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The majority…","datePublished":"2018-09-29","dateModified":"2018-09-29","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/author\/tom-ziemer\/#Person","name":"Tom Ziemer","url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/author\/tom-ziemer\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f44b3ee14d609cdedcf26b31fd57aec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f44b3ee14d609cdedcf26b31fd57aec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hoogerhyde Safe and Lock","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","width":600,"height":217}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","width":600,"height":217},"url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/09\/buying-a-business-safe-to-use-as-a-home-safe\/","about":["Uncategorized"],"wordCount":469,"keywords":["fire safes","fire\/burglary safes","safe construction"],"articleBody":"Many people who want a safe at home will buy a used business-type safe from an auction or directly from a business that is closing.\u00a0 They assume that a used commercial safe will provide appropriate security and fire protection at a cheap price.\u00a0 Most business safes, however, are not suitable for home owners.The majority of gas stations, convenience stores, restaurants, bars, etc. have safes.\u00a0 But their safes are typically steel B-rate units with no fire protection.\u00a0 Businesses generally want to deter theft but do not want to pay the extra cost to get fire protection.\u00a0 Many businesses have detailed daily accounting systems, so even if they do experience a loss due to fire, their business insurance will cover cash that was burned up.\u00a0 Homeowner\u2019s insurance is different, it normally does not cover a loss of cash.Businesses often have deposit-type safes with which employees can drop money into the safe without opening the main door.\u00a0 But any form of external deposit doors, drawers or slots will allow hot air to infiltrate the safe.\u00a0 A home owner using this type of safe is likely to lose everything that was locked inside.Some B-rate safes do not offer as much burglary deterrence as a home owner should have.\u00a0 While the door is usually \u00bd\u201d thick steel, the bodies are thinner \u2013 much thinner.\u00a0 In a retail setting the safe is normally anchored securely to the floor so it cannot be moved, and it is located in a place where there is no access to the thin steel body.\u00a0 Access to the sides of a safe is very common in homes, so a commercial B-rate safe is not ideal. Beside that, stores have additional security in the form of alarms, cameras, etc., which most homes do not.Consumers frequently assume that all safes protect against fire and burglary.\u00a0 They do not appreciate the differences in mindset of a home owner vs. business owner.\u00a0 Even when a business experiences a loss, it is most often just one day\u2019s revenue; the home owner might lose a significant percentage of his life savings.Other issues like weight work against using a business safe at home.\u00a0 For instance, we were called two weeks ago to a recently closed jewelry store.\u00a0 Knowing that the jeweler\u2019s large vault had both fire and high security ratings, a man planned to buy it for his home.\u00a0 He hired two men with an appliance dolly to move the safe to his house.\u00a0 Well, the safe weighed 4200#, so his plan did not work.\u00a0 If he had been successful in getting home, there was no way that his main floor or stairs would have supported the vault, anyway.If you plan to buy a used business safe for your home, do enough research to make sure it is an appropriate unit."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"2018","item":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"09","item":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/\/09\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Buying a Business Safe to Use as a Home Safe","item":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/09\/buying-a-business-safe-to-use-as-a-home-safe\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]