Installed, and sore.

After a lonnnnnnnnng night of moving parts to their final location it's installed:

Let me tell you this.  This safe is 46" wide, 30" deep, 59" high, assembled.  The closet measures 33" deep trim-to-trim, 47.5" wide, trim-to-trim.  Managing to get all pieces into this size closet was a game of Mega Tetris.  Assembling it myself since the wife wasn't so happy about a big chunk of metal in the room didn't help either, but I finally did it, and it fits!  I decided to not use the outlet I put in.  I thought I could just unbolt and run it later...but after doing Mega-Uber-Platinum-Deluxe Tetris with the interior pieces and the 'fire lining blankets', lets just say that the GoldenRod will likely go back to Amazon when it arrives tomorrow.

So, some final notes:

I'm still a bit irritated at the misleading claim that this is a 7 gauge safe, it's not.  It's probably 14 gauge, maybe 12 in some places, and in some doubled up, but only tack welded together.  I'm left feeling that I paid a LOT of money for essentially an extra large Sentry Safe.  Would I do this again?  No.  Does it fit my needs, probably, something stronger would be even more difficult to get installed in that location.  If I did it again I would likely go with something heavier and put it in the basement.  The wife said, after helping me lug the rear 46x59x4" panel up the stairs, "This is staying with the house."  So I guess an upgrade might happen in the future...

Assembling this in a standing up position complicates things about 10 fold.  Getting the metal bits together was not so bad, you just need sufficient space to clear the bolts and maybe wear a helmet when you're using your head to support the top piece, but it paled in comparison with the annoying interior pieces and dealing with the fire blankets.  The problem with the interior pieces is that things are quite tight and combined with the weird angles you have to use to get the sides in with gravity and needing to get the fire blankets in and...well, it's a bit crazy.  I finally grabbed a roll of double sided tape and secured the blankets to the sidewalls, thus giving my an arm or two back to smash the interior pieces into position.  Tip: Lay down in the safe and just smash them in place with your feet, it's easier.

I have extreme hesitation as to the durability of this to survive a simple crow-bar attack.  The so called "Non Breach Seal" dead bolt on the right side is not very long, so it does not engage very far on that edge.  It's also set back a bit and I'm afraid that the gap would allow too much play in the door.  On the live bolt side, just pressing the bolts in with my fingers with mild pressure resulted in the top bolt sliding back in (when locked) more than I like.  This probably worries me more than the steel thickness because a thief's first try is likely to be a crowbar right on the door edge and I just don't know if it'll handle this.

If I were to do this purchase over, I would get a Sturdy Safe in 4 gauge, period.  More steel, heavier honest construction, oh and the lock actually has something protecting it.