How To Open A Floor Safe?

If you are wondering how to open a floor safe, then keep reading. This article is all about floor safe and how to open it. Here we will explain different lock systems of a floor safe and safely open the floor.

Floor safes are the most convenient safes for both home and business owners. They are easy to place and remain out of the way of everyone. You can easily hide the floor, and your valuables stay safe because they are not easy to find.

Locks Of Floor Safes.

Here are different locks that floor safes can have.

Key Lock.

Key locks are easy and hassle-free. All you have to do is to open the lock with the keys. These locks are also convenient as you have several, or at least two, sets of keys, so you can open them with the other key if you lost one.

Dial Combination Lock.

Dial combination locks are one of the most popular locks for home safes. The users are required to open the lock by dialing the right combination code.

Electronic Lock.

Electronic locks are modern lock systems that are very secure. The safe is opened with a digital code, a magnetic strip. The lock is very convenient for the user because it is easy to open with a digital code or touch but almost impossible to pry open.

How To Open A Combination Code?

How To Open A Combination Code

Opening a combination code is easy, but it takes a while to get used to the system. The combination codes safes come in different varieties. They allow you to set three, four, five, or even six digits depending on the security level. The three-digit combination code is easy to remember and easy to open. Longer combination codes can be difficult to remember, but you can write them down to help you remember the code.

What Is The Combination Dial?

The combination lock has a rotatable lock with numbers written around its circumference. There is a simple cylinder attached to the dial, which rotates the spindle inside the lock. If you place the spindle in the right position, the lock will open.

A combination dial has many wheels depending on how many numbers you can have in one code. For a combination lock with three-digit, you have the three wheels as well. Same with the four or five-digit codes.

The Combination Safe With The Code Is Easy To Open.

  • For three-digit code, follow these steps:
  • It Turns the dial to the left three times stopping on the first digit
  • Turn the dial to the right two times stopping on the second digit
  • Turn the dial to the left again, one time stopping at the first digit.
  • You can use the same sequences to open the four or five-digit codes.

How To Open The Combination Lock Without The Code?

Opening the combination lock without a code is not impossible, but it can be very difficult for you. An easy way to find a new combination code is to contact the manufacturers and give them details of your safe to give you the overriding code to open the code.  

You can open a combination code without breaking it with the help of an override key. An override key can be used to open the safe, and you can set another code. The company can also provide you with the override key if you provide them the details of the safe, like its model number or serial number.

In case you cannot contact the manufacturers or fail to help you, it is very unlikely you can contact the locksmith for professional help. Don’t try to force open the safe with hand tools as you can ruin your tool or safe and still may not open the safe.

Electronic Combination Lock.

If you have an electric combination lock, you can use the company’s serial number to open the electric lock. Entering the override code into an electronic combination lock will put the combination on the default code.

How To Open Bunker Hill Digital Floor Safe?

How To Open Bunker Hill Digital Floor Safe

Bunker hill digital safes provide both digital methods for opening the floor safe with the manual method. You can open the digital code with a factory code. Factory code is either written in the card that comes with the safe or can contact the company and ask them for the new code.

For unlocking the digital pad:

  • Press the 159 digits on the pad.
  • Immediately after you enter the code, press A
  • Wait for the green light to signal that the safe is opened
  • Pull the handle once you see the green light
  • To open the lock with an override key
  • Detach the front panel that would reveal the keyhole
  • Insert the override key into the hole
  • Turn the knob and open the safe; you can change the digital code as well

You can open the combination locks or the digital combination locks of different companies with the same method. If you want to know how to open the Diebold floor safe with 5 digit combination floor safe, you can use the same method.

Even the best floor safes can be difficult to open if you don’t have the key, combination, or a digital lock. Make sure you contact the professionals to open the code, or you can end up ruining your expensive safe.

Final Words

Floor safes are great for hiding and keeping your valuables out of the way. You can choose the different lock systems for the safe. Make sure you cover the safe with a carpet or place a piece of furniture like a sofa, table, or bed on the safe so that it remains well-hidden from burglars. The only handicap with the floor safe is that they are fixed on the floor, and if you want to open the safe without any key or combination, you cannot move it around. That can make your task even more difficult.

Hi, my name is Robert Blair. I’m the chief editor of Best Safes Ever. Again I'm a home and gun safe expert in New Jersey. I worked under champion safecracker Jeff Sitar for many years and learned practically a lot about safes and how to crack them. I am still examining and researching daily different kinds of safes to help our clients as a physical security specialist.