Shes finally given me the go ahead to put some timber in the basement...

That's right I've made a start on installing my gun room...what were you thinking?

I got the joists and a few floor boards down this morning, just wondering if anyones got any old building supplys lying around (handy to rotorua) Id be happy to pay a fair price.

I am in need of: 15sq m of gib, gib plaster, a suitable colour of interior paint, 6sq m carpet, framing timber...

Any help would be greatly appreciated, prefer to stay away from bunnings you know what they say, a low budget is a happy wife :pacman:

Ill post pics along the way

Good luck with the build big_foot

Cool. A real "gunroom" is on my wants list.

I want a bigger gun room. Good luck on your build I look forward to seeing how she goes.

Sounds cool, I'm looking forward to taking over our new house as its got the perfect area for a strong room. Are you building yours to E-cat requirements as well?

Na I played it pretty cunning, had all the cleaning gear out in the middle of the lounge, giving the girls a good polishing, spilt a bit of oil.

Got the "I dont want those f**king things inside" I sez "Well its too dusty in the shed and too damp in the basement..."

Thanks to the couple of sentimental peices in my collection we come to the 'comprimise' of putting in a gun room to keep them dry...a good cabinet would have done the trick but wheres the fun in that?

Now the only challenge is bring it in on budget, so na not e-cat but it will have pretty beefy security.

What is the requirements for e-cat?

How bigs yours Toby? I'm goin for 2m wide by 2m high by 3.5m long.

I'm not sure I'd have to measure it. I would put pics on but dad went ape shit when I put pics on fb about people wanting to steal our shit.

Yeah haha fair enough I was thinking about that earlier when starting the thread- write enough to share but not enough to give anything away

New house has a 2.5x2.5 metre 'storage room'. I've already claimed it for my hunting stuff, and have spots on the walls through the house for a number of skulls. Hehehehehe

I finished my reloading room before heading out to work.
2x3.7m IIRC

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New house has a 2.5x2.5 metre 'storage room'. I've already claimed it for my hunting stuff, and have spots on the walls through the house for a number of skulls. Hehehehehe

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Thats awsome I'm not allowed any part of the carcass inside except the edible bits.

From what I have been told 17mm ply for walls and a 6mm steel door and bars over windows if any. Quick call to your AO should have you sorted.
Good way of future proofing for endorsements and probably work out cheaper then a $1k safe.

Just a suggestion.

Did anything ever come of this? Wouldn't mind an idea or two for my own.

I'm chippin away at it over the weekends, got the floor boards down and a 3rd of the ceiling boards up, I'll post some pics at some stage.

Sounds like the project is coming along nicely big_foot

Nice one, looking forward to some photos.

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Nice one, looking forward to some photos.

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Sorry about the delay, only a year:wtfsmilie:

Its been one of those hour here, hour there jobs. Extremely slow progress(no hammering etc. while kids are sleeping) and when I do get down there Ive usaully got a 2.5 yr old apprentice.

Anyway moving in day finally rolled around, I got it to a standard I was happy to put gear in there although still the odd little job needs doing. Still looking a bit bare but soon sort that out.

The rack is the old mans he shot in Pureora in the early 60's.
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Grandads Martini and the old boys P14 taking pride of place at the top of the rack:thumbsup:
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Woohoo man cave.

Nice. Don't forget power points, you can never have enough of them !

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Nice. Don't forget power points, you can never have enough of them !

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Ill just be running a lead through the back and hook it up to a 6 point multi box, wont need power for much itll mostly just be storage/cleaning room

Where is the bevy fridge ??

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Sorry about the delay, only a year:wtfsmilie:

Its been one of those hour here, hour there jobs. Extremely slow progress(no hammering etc. while kids are sleeping) and when I do get down there Ive usaully got a 2.5 yr old apprentice.

Anyway moving in day finally rolled around, I got it to a standard I was happy to put gear in there although still the odd little job needs doing. Still looking a bit bare but soon sort that out.

The rack is the old mans he shot in Pureora in the early 60's.
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Grandads Martini and the old boys P14 taking pride of place at the top of the rack:thumbsup:
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nice one Big foot but thought that was a beer fridge under the bench hahahaha :thumbsup:

Good man cave there, agree with the power points idea. We should catch up some time.

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Good man cave there, agree with the power points idea. We should catch up some time.

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Yea mate for sure I'll flick you a PM later in the week

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nice one Big foot but thought that was a beer fridge under the bench hahahaha :thumbsup:

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Haha na I find booze quite de-motivating so tend to stay away from it if Ive got anything I need to be doing:yaeh am not durnk:

NICE ,

Remember , THIS is just a good START , think , expansion for future

Yea not much room down there for now, I will be putting up another rack to host at least another 4

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Did you end up making it e cat complaint?
I didn't think you would be able to have a whole room compliant, but I spose it's just like one huge gun safe.

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Did you end up making it e cat complaint?
I didn't think you would be able to have a whole room compliant, but I spose it's just like one huge gun safe.

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Im not sure on the standard for E-cat but its not really an issue as it not really I road I want to go down anywhere in the near future. Im gunna get the AO round when I get my next rack up, I'd be suprised if they wouldnt class the whole room as pretty much a walk in safe because the door is a fucken beefcake, and the room itself is locked inside another room.

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I'm not sure I'd have to measure it. I would put pics on but dad went ape shit when I put pics on fb about people wanting to steal our shit.

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and quite right too ... I too have an embargo on firearms and hunting related pics on FB for that very reason ... why give the crims a shopping list ?

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and quite right too ... I too have an embargo on firearms and hunting related pics on FB for that very reason ... why give the crims a shopping list ?

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I thought about that before posting, then I figured out of the hundreds of ways criminals could target my security theres no harm in advertising the fact that I've got a more than above average setup, not to mention theres fuck all in my limited collection that they would find apealing