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Henry Gates & Son Ltd stock a large range of Burton Safes products. This allows us to cater for allmost any safe need you may encounter. We have put together some helpfull information below detailing all the different types of safe to help you buy the correct product for your need.
Cash safes are designed for protecting cash and valuables against attack, while fire safes protect combustible items in the event of fire.
If you are unsure of which type of safe you require please don't hesitate to ask we will always help you. We can obtain safes tailored for you and your needs whether they are for security or for fire. We offer if needed a fitting service for you as well as an initial free survey.
Cash safes are manufactured in the following designs
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Floorboard safes
this unit is fitted below the floorboards and cut into the joist. It is bolted into the joist from within. Fitted in a well thought-out position, it gives good protection for domestic use.
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Under floor safes
they are made of a light steel box, which has a very strong steel collar welded to it housing a thick steel door, with a neck rising vertically for about 6". The strength of this unit is in the concrete surrounding it. These units have good 'cash ratings'*.
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Free-standing safes
generally these units are constructed by placing a steel box inside an outer steel box, and the void between the two filled with concrete or other hard material. The door can be made of steel alone or can have a concrete slab behind the door outer skin. From the thickness, weight, locking devices and void filling of these units, insurance companies determine a 'cash rating'*.
- M.O.T. safe
This is a thick steel oblong box for bolting to a wall or floor, with a lock that is 'slammed' shut. Its main use is for keeping secure valuable items which are in constant use, e.g. MOT books in garages.
- Fire safes
- are free standing
- give fire protection for paper documents
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give fire protection for computer discs and video or computer tapes
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work on the same principle as the free-standing cash safe, except that the void between the two steel boxes is filled with a fire resistant material
Information on Cash Ratings
Most Cash Safes have cash ratings. The 'Cash Rating' is a figure given to a safe by an insurance company or it's appointed surveyors for grading the quality of a safe for a particular risk to be insured.
A 'Cash Rating' of £1,000 is multiplied by factor of 10 to give the rating of jewellery or other valuables, e.g. £1,000 cash = £10,000 other valuables.
If you placed £500 cash in a safe rated at £1,000 it would leave you with £500 x 10 =£5,000 for other valuables.
If you are thinking of buying a safe for personal reasons, you should consider the value of the items that you intend to place inside, and purchase a safe with a 'Cash Rating' of not less than your maximum figure. Then, if in the future your insurance company requires you to have a safe at your property, your advance purchase may well satisfy their ratings.
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