Residential Tornado Safe Rooms

Survive a storm shelters is the world s leading manufacturer of fema 320 compliant residential storm shelters also known as tornado safe rooms storm cellars and tornado shelters.

Residential tornado safe rooms.

Palletizing for commercial shipping add 400. Residential safe rooms are becoming more popular as families seek protection from violent tornadoes. Lone star safe rooms use a simpson strong tie wedge all anchoring system to secure the safe room during an f5 tornado. This makes the safe room easy to customize sheetrock electrically wire paint and trim to match the house.

A division of harbor enterprises llc survive a storm shelters is headquartered in thomasville georgia with offices and installation operations across 35 states. There are many benefits to having a custom residential safe room or custom commercial storm shelter and we re going to discuss why installing a storm or tornado shelter is a great investment. The criteria for a safe room are provided in fema p 361 safe rooms for tornadoes and hurricanes. Residential trd safe room drs.

This safe room set the standard for all safe rooms tested at texas tech. Community safe room tornado shelters provide strength protection and safety for groups of fifteen to hundreds of people. Guidance for community and residential safe rooms basic safe room information and construction drawings for site built safe rooms are provided in fema p 320 taking shelter from the storm. Each safe room is bolted down to your concrete slab by drilling 5 8 x 3 holes and inserting specialty designed anchoring bolts at the appropriate locations around the perimeter of the safe room to ensure the safe room.

A benefit of these above ground tornado safe rooms is that businesses schools towns and companies can spread multiple safe rooms across a larger campus area offering quicker and more convenient access to shelter in a severe weather emergency. Safe room series 1. We are the world s leading producer and distributor of prefabricated steel above ground and underground residential tornado shelters community safe rooms and survival bunkers. Building a safe room for your home or small business.

This 10 gauge steel panel safe room bolts together to form 2. This report is an overview of the design and development of such a residential tornado safe room. Like any other room safe rooms must be accessed through an opening or door. All of our residential storm shelters are designed by licensed professional engineers and undergo extensive debris impact testing at the wind science research.

1 4 thick i beams every 12 in the walls and ceiling.