| Any suggestions on what can be salvaged from an old pillow top serta (both sides?). It is a ten year old king, with 2 inches of memory foam in the pillow top of each side. I would like to break it down to dispose of, but is there any reason to keep any of the old PU or memory foam to re-use for projects and such. Once opened up, what type of mess will I have or problems breaking it down to trashcan size? I also have the twinXL box springs to break down also. If I can save some of the fabric, I will re-cover some old step stools with it. |
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black88mx6 wrote: Any suggestions on what can be salvaged from an old pillow top serta (both sides?). It is a ten year old king, with 2 inches of memory foam in the pillow top of each side. I would like to break it down to dispose of, but is there any reason to keep any of the old PU or memory foam to re-use for projects and such. Once opened up, what type of mess will I have or problems breaking it down to trashcan size? I also have the twinXL box springs to break down also. If I can save some of the fabric, I will re-cover some old step stools with it. Most places have a service that you can set it out on the street on certain days and some service picks it up. Check for your area. Otherwise, not sure that taking it apart will really make it that much easier to dispose as the springs are the main part and there's nothing you can do to make them more compact I doubt. The springs may still be good and if you have storage you may want to save them for a time when you want to make a do it yourself mattress by adding latex on top of the springs, in which case just cut open the cover on 3 sides, remove all foam and store everything for later use. If someone on this forum lives near you and the springs are good they might even buy them from you! |
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The County will pick up mattresses in our area if you call a special phone number for pickup.
I didn't want the mattress sitting on the curb for a week or two, so I cut up the last full size mattresses I tossed. It's a messy job. Lot's of lint, etc fluffing off. I used bolt cutters to cut through the springs and make it into 4 pieces that the regular trash guys tossed without complaint.
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