The Importance Of Thick Steel Construction In Your Vault Or Safe Door

The entire point of installing a vault door is you need your stuff protected and secure behind a barrier that is extremely difficult and time-consuming to penetrate. In this sense, vault doors are like sumo wrestlers—the heavier, the better.

That’s because a heavier door means thicker steel, and the last thing you want in a moment of crisis is a vault door made of thin, flimsy steel. If you’re buying a door with an internal lockout mechanism to create a “panic room,” the thickness of the steel is especially important. You want something that’s better able to stop an attack. Don’t even consider any vault door that isn’t constructed from at least quarter-inch thick steel plate. But again… the thicker the better.

Of course, nothing is completely impenetrable. With enough time and the right tools, a determined attacker will be able to defeat any safe or vault door. But if a thief or attacker decides to take the time to try to drill or burn or pound through your vault door, you want to make it as difficult and as time-consuming as possible. The longer it takes, the better chance you have of the attacker getting frustrated, giving up, and leaving, or being caught in the act by law enforcement because it’s taking so long (and making so much noise) for those trying to get through your door.

If you’re going through the trouble and expense of having a vault door installed, now is not the time to skimp on the thickness and quality of the steel. Get the best and thickest steel available.