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Hello, I stumbled upon this board last week looking for info . I went looking for info because, a couple weeks ago my lower back started hurting really bad upon waking in the morning. I thought it was from work. I noticed that my wifes side of the bed felt better so I discovered that my side was worn. So I flipped the mattress and after sleeping that night I had almost no back pain the next day. I know that this wont last much longer so I decided I need a new mattress. The mattress I have now is from customcomfort here in socal. I bought one the most inexpensive ones they had in 2005 so it lasted a good 4 years it was around 300.00 It has > Medium Coil > Fiber Inner Body Padding > Quilted Plush Top Well after reading the many posts here I would like to go the DIY route, Im not knocking customcomfort, I just think I can get more for my money by DIY surgery. I like jimsocal's idea as he has a coil mattress and put the sensus, latex, HR foam. I see the sensus at overstock, the latex talalay at a few places sleeplikebear, sleepez, and foambymail huge difference in price, but I dont see the 1"HR foam could someone tell me where to purchase that. If i go with FBM for the talalay and overstocks sensus that puts the cost at 220.00 not bad. I'll post pics when I start this. |
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Since your mattress was made locally, by a reputable company, I'd call them first before cutting into the mattress. Tell them what your issue is and ask if there is anything they could do to help you. Perhaps they could so something as simple as a foam replacement or fluffing up the insides. Those of us who have done mattress surgery have performed it on beds that had layers and layers of cheap P/U foam, which was the problem. If your bed doesn't have these layers, chances are you don't need to do surgery. OTOH, if they feel that it is the springs that are your issue, then you need a new bed. I see no reason why springs would fail after only three years, tho. I wouldn't feel too bad if your mattress does need replaced. If I'd only spent $100/year on a comfy mattress then I'd be thousands richer right now. Alas, my lengthly experiment has left a carnage behind me of way too much money in useless beds(useless to me, anyway). Thank goodness for young adult offspring...they are always wanting our cast offs. Kait |
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| thanks for the replies, I decided to go with a 2" sensus topper it just arrived today via ups , it stinks bad , unable to sleep on it so im airing it out in a different room. I ordered a 1" latex topper from sleeplikeabear on their ebay store 167.46 shipped, now I need the HR foam and a mattress cover. I understand the advice in your replies but I just dont have the $1000+ to spend on a mattress |
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| Well good luck with your project, please do report back when you have all your pieces assembled and let us know how it worked out! |