Convert Waterbed Frame To Regular Bed

I didn t want to give up my storage.

Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.

The exact number will vary according to your individual bed s frame size. Even with the low profile box spring. Remove it from the waterbed frame. It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal.

You will need roughly 21 or 22 of these. Have to lift the mattress out of the frame. There was a space of about 10 inches or so right underneath the headboard so we stuck some small pieces of board inside there to stop the box spring from shifting. Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important.

We have a california king mattress set inside a waterbed frame. Vacuum out the boxed frame. While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do. We converted our waterbed to regular mattress.

1 attach a hose to the waterbed. You may have extra room on the ends and on each side but not enough to make a difference. I did have to do without the box spring cause that just made the bed way too tall. Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom.

If you currently already own a hard side waterbed you should have everything you need to change your water bed back into a regular bed. Step 3 lay these new slats onto the side rails as closely together as possible. Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have. Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use.

While you cannot convert a waterbed mattress into a standard one you can convert a waterbed frame to hold a conventional mattress without a lot of fuss and muss. Drain the waterbed mattress and remove it. Lay the mattress in the frame. For example in a matter of 2 hours you can easily convert you old bed back into a conventional coil spring mattress or even one of the popular specialty mattresses like latex memory foam airbed or softside waterbed.

Prop it up behind the new bed pushing against the headboard and the wall. Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame. It fit almost perfectly. Moving from a waterbed to a regular mattress can affect your budget.

It s so hard to make the bed. Basically all we did was take out the water bed mattress and put the new 3 4 sized box spring and mattress right inside the waterbed frame. Used our waterbed frame.