

It is pertinent that this space have a means of communication with the outside world. This may include a sink, toilet, some food, furniture and an alternative light source such as a flashlight. This insurance policy needs to provide it's occupants with the standard necessities. Of course no one ever plans to need this space so the cost and investment of this room is a lot like an insurance policy. Since these safety rooms are intended for protection of your family they must be set up in such a way that they are ‘livable'. Naturally the lock should be located on the inside of the room. While you may desire to use a different style lock it is probably best to use a deadbolt so that the need for a key has been eliminated. Usually the door will be constructed of a double-core metal with a heavy deadbolt installed. Since most crooks do not carry any of these items this ensures the safety of the occupant. The entire concept is that this room should be impenetrable with the exception of a bulldozer, tank or dynamite. Usually bricks or concrete blocks are not used as the roof since it would require an unusually strong support. The ceiling will usually consist of materials such as tin or unusually strong wood. Typically the skeletal or support structure of this room will be either Steel beams or bricks and concrete blocks. While these can also be used to store valuable possessions such as cash and jewels this is typically intended as a safety zone for the residents of the home. Think of this as a vault for your most valuable asset, your family. Basically the safe room is a box reinforced and supported on all six sides. The purpose of this room is to provide an ultra-safe location within the interior of the home, where the family can retreat during a robbery or other threat. The safe room should be surrounded by other rooms with usually just one entrance. The safe room is a room usually located in a central location in your home. Panic rooms or safe rooms have become a popular trend in home construction as a result of declining prices and increase in demand. We hope you find our product to be an asset to your family’s safety.Panic rooms or safe rooms have become a popular trend in home construction as a result of declining prices and increase in demand. After some research we came to the conclusion there were only a few options out there to satisfy a need for a builder friendly safe room that allows retro-fitting into an existing home.Īfter a couple of years of professional, developmental and customer research, we feel very confident that our safe rooms stands alone as one of the most long lasting, strong, safe and reliable units on the market today. Our core mission is to create and distribute a safe room that is constructed with the consumer’s safety, usability and sense of value as the driving factors for our business. It’s partners, Mike Carman and Chris Hooser have been associated for over 25 years as vendors for the new home builder and existing residential markets. In 2012 tornadoes ravaged parts of the DFW metro area causing numerous builders to contact us and inquire about safe rooms to build into their projects. Lone Star Safe Rooms started its business in 2012.
