Foundation for Latex Mattress?

[kyley]

Hi All,
What would you recommend as a good foundation for our 9 or 11" latex bed? I'd like something that's not too expensive, but I want to make sure it's sufficient to support our mattress well... Here are a few options I'm looking at:

1. This 8" wood slat foundation (for $225)?
2. This similar 8" wood slat foundation (same as the SleepEZ website's foundation) for $239?
3. A new, regular box spring from a local furniture store (not sure how much, but likely twice the cost?)
4. A used box spring from Craig's List (saw one for $50)? Not sure my wife would go for that though!
5. FoamSweetFoam's 9" mattress foundation for $299...
6. I think these 3 are perhaps too pricey to consider?
   1. 
      This FloBed wood slat foundation (but much more at $579! - and only 5.5" high)
   2. This FloBed fir wood slat foundation (even more at $679! - and only 5.5" high)
   3. This FloBed euro slat foundation (more still at $779! - and only 5.5" high)
7. Other suggestions?

Thanks for your thoughts on this! Take care,
--Kyle

 

[markbnh1]

I would price a good foundation (NOT boxspring) from a reputable local furniture/mattress store. If you are in the New England area, check out "Gardner Mattress". They sell a very sturdy wood/metal foundation with their latex mattresses for about $350. as I recall. Before I bought my latex mattress set from them I asked if they would sell the foundation separately and they said they would. The foundation quality was the main reason I bought from them. However, if I had it all to do over again, I'd get JUST the foundation and then custom build my latex mattress from an online seller.

 

[cynicaljones]

kyley wrote:
2. This similar 8" wood slat foundation (same as the SleepEZ website's foundation) for $239?

just fyi, that doesn't look like the SleepEZ foundation I have. Mine came in 3 sections (head, middle, foot) that bolt together, similar to the Flobeds (6.1.) one you link to.

 

[Relaxo]

Why not just get a bed frame? They're cheaper, more portable, and you have tons of available storage under your bed.
Metal & foldable: http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Size-Bi...r_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285561244&sr=8-1
Metal + wood slats: http://www.amazon.com/Handy-Living-...r_1_8?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285561147&sr=8-8

 

[kyley]

Well, I have a nice wood bed frame already that needs a regular 7-10" foundation. I found locally owned furniture store that builds their own wood slat foundations for $274 (7") and another one that has a 9" wood slat frame for only $140. So, I'm going to go take a look at those two today and probably pick from them!
Thanks for the suggestion Mark! Take care,
--Kyle

 

[Brett19648]

What foundation did you end up going with?
I'm looking as well...

 

[kerbos5]

Kyley,
Looks like you and I are in the same area, where did you end up for your foundation, as I think I will be in the market for a couple very soon?

 

[daydreamer01]

I've realised that a lot of the foam mattresses go on regular boxsprings, but the tempurpedic voids the warranty if you use traditional boxsprings. Does any one know why that would be? I want to use my older boxspring I already have for a new foam bed, so tempurpedic is out of the question so far. Why are there so many grey areas!!!