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

[VonBlitz]

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

Also a solid idea, thanks I will look at that when choosing furniture.

 

[VSS]

You won’t have a stud party wall

This^^^
Even if it feels like plasterboard, it's almost certainly just a dry lining. You can put your cabinet up against it, draw around it, move it, cut out the marked piece of wall board, and then set your cabinet back against the brick / block work in the recess you've created. Bolt in place and a bit of polyfiller around it and job done.

 

[MAH]

mount to plasterboard walls

I think you're in a tricky spot with that idea.
Before you spend time, £ and energy going that route you might want to have a chat with your FLO.
The HO guidance states bolted (not screwed) to brick walls.
My FLO wanted to check they were bolts, not rawl plug and screws.
M.

 

[paul o']

Fixed one it in the loft space to floor joists still there ! but under a bed ??? seen one welded under the floor of a static home just not in a bed that can be moved ?
what's your flo say about it as its not fixed to a permanent fixture

 

[VonBlitz]

I think you're in a tricky spot with that idea.
Before you spend time, £ and energy going that route you might want to have a chat with your FLO.
The HO guidance states bolted (not screwed) to brick walls.
My FLO wanted to check they were bolts, not rawl plug and screws.
M.

Yea fortunately my FLO is decent, I mounted my current safe with the coach bolts it came with no issue.

 

[VonBlitz]

Fixed one it in the loft space to floor joists still there ! but under a bed ??? seen one welded under the floor of a static home just not in a bed that can be moved ?
what's your flo say about it as its not fixed to a permanent fixture

So the bed I looked at, the top lifts up like in the pic. There is then nothing under, allowing you to put boxes there or bedding for storage. The idea would be to mount the cabinet on its back there to the floor. So it would be to a fixed structure. Unless sombody steals my floor.

 

[paul o']

So the bed I looked at, the top lifts up like in the pic. There is then nothing under, allowing you to put boxes there or bedding for storage. The idea would be to mount the cabinet on its back there to the floor. So it would be to a fixed structure. Unless sombody steals my floor.

ahh floor joist with lag bolts can't see a problem ! just don't come home late and lift it with her in

 

[VonBlitz]

ahh floor joist with lag bolts can't see a problem ! just don't come home late and lift it with her in

Hahahaha! I have the advantage of (currently) being single.

But I imagine that would be a problem, may have to curly up on the sofa and spoon the rifle till dawn. Would end up looking like Full Metal Jacket... Give your rifle a girls name!

 

[Len the dog]

Ask your next door neighbour if they want 4 new coat hooks on their side of the adjoining wall, mounted on M12 bolt heads.

 

[Len the dog]

ahh floor joist with lag bolts can't see a problem ! just don't come home late and lift it with her in

Lift it with her in it, I think even the Stoltman brothers would struggle.

 

[VonBlitz]

Ask your next door neighbour if they want 4 new coat hooks on their side of the adjoining wall, mounted on M12 bolt heads.

Everyone likes surprises right?

 

[JTO]

There was a case in Weymouth not so long ago where they took down the blockwork wall to steal the cabinet.

 

[Boosh]

Reading above and dispelling a few myths.
Cabinets in lofts are not an uncommon occurence.
Also in the certain circumstances, floor mounted in caravans has not been unheard of.
Deffo contact your feo and discuss for help though.

 

[wytonpjs]

I have mounted cabinets horizontally in new-build lofts spaces with access hatches on the top floor of a 3-floor house and been congratulated by the FEO - helps that the void access door is a steel locking hatch! Fitted some small gas struts to stop the cabinet door slamming and to assist opening. Works well and with VP90 satchels in the cabinets, I never had any corrosion problems. Had to laugh one day when an ARV unit arrived to check security and the had to squeeze through the hatch to access the furthest deep-store cabinet. Full body armour/ belt strip required

 

[Bowland blades]

many places to fit a safe when you get your thinking head on . Dont put it in the loft or anyplace that gets real warm and real cold . A cabinet can be fixed on any of the 5 faces ( ie door is stupid) all the rest work though Fabric of the building remember , in a bad no good and as said what if your other half is in bed when you want to leave or get back in ?

 

[NullMac]

I mounted my ammo safe on its back. It was a shotgun breakdown cabinet. Works well. Not in a bed though.

 

[Rutland lad]

Fixing bolts into block work with resin is something I’ve become an expert on now.
It’s good way of fixing a cabinet in modern houses.
Not difficult - just measure and measure again as the resin is curing, and small adjustments are possible. Once cured it’s unbelievably strong.

 

[VonBlitz]

Fixing bolts into block work with resin is something I’ve become an expert on now.
It’s good way of fixing a cabinet in modern houses.
Not difficult - just measure and measure again as the resin is curing, and small adjustments are possible. Once cured it’s unbelievably strong.

If you could point me towards a product/how to that would be very helpful thanks.

 

[deerstalker.308]

I did exactly as you describe several years ago now, in a timber framed building, I didn’t have a bed which popped up on pistons mind, I just had to slide it out of the way.
I located solid fixing points (can’t recall now if these were timber or concrete) but the FEO was fine with it. Wasn’t so great for the guns lying on their backs, had to be careful they didn’t knock or rest awkwardly on a scope etc.
but as others have said you will have solid enough walls almost certainly. Personally I’d go for that option. Floors attract dust and dirt, under beds particularly, this will find their way into your cabinet almost certainly.

 

[devon deer stalker]

Pointless asking on here, get the firearms guy out, it's their decision at the end of the day. A gun cabinet and its fixing is just a deterrent at the end of the day, a determined thief will remove it at the end of the day, it's just down to how long it takes them.