block work on walls between each terrace? As long as it’s screwed into stud work you’d be okay.

 

[Pellet Pinger]

...easily rectified/avoided = just tell her to wait up for you until you get back in
Make sure you mention there'll be bonus points for a hot cup of tea or coffee and a bacon butty!

She needs all the beauty sleep she can get, bless her

 

[VSS]

So I have had an offer accepted on my first house, so my guns will follow me from my family home there. However its much smaller, more modern and does not have solid walls for mounting a safe. I want to make the best use of the space I have.

Been looking at beds and noticed the one pictured below. The idea would be to mount the safe to the floor underneath the bed frame. Maximum covert storage and I would assume also decent strong mounting potential to the floor on its back.

My questions then:

1. Has anyone done this before? How was it/was it well received by the plod?
2. Can anyone here who has had to mount to plasterboard walls offer advice on how they did so and what did you use to mount it?

Cheers.


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Sounds like a bad idea to me. A lot of unnecessary faff everytime you either want to access the safe or rearrange your furniture.
While it is sensible to make your storage as unobtrusive as possible, plod don't like it if it's so inaccessible that you might be tempted not to put your guns away.

 

[VonBlitz]

Sounds like a bad idea to me. A lot of unnecessary faff everytime you either want to access the safe or rearrange your furniture.
While it is sensible to make your storage as unobtrusive as possible, plod don't like it if it's so inaccessible that you might be tempted not to put your guns away.

Well the bed top lifts up on with little effort due to the pistons so it wouldn't be any more of an issue than opening a door to a room.

 

[Blench99]

Cupboard under stairs?

 

[VonBlitz]

Cupboard under stairs?

There isn't one sadly. Stairs are in the corner of the living room. There are plenty of wall options for stud mounting but I was just trying to come up with a clever idea to save space and make it impossible to spot.

 

[User00040]

Well the bed top lifts up on with little effort due to the pistons so it wouldn't be any more of an issue than opening a door to a room.

Yes, Brattonsound do a horizontal one which is designed not to slam shut due to the weight of the door.

Pricey though! Brattonsound Horizontal 2 Gun Cabinet | Vehicle Gun Safe | Free P&P

 

[VonBlitz]

Yes, Brattonsound do a horizontal one which is designed not to slam shut due to the weight of the door.

Pricey though! Brattonsound Horizontal 2 Gun Cabinet | Vehicle Gun Safe | Free P&P

Yea with some basic DIY I'm sure I could stop even the cheapest cabinet from slamming. Looks like a nice product but aye, pricey for a metal box

 

[25 Sharps]

Stud/partition.

Its a middle terrace.

You won’t have a stud party wall

 

[VonBlitz]

You won’t have a stud party wall

What would the composition of the wall likely be?

 

[25 Sharps]

Dense or more likely thermalite block wity plasterboard on dabs, unless it’s timber or steel frame which would have come up when you took the mortgage?

 

[VonBlitz]

Dense or more likely thermalite block wity plasterboard on dabs, unless it’s timber or steel frame which would have come up when you took the mortgage?

No mortgage, but my private survey is tomorrow.

 

[Si B]

Maybe horizontal in bottom of wardrobe with fixings into the joists.