Safe Installation - Discreet, Professional, Confidential

Certified Safes Ireland™ technical personnel are fully insured and trained home safe delivery and installation experts 

Certified Safes Ireland™ offer a range of certified solutions for the secure storage of gold, silver, jewellery, art objects and other valuables. From discreetly fitted certified safes in a range of sizes, to private and sometimes hidden strongrooms that can double as an emergency saferoom. Our specification, design and installation team are specialists. We will always be able to find a location for your safe that allows it to be correctly anchored to EN1143-1 test laboratory standards, making physical removal impossible without truly industrial level of force.

Safes Anchored To European Standard EN1143-1

 50kN minimum installation

EN1143-1 certification is void for a safe that has not been anchored but some safe installers' idea of what constitutes “anchoring” can differ wildly from others. The benchmark for the correct anchoring of a certified safe is a replication of the laboratory test anchoring force. This means an anchor designed to achieve a holding force of 50kN (5.089 tons) for a safe up to grade III and 100kN (11.24 tons) over that grade, holding forces that rule out removing a safe under most circumstances. 

All certified safes come with a bolt suitable for achieving these anchoring forces, so it is really down to the installer of the safe being familiar with the correct anchoring method. As with certification, always ask for a certificate of anchorage with the anchoring force the installation was designed to achieve indicated on the document. If an installer can not tell you how such anchoring forces are to be achieved this should be a red flag.

ISRG declaration

For all Certified Safes Ireland™ installations a conformity of anchorage declaration is available to both client and insurer noting the level of anchorage conformity as it refers to European standard EN1143-1 specifications. 

Protected structures

Some private residences or business premises for which a safe may be required can have the complication of being an older structure largely unsuitable for correct anchoring of a safe or for more substantial requirements, to support the weight of higher-grade safes. Certified Safes Ireland™ are uniquely qualified to survey a period premises and find a location that allows the correct installation of a safe to European standards. Surveys are usually free of charge, without obligation and entirely confidential.

In cases where a more substantial high grade safe is required by an insurer or to accommodate large volumes of valuable documents or art objects, Certified Safes Ireland™ can supply specialised certified safes built with BFP light weight construction technology offering substantial weight savings for older buildings when compared to high grade safes of more conventional design. These safes can also be tailored with various external panels to blend in with a large variety of period environments.

We have the experience, training, and depth of knowledge of European standards for safes, strong rooms, and alarm integration to address all client concerns in a manner that does not compromise quality, security, or aesthetic considerations. Our extensive experience installing safes both large and small into Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian era premises, has seen us be referred by architects and insurers who appreciate the knowledge of structure and attention to detail required when fitting a safe into an old and sometimes protected structure.

Prepared For Alarm Integration

 Alarm cable track and seismic sensor mounting preparation as standard

An increasing number of people now choose to link a home safe directly with an intruder alarm system with the use of seismic sensors and to a lesser extent duress being the most popular options. Even if you do not intend to do this straight away, or your insurance company has not requested this integration, it is always a good idea to make sure the home safe and locking device you choose is prepared for intruder alarm, seismic sensor, and duress to future proof your investment. Many rudimentary safes on the market have no such preparation. With the exception of some of our smallest safes, most of our home and business safes come with certified alarm cable tracks and seismic sensor mounting preparation as standard. An alarm cable track can also be quite useful for running watch winder and interior lighting cables.

Protecting Your Confidentiality

We understand the need for confidentiality

It may be hard to believe but it is not uncommon to come across photographs of the houses, locations and even the faces of private clients posted to the social media accounts of safe suppliers, installers, and well-known safe companies in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the UK. Even if it were the case that a private client allowed such revealing photographs to be circulated, there is no reason it should ever happen. It is also quite remarkable that many businesses think it is perfectly acceptable to openly deliver a safe to a private client in a vehicle with advertising livery for safe supply on the side.

As Government and NATO contractors Certified Safes Ireland™ understand the need for confidentiality and will always respect yours. We guarantee the confidentiality of all of our private clients. Any photos taken for survey purposes have location data removed and are erased directly after use unless directed otherwise by the client. All booking records and client information pertaining to completed work is anonymised across all of our systems at the end of each month in compliance with the G.D.P.R

 For Free, Confidential Expert Advice Call: +353 1 7076011

Certified Safes Ireland™ in-house advisor on keeping jewellery, watch collections, goods, cash, documents and data, safe, secure, yet readily accessible, is Alan Donohoe Redd.

Alan Donohoe Redd is an expert member of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Working Group responsible for writing European Standards for safes, strongrooms (vaults), secure cabinets and physical data protection for the European Union and an expert for U.S. Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standards Technical Panel TC72 covering standards for fire resistance of record protection devices. Alan is also a registered NATO supplier and the longest standing member of the Frankfurt based European Security Systems Association (ESSA) in Ireland. 

Alan has a vast range of experience spanning over 40 years encompassing installation of safes, strongrooms, physical data protection, firearms security, secure storage of pharmaceuticals, security doors and equipment used for Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) in government, military and I.T. sectors. He has provided advice to the U.S. Air Force (Europe), An Garda Síochána (Irish Police Service), the Danish Police, and for government projects concerned with high level cyber, physical data and counter electronic eavesdropping security.

An expert on standards and fraud issues related to secure storage in Europe, the UK, and the historical use of asbestos in UK and European safe and cabinet manufacturing, Alan has advised top UK and US law firms and has had articles on standards, fraud and safety issues published by The Law Society Gazette and Irish Broker Magazine as well as being pivotal in having misleading standards and practices recognised and withdrawn in Ireland, the UK and at a European legislative level. Alan has forced retractions of dozens of false claims related to secure storage offerings to the public including some published by the Irish Times in relation to Merrion Vaults and Lloyds of London.

Alan's seminars on safes, strongrooms and high net worth secure storage have been part of Continuing Professional Development for underwriters and insurers having been awarded CPD points by the Insurance Institute of Ireland and the Chartered Insurance Institute (UK).

 Alan's expertise has been relied on by:

N.A.T.O. Europe, The U.S. Air Force (Europe), An Garda Síochána (Irish police service), The National Treasury Management Agency (Ireland), The Department of Communications (National Cyber Security Centre) (Ireland), The Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) The Revenue Commissioners (Ireland), Electricity Supply Board (Cyber Security) (Ireland), The Danish Defence Forces (Afghanistan), PayPal (Worldwide), Grant Thornton, The Insurance Institute of Ireland, The Chartered Insurance Institute (UK), The Royal College of Surgeons, BFC Bank, Interxion Data Centres, Isle of Man Gold Bullion, Brown Thomas, Bvlgari, Boodles, Druids Glen, The Shelbourne Hotel, and many others ....