mattress options for smaller houses and door frames

[mrbigstuff]

house: smaller Victorian with doors that will not accommodate a king sized mattress without bending. and bending is bad.

I'm aiming for a spring mattress and not memory foam, as I require a really firm mattress (even the "pillow top" versions will not suffice in the firmness category).

has anyone encountered a similar conundrum?

[Doc]

Yes. You can put two twin mattresses on a king frame. They make adapters called "bridges" to cover the split in the middle.

[mrbigstuff]

ah, thanks, I'll look into that remedy.

I wonder if that "bridge" can tie the two mattresses together tightly enough for kids who like to jump on the bed...

[Acer]

mrbigstuff wrote:

I wonder if that "bridge" can tie the two mattresses together tightly enough for kids who like to jump on the bed...

Therein lies the adventure...

[space-time]

but your username is Mr. BIG Stuff.

get a BIGGER House

[OWC Jamie]

3/4 inch thick piece of plywood between box spring and mattress will deter jumping and increase firmness by a wide margin.

:-)


(if the box frames have wooden bottoms a piece of plywood and screw works to keep them from seperating, too.)

[lost in space]

There are other types of foam that don't have memory, in varying degrees of firmness from soft to nearly rigid. Check at upholstery shops.

[MacArtist]

space-time wrote:
but your username is Mr. BIG Stuff.

get a BIGGER House

Smaller house and surrounding would make some things look even larger.

j/k

[mrbigstuff]

space-time wrote:
but your username is Mr. BIG Stuff.

get a BIGGER House

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Now I know this is a lesson Mr. Big Stuff you haven't learned

[andypie48]

The Queen Box Springs have to go into my upstairs through a 2nd story window. Fortunately the first story porch sticks out under the window. gets tiresome after a while.