Gun Safe Door Seal

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Gun safe door seal.

There are some that expand and fill in the door gap but when temperatures reach 1000 degrees or more those seals break down and fall apart. This is a perfect product to seal the perimeter of fire resistant systems such as doors shutters dampers cabinets safes and wall penetrating cables. Fire protection for category a fire rated wood doors. Vault door 80 x 40 version 1 4 door 3 16 frame 12 locking boltsplease note.

Effective fire seal some manufacturers use cheaper door seals to save money. Buy a gun safe with a door that fits well and which has two seals. What makes palusol so effective is that it maintains its expanded. Obvious vault doors can be defeated.

The door of the safe would need to fit the door frame of the safe body exactly the same every time in order for there to be no air gaps. It doesn t matter who manufactures the safe one gasket does not fit all safes perfectly. Palusol fire seal is available as fire seal or as a combination fire hot cold smoke seal. Suitable for use around the perimeter of safe doors this selection of products comprises products for fire containment with some offering smoke and draft containment too.

These are custom built safes and each one is different depending on size color lock type interior options etc. The palusol fire seal expands to 7 times its size when temperatures reach 212 degrees sealing off both heat and smoke. A cold seal or smoke seal is critical because it works all the time before the expanding seal actually expands. None work as well as palusol the best heat expanding fire seal on the market today by far.

The palusol door seal is a specific size about the thickness of 2 dimes. Using a cheap door seal there are a lot of different seals on the market today. You ve likely seen multiple online videos showing large safes being cut open from the side picked from the front or pried open from the edges. Pictured above is the frame of a fort knox defender.

The theory behind this product is that it swells to 7x it s size when subjected to heat and seals your safe from the steam water vapors. Build time is an estimate. Once a seal breaks down it allows heat and smoke to enter in through the door gap. No matter how thick the door a few minutes with a large pry bar or a even a 20 edge grinder may be enough to break in to many residential vaults.

The black stripe on the left is palusol pm but to the right is a fire resistant fin type seal which makes.