How to Open a Floor Safe

If you have valuable items, such as family heirlooms, gold coins or jewelry; or important documents, such as confidential business memos, contracts or a visa, you might want to protect them from theft or from being viewed by unauthorized people by locking them in a floor safe. Unlike a conventional safe that may sit in plain view, a floor safe can be installed inside a concrete floor, making it more difficult for criminals to approach. You can also hide a floor safe by covering its door with a carpet.

Things You'll Need

• Combination to the safe

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Rotate the combination dial slowly until it is pointing precisely at zero.

   • 2

     Rotate the dial counterclockwise until zero passes the index marker at least four times, and then stop at the first number of your combination.

   • 3

     Rotate the dial clockwise until the third time you reach the second number of your combination.

   • 4

     Rotate the dial counterclockwise until the second time you reach the third number of your combination.

   • 5

     Rotate the dial clockwise until you reach the first number of your combination, and then stop.

   • 6

     Pull firmly on the safe's door handle to open it.