Convert Waterbed Frame To Regular Bed

Nov 28 2016 is it possible to convert waterbed to regular bed.

Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.

It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal. Have to lift the mattress out of the frame. Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom. It fit almost perfectly.

1 attach a hose to the waterbed. I didn t want to give up my storage. Prop it up behind the new bed pushing against the headboard and the wall. Drain the waterbed mattress and remove it.

Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame. 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. 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. 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.

Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have. Vacuum out the boxed 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. 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.

Used our waterbed frame. Remove it from the waterbed frame. You will need roughly 21 or 22 of these. Lay the mattress in the frame.

Step 3 lay these new slats onto the side rails as closely together as possible. Ours is a simmons. It s so hard to make the bed. While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do.

Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important. We converted our waterbed to regular mattress. Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use. The exact number will vary according to your individual bed s frame size.

The frame is on a pedestal. 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.