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DAMAGED VAULTS AND SAFES

California Contractors License #911519

  David Walz, Owner & Master Safe Technician

 

                                                                                                     

 

Their are times when safes get damaged for different reasons, here at Safetrends, we are able to open any safe under any lock out condition.  


                






This is a burglarized, Major, in the floor safe. This safe is impossible to open with just a hammer and a punch. The only real damage was to the dial, where it was struck by the punch.







We open damaged safes under these conditions:

 

  • Burglary attempt
  • Fire
  • Opening attempt by a non safe technician
  • Dropped safes
  • Safes in water
  • Fired re-lockers
  • Broken handles
  • Broken dials
  • Broken hinges
  • Malfunction electronics
  • Broken locking bolts 

(just to name a few problems with safes)

 


This GSA safe, (above) was drilled and         
attempted to be opened by a technician
with no formal training. He left in frustration leaving the customer with no idea what was going on.
This GSA vault (right) was drilled outside the dial ring to the right of the lock, in violation of DoD guidelines. This is no longer a GSA vault, the GSA label and Protection label has been removed.


 

Opening a safe door, on a Vindicator, that has failed.

 Note: Door number three has no key pad for a reference guide to drill the safe open. Door number one was not working also.



 

 










This is a photo of a vault door, inside bolt work and a Mosler lock, the damage you see here is from another technician with no safe training. A total of seven 5/16" holes were drilled by the technician. They had a simple lock out condition (a dial mounting screw became loose) and made it much worse.



 Two safes in a fire.     










This is a Major round door (above right), all three locking bolts were frozen from the fire heating up the door and water entering the safe.

This safe (above left) was not difficult to open, the insulation kept the locking bolts working freely. David drilled the LaGard mechanical lock and opened the safe.