![]() ![]() “I just recently bought a platform bed from ,” is frequently their answer. Our first question is always, “What do you have the mattress on?” Our store occasionally gets calls from consumers, concerned because their mattress feels uneven. Shop Our Well-Built Platform Frames Not all platform beds are adequate to support a mattress. Q: Can your platform bed frame do its job?Ī: A well-built platform bed will support your mattress like a dream. If you’ve ever spent a night on a sagging mattress or one that felt uneven or higher in one area than another, in fact, your platform bed frame may have been the issue, rather than your mattress. If you’ve ever purchased a platform bed from a department store or a discount big box store, you may already have experienced inadequate mattress support. Q: How can you as a customer know whether the platform bed you’ve been eyeing is sturdy enough? How sturdy should a platform bed be to support a mattress?Ī: Great questions. The slats are more formality than function if the box spring’s framework is in good shape.Q: Are platform beds sturdy? Are they comfortable? Is your platform bed sturdy enough?Ī: YES, if they’re well-built and have adequate support systems to support the mattress. I like Tim’s approach here: skip the formulas and keep it practical. ![]() (Of course, that’s why joists and rafters are always oriented on their edges.) But, it would take more calculation to determine if the edge-up orientation of a 1 x 2 would be stronger than a 1 x 3 or 1 x 4 laid flat. So, for example, a 1 x 2 laid on edge will deflect less under load than 1 x 2 laid flat. I’m reminded that, provided a load is perpendicular to the long axis of a beam, and the grain is running along that same axis, the wider dimension will always be stiffer over its length than the narrower dimension. Happy memory making!Ĭhris Marshall: I’ll dodge the question a bit less, thanks to Bruce Hoadley’s Understanding Wood book - really a must-have reference for all of us. It will be the box springs themselves, which go first. If something breaks during the main event, it won’t be the slats. Those good old coil springs of the past needed support out in the middle, but modern box spring sets really do not. This ledge will actually carry the weight of the springs and mattress. ![]() The boards or slats usually lie on a ledge of wood mounted on the inside of the rails. ![]() Four or five of these boards will suffice. Usually, when a steel frame is not used, 1 x 3 or 1 x 4 slats are used. Actually, the box springs are, in and of themselves, self-supporting and “strong enough.” All the box springs really need is something to keep them in place on the bed rails. It seems to me you’re wanting supports strong enough to make the bed withstand slumber parties and other abusive behavior commonly perpetrated upon bedroom furniture by happy but otherwise misguided youth. Tim Inman: “…and the Doctor said, ‘No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” I’m going to dodge the actual question and go to the issue I’m reading in between the lines. Concerning the slats that support the box springs, which would be the stronger: (a) a 1 x 2 on edge (b) a 1 x 3 laid flat, or (c) a 1 x 4 laid flat? – Charles (Dusty) MacDonald I’m making a queen-sized bed from a picture that my granddaughter has supplied to me. ![]()
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