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how do you get mattresses to go up steep stairs?

2 years ago

We would like to buy new mattresses for our new vacation rental but we were told there is not enough clearance for the box springs. The mattresses there now are not salvageable some are just on the floor. Sleeps eight upstairs in 3 rooms. 2 twins, 4 fulls. My old had a decent queen on a waterbed platform. We never changed it. I don’t like futons. Any ideas?

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Joseph Corlett, LLC

2 years ago

Cut the bottom stretchers of the box springs and fold it. Screw a cleat across the cuts after it's in place.

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Sigrid
2 years ago
You can get box springs in 2 pieces. You might also do really thick mattresses and skip tge box spring.

As a side note, IMO, a full sized bed sleeps one, not two.
lmckuin
2 years ago
Many of the new beds do not use box springs anymore. You could get a platform bed that just uses a mattress (which is bendable and easier to get up stairs).
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anj_p
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Buy platform beds, or buy the Amazon basics metal box spring that you haul upstairs and assemble inplace.
Agree that a full doesn't sleep two.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
2 years ago
Just Google Folding Box Springs. Your home is not the first to be tight on turns or stairs.
functionthenlook
2 years ago
We bought simple heavy duty black platform beds from Amazon for our camp and used memory foam mattresses. 1 king, 2 full and 1 single. If you go that route make sure you pay attention to the weight limit on the frame and the depth of the memory foam layer in the mattress. You put the frame together in the room and the mattress are vacuumed packed and expand when you break the package open. We bought the 12 inch mattresses. The only thing we did extra was to put a sheet of plywood on top of the slats. They do feel a little different sleeping on than a traditional mattress, but we sleep on them 5 nights a week and we are comfortable. My husband has a bad back and he has no complaints. We bought the 2 full for the one bedroom so ether a couple can each take a bed or our 4 grade school grands can sleep together in the room.
Jerri Z
Original Author
2 years ago
Thank you. That’s a great possibility.
ocotillaks
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This is our king size frame hubby built. We have an Icomfort memory foam mattress on it.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
Don't use box springs there is no reason to have them and I have never owned one get some nice platform beds that use a system like the one above .

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