Adjustable legs/feet

[David Roberts]

Hi,

I am about to embark on the construction of a built in bed, and want a support leg half way along one side.

I was going to joint in a piece of wood, but was a bit doubtful about getting millimetre precision with my dodgy woodwork.

Now kitchen units have adjustable feet, but they are ugly and designed to be hidden by the plinth - also an individual leg is not very strong, especially laterally.

A quick Google shows nice chrome breakfast bar legs which are far too tall, and the usual stumpy plastic legs for kitchen units.

Anyone know of a source of a suitable strong stumpy but undeniably pretty leg?

Cheers

Dave R

[auctions]

[Anna Kettle]

Yes I've got two

Sorry I couldnt resist that one I must be a builder

Anna

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[Cicero]

========================================== You might find something suitable here:

is good but a bit complicated.

Cic.

[dom]

This is the joiners method for leveling up:

Build the whole bed, with legs all the same length.

Assemble the bed in the location you want it permanently.

Put wedges under each leg as necessary to bring the bed level and all legs into firm contact with the floor.

Find an offcut of wood that is slightly thicker than the leg raised highest from the floor.

Slide this offcut around each leg, and use a pencil on the top face to mark how much has to come off each leg.

Now when you saw the legs to length, it takes account of the floor irregularities at the intended location.

[NOSPAMnet]

What happens when you want to move the bed to elsewhere in the room?

[dom]

The OP described it as a "built in bed".

If it had to be moved to a new location, I would either re-cut it, or add sub-feet - like a small black-painted pad, slightly smaller than the cross-section of the leg.

[David Roberts]

Actually got

went to Ikea to get the bed base and mattress and found the legs there as well.

Plan for the bed:

Foot of the bed is supported by a piece of wood screwed to the wall Far side of the bed is supported by a piece of wood screwed to the wall [This bed fits into a corner of the room] Head of the bed goes across the sloping bit over the stairs Nearside of the bed is the piece of wood which needs the leg in the middle - one end meets the wall at the foot of the bed, the other end meets the sloping wood over the stairs at the head of the bed.

Thinking about it, I should do the free-standing bit first and level the wall mounted bits to this, but I have to get the length right so that the top of the bed frame just fits up to the slope at the head of the bed, so I need to have some scope for adjustment of the supporting leg(s).

The bed base is

- I sat on several beds there and this was by far the best setup in combination with for all the suggestions (and I also now know who has stumpy but undeniably pretty legs). :-)

Cheers

Dave R

[The Medway Handyman]

[The Medway Handyman]

Go on, post a picture :-)

[meow2222]

It gets shorter each time you move it :)

Being serious, I wonder why the OP wants an additional leg, as any sensible bed frame should have no problem supporting even an obese person. What size timber is OP using for the bed frame?

NT