[SEL] O.T. Key Security

[Tod Engine]

An idea might be to enlist a local fabricator to build a heavy steel cabinet 
in which to place one of the commercially available key cabinets.  A good 
fabricator can build you something that looks good and will be very very 
difficult to compromise.  If you've spent 3k already another 300 or so on a 
cabinet is worth it.  I agree what is sold today is a joke.  Those cabinets 
won't keep anyone out if they are determined to get in.   I've been in in 
this situation before and I know what it takes to keep someone out.

Maybe buy an old floor safe?

Rick



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Maples" <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Stationary Engine List" <SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 8:35 PM
Subject: [SEL] O.T. Key Security


Ok gang I need your help again. As most of you know I have a part time job 
where I help manage a 60 unit apartment complex and do all of the 
maintenance. The office is about 10' X 10' in size, we have a steel entry 
door with a dead bolt lock, the office has one outside window and we have 
bars over it so we felt pretty protected. The tenants spare apartment keys 
are locked in a key cabinet that is mounted on the wall inside of the 
office.

Last week we had an intruder gain access to our attic, walk over to the top 
of the office and just bust through the ceiling into the office. He gained 
access to the key cabinet once in the office and got some of the tenants 
keys as well as obtained the keys to the Laundromat which he used to gain 
access to the coin boxes and emptied all of them out. We are now in the 
process of re-keying the whole complex at a cost of about $3000.00.

The owners have asked me to come up with a more secure way of keeping the 
tenants keys in the office. Every key cabinet that I find on the Internet 
that is capable of holding about 180 keys is made only of light gauge metal, 
10 gauge, etc. I was trying to find a heavy duty key safe like the old floor 
model safes you use to see in some of the offices but have been unable to 
find one made for keys.

I am looking for suggestions on how to obtain maximum security for storing 
the apartment keys in the office. Any help or advice will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul
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