Looking to protect your valuables at home? Armstrong offers a trusted range of residential safes backed by expert advice, professional installation, and ongoing support. Whether you need to store cash, jewellery, important documents, or passports, our safes are selected for performance, quality, and peace of mind.
We provide home safes that meet everyday needs — whether you're storing family valuables, securing documents, or meeting insurance requirements. Our team works with two of the most reliable brands available in New Zealand: Yale and Dominator.
Each product is chosen for its:
Our safes are suited to a wide range of residential needs, including:
Locked out of your safe? We can help.
Armstrong provides professional safe opening and repair services for most household safes. Whether you’ve forgotten the code, lost the key, or are dealing with a jammed lock, our trained locksmiths can assist.
What you can expect:
Our goal is always to help you regain access quickly and discreetly while preserving the safe where possible.
We supply and install a range of home safes with varying features based on what you need to protect.
1. Security Safes
General-use safes that offer theft protection and controlled access.
2. Fire Safes
Designed to protect contents from high temperatures during a fire.
Note: Data Protection Safes are no longer available for residential customers. These were designed to protect electronic media from heat but are now more commonly used in specialist or commercial environments.
Understanding fire safety ratings:
All fire safes come with a time-based fire resistance rating. This is measured in minutes and indicates how long the contents are protected during a house fire. For example:
Insurance compliance:
More insurance providers now require that homeowners use a safe that meets a certified standard like EN1143:1. This is especially important for:
We can help you choose a safe that meets your insurer’s requirements.
There are many low-cost safes available online or at hardware stores, but not all provide real protection. In fact, many budget models can be forced open in seconds with simple tools.
At Armstrong, we only work with safe brands that are trusted by security professionals and tested to international standards.
We only work with reputable brands that have proven performance, local support, and consistent manufacturing standards.
Yale
A global leader in security hardware. Yale’s fire safes are known for:
Dominator
A specialist brand focused on high-security and commercial-grade safes. Dominator offers:
We choose brands that are tested and supported in New Zealand, so we can assist with spare parts, servicing, or upgrades if needed.
If you're unsure, give your local Armstrong branch a call. We’ll ask a few simple questions and recommend safe models that suit your home, budget, and needs.
Every Armstrong safe comes with the option of professional installation. Our team ensures that your safe is:
We can also assist with future upgrades, servicing, or safe removals if your needs change over time.
If you are locked out of your safe, do not try to force it open, as this can permanently damage the locking mechanism. Call Armstrong immediately.
Our trained locksmiths can open most household safes using non-destructive methods. However, in some cases where a safe is high-security, or the lock has failed, we may need to drill it to gain access, and we can often repair or replace the lock afterwards.
Yes, we highly recommend bolting your safe to the floor or a solid wall, especially if it weighs less than 1,000kg.
Even a heavy safe can be tipped onto a trolley and stolen by thieves if it isn't secured. Our professional installation service includes bolting the safe down to concrete or timber floors to ensure maximum theft protection.
A fire safe is specifically insulated to protect paper documents and valuables from high heat for a set period (usually 30 to 60 minutes), but may have thinner metal walls.
A security safe is built with thick steel and heavy-duty bolts to resist physical attacks and drilling. For the best of both worlds, we can recommend models that offer both a certified fire rating and a high cash rating for theft protection.
Insurance companies often require safes to meet specific standards, such as the EN1143:1 rating, particularly for storing high-value jewellery or large amounts of cash.
If your policy specifies a "cash rating" or specific grade, let us know. We stock trusted brands like Dominator and Yale that meet these strict compliance standards.
Generally, no. Standard residential fire safes are designed to protect paper, which burns at a higher temperature than digital media melts.
Data tapes, USBs, and hard drives require a specialised "Data Media Safe" to survive a fire. However, for most modern homes, we recommend cloud backups for data, while using your fire safe for physical documents, passports, and heirlooms.
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