| I want to find a good platform bed. From where should I buy one. And what bed/model should I buy. Thank you. |
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Roy, Just saw that you have no replies, so I thought I'd let you know what I'm doing for a platform for the DIY King mattress I'm building. I'm trying this platform from Wal-Mart. It's very inexpensive, should be easy to return if we don't like it, and I like the design of it compared to some other companies' similar designs that cost more but look less well thought out to me. My wife just picked ours up from the store today. Wal-Mart will ship it "site-to-store" for free, then you just pick it up when they notify you it's "in". Ours will stay in the box until my mattress components all arrive, so I can't give you a hands-on personal review, but you can read the reviews on the WM site. Here are additional pictures of this platform so you can see what the King size looks like if you need to (I'm not sure what size platform you're looking for). Oh, I just clicked on the "Select Size" button and I see they only have the Twin size available right now. They are often out of one or more sizes at any given time, but check back frequently because they do restock and unavailable sizes will become available again. I had to check for a couple weeks before the Kings were finally restocked. Good luck! |
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I think some people here were not happy with that style of foundation because of its large openings and limited bearing surfaces leading to poor support. Let us know how it works out for you. |
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laredo7mm wrote: I think some people here were not happy with that style of foundation because of its large openings and limited bearing surfaces leading to poor support. |
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laredo7mm wrote: I think some people here were not happy with that style of foundation because of its large openings and limited bearing surfaces leading to poor support. cynicaljones wrote: Yes, budgy, for one, advised against my question about a similar product. I have read those concerns and agree they are valid. Guess I should have mentioned that I am not planning to put my PU/latex hybrid directly on those wires. No way! For sure the mattress would sag into those gaps some and would probably damage the mattress cover and base foam inside to a certain extent. Instead, I am putting a 1" layer of 50 ILD extra firm Lux Foam Skin ($17) between the platform frame and the mattress. Then I plan to keep an eye on things to see if it's really doing what I want it to do. If I think the skin is not adequate and the mattress itself is still sagging into the gaps, I may replace the 1" skin with 1/8" x 4' x 8' hardboard from Lowe's, either the plain ($7) or the pegboard ($10) style. With a King I'll need two to cover the whole platform and will have to trim both pieces some. (Probably should have gone with the hardboard in the first place, but I liked the idea of keeping things a little softer if possible. Plus the foam skin will be all one piece.) This message was modified Jun 3, 2010 by pianoman
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| I don't like this walmart foundation. |
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roy1 wrote: I don't like this walmart foundation. Why not? I'm curious, since I haven't unboxed mine and set it up yet. |
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I used to have a waterbed and used a mattress in it for a long time rather than buying a boxspring. That would be one sort of platform bed. I'd think that you could pretty much use a piece of plywood with a little edge on it for a platform. I've heard of egg crates(the plastic kind that egg cartons are shipped in)being used to hold the wood up off the floor. Foundations are merely the support for the mattress, and can be pretty much whatever you want them to be. They can be stupidly expensive for no good reason. I know that if you get a box spring with actual springs in it, it will be much softer and somewhat less suportive under your mattress(but can feel sooo good, if that is the feel you desire). We have one like that; I firmed it up under my hips with a piece of firm plastic on top so it doesn't sink. Kait Who believes in spending money when you get what you pay for, but otherwise is pretty cheap. |