Texas Tech Safe Room Specs

Our safe rooms come with a 36 steel door.

Texas tech safe room specs. Community safe rooms differ widely in cost but single use safe rooms tend to range between 150 to 240 sf. Concrete is 5 000 psi. We can key the safe room storm shelter lock to match your house key. These shelters can sit right on the ground.

Safe room storm shelter does meet and exceed fema guidelines. The ul site also lists required design pressures and test rated pressures while the texas tech university site notes icc 500 pressures. The following links are maintained by their respective organizations and provide lists and information on safe room door assemblies and components that have passed previous missile impact testing criteria. Part of an existing home s garage.

Installed in 2 weeks in texas. For more information on testing or to schedule a test please contact larry tanner at 806 742 3476 ext. 2 piece above ground concrete safe room specifications. Grade 60 equal to 4 rebar 12 o c e w.

Our safe rooms meet or exceed fema standards and have passed the texas tech impact test. Little or no site preparation is needed. Storm shelter safe room specifications. Passed the texas tech impact test.

Test reports for construction materials and performance conducted at texas tech university s debris impact facility are here. The prescriptive plans for safe rooms provided in fema p 320 are not intended to be a substitute for a licensed design professional. Custom built storm shelter safe room s. Meets or exceeds fema 320 361 and icc 500 standards.

Our safe rooms meet and exceed fema guidelines and have passed the texas tech impact test. Or in any room that is on a pre manufactured home s interior. Room dimensions and furnishings. According to fema a typical 2 x 2 m 8 x 8 ft safe room can be constructed for under 10 000.

The information below is for standard rooms in each hall. The safe rooms meet or exceed fema standards and have passed the texas tech impact test poured with a minimum of 6 000 psi concrete 4 thick walls and is poured with a rebar cage 7 6 x9 6 and 11 thick slab included on this style 36 steel door with three deadbolts door swings outward and can hinge left or right. Impact tested at texas tech wind and science institute. Due to the intended function of safe rooms and site specific conditions that need to be addressed it is fema s recommendation that a licensed design professional be involved.

Our safe rooms come with a 36 steel door it is completely encased in steel our safe rooms have a steel floor they are secured with 5 long and 3 4 wide anchor bolts every 12 inches each anchor bolt has 10 000 lbs of sheer strength. Rated for an ef5 tornado. Some rooms are not standard rooms corner rooms etc and there are some differences between standard rooms. Your texas safe room can be installed as a separate exterior room.