Convert Waterbed Frame To Regular Bed

Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use.

Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.

Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important. Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame. We have a california king mattress set inside a waterbed frame. The frame is on a pedestal.

Vacuum out the boxed frame. We converted our waterbed to regular mattress. It fit almost perfectly. It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal.

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. Remove it from the waterbed frame. I didn t want to give up my storage. Ours is a simmons.

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. Nov 28 2016 is it possible to convert waterbed to regular bed. Lay the mattress in the frame. Step 3 lay these new slats onto the side rails as closely together as possible.

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. 1 attach a hose to the waterbed. Moving from a waterbed to a regular mattress can affect your budget. I did have to do without the box spring cause that just made the bed way too tall.

Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have. Used our waterbed frame. Prop it up behind the new bed pushing against the headboard and the wall. You will need roughly 21 or 22 of these.

It s so hard to make the bed. Even with the low profile box spring. While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do. 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.

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. Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom. You may have extra room on the ends and on each side but not enough to make a difference.