FamilySAFE shelters in existing homes
Because the FamilySAFE is prefabricated in a controlled environment,
the on-site work in greatly reduced. The unit is delivered as a single
piece unit, moved into place and bolted down using the HILTI anchorage
system that is best for your slab. The total process usually takes less
than a couple of hours.
It makes a great addition to any home, garage, or shop. We make it easy
to run electricity into the unit, or to outfit with the necessities of your
choice.
A FamilySAFE installation
A recent customer, living in "tornado alley", became concerned when homes just a few miles away were levelled by an F3 tornado. Their previous "tornado plan" had been to huddle in their guest bathroom, but seeing that the F3 storm had swept away everything except the concrete slab on the nearby homes, they realized that their plan would be useless in any but the smallest storms.
They decided to purchase one of our FamilySafe Original (beyond F5) saferooms, and have it positioned so that it would be immediately accessible from the master bedroom.
Here is what they told us:
"The shelter was delivered as scheduled. I was surprised to see how heavy the unit was, and how well the installers were able to move it into place. The whole process took about an hour, split almost equally between getting the shelter off the trailer, getting it into position, and fastening it to the cement slab with very large bolts.
We had decided to position the shelter so it was readily accessible from the bedroom. We reasoned that the most critical situation would be if we were awakened by a storm. We wanted to minimize the time it would take to reach the shelter in such a 'no notice' situation.
We sacrificed a linen closet immediately outside the master bedroom, created an opening into the garage through that closet, and asked FamilySAFE to install the shelter against that new opening.
The information provided by FamilySAFE was precise, so the safe room fit exactly as expected. We can now get into the shelter in just seconds from anywhere in the house.
After several "near misses" with tornados in the past few years, we are glad to have something so much more secure in a bad storm than the guest bathroom! And although we are in a relatively low-crime area, it's also nice to know there is an extremely safe and secure room accessible in the event that the threat is from people, rather than nature."
Watch the slide show to see the installation process as seen by the homeowner.
