Top 5 Reasons To Invest In A Fireproof Safe For Your Home

Buying a house is one of life’s greatest accomplishments.

You might have been saving up your wages to afford a mortgage on your own, or perhaps you and your partner have recently purchased your first home.

Whilst you’ve probably thought long and hard about how you’ll decorate the place, and what furniture you need in each room, it’s also important to take the necessary steps to protect your house against fire damage.

A fire can destroy the contents of your property in an instant. However, storing expensive or valuable items inside a fire-resistant safe will allow you to keep them safe for a short while longer.

Let’s take a closer look at the key reasons why you should have a fireproof safe installed in your home.

5 ways a fireproof safe can benefit homeowners

1.    Enhance safety and security

Much like any other type of security safe, a fireproof safe is designed to secure valuables – keeping them out of sight of opportunistic criminals, preventing them from going missing and eliminating the risk of damage.

Depending on its fire rating, one of these safes will offer 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes of fire resistance.

2.    Protect your sensitive data

Got piles of paperwork in your home office? Perhaps you have important documents stashed away in the cupboard or on your laptop’s hard drive?

Fireproof safes are ideal for storing hard copies and sensitive data – keeping them out of harm’s way. Locking your papers and electronic data away in a safe will provide an extra layer of defence against theft, loss and fire damage.

3.    Provide controlled access

Fire-resistant safes come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from small cash safes to large fireproof chests and cabinets.

Although you want to make sure that the safe is big enough to house all your belongings comfortably – without having to squeeze everything in to shut the door – you also need to consider the locking mechanism.

A key lock is ideal if you’re the only person who needs to gain access to the safe, allowing you to keep unauthorised individuals out. However, if multiple people in your home will require access at some point, an electronic or biometric lock would be preferable – reducing the risk of keys being lost or stolen.

4.    Lower insurance premiums

Admittedly, a safe will be an upfront investment but, in the long run, it could save you money.

Having a fire-resistant safe in your home shows that you’re willing to go the extra mile to safeguard your possessions, and most insurers reward this by offering lower insurance rates for homeowners.

The more security features a safe has, the better your insurance premiums will be.

5.    Peace of mind

By far the biggest advantage of investing in a fireproof safe for your home, and installing it in a concealed spot, is that you’ll be able to relax knowing that your valuables are kept out of sight.

Should a fire break out, you can trust that your safe will offer protection up to a certain temperature for anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours (depending on its fire rating).

Invest in a fireproof safe today

Whether it be to protect hard copies of your birth certificate, marriage certificate, passport, HMRC letters or digital data on your laptop or tablet, we’re confident we have a fireproof safe to suit your security needs.

Simply browse our range of fire-resistant safes in full and click through to find out more. Once you’ve found the perfect one, add it to your basket and check out.

If you’re unsure which fireproof safe is best for your space at home, the team at eSafes is always on hand to help. Either give us a call on 0800 7832 328 or email info@esafes.co.uk, and we’ll be in touch.