Ours is a simmons.
Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.
Even with the low profile box spring.
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.
You will need roughly 21 or 22 of these.
Moving from a waterbed to a regular mattress can affect your budget.
Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have.
Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important.
While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do.
Have to lift the mattress out of the 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.
It s so hard to make the bed.
We have a california king mattress set inside a waterbed frame.
Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use.
Nov 28 2016 is it possible to convert waterbed to regular bed.
1 attach a hose to the waterbed.
Used our waterbed 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.
Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame.
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.
I didn t want to give up my storage.
The frame is on a pedestal.
The exact number will vary according to your individual bed s frame size.
I did have to do without the box spring cause that just made the bed way too tall.
Remove it from the waterbed frame.
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.
Lay the mattress in the frame.
Drain the waterbed mattress and remove it.
Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom.
We converted our waterbed to regular mattress.
Step 3 lay these new slats onto the side rails as closely together as possible.
It fit almost perfectly.
It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal.