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How to build a safe room

Securing your home no longer means a basement complex. Helen Madden explores how to do it right, and leave no trace.
NEW YORK – Welcome to the new world of real estate ads: four-story brownstone, six fireplaces – and high-tech, armor-reinforced safe room. That describes the house in Jodie Foster’s recent hit movie ...
On nights of ongoing sirens many people move to sleep in the safe room, but experts explain that fully closing the door may harm the air quality and lead to a buildup of carbon dioxide.