Beds brain pick

I have the shittiest piece of Ikea crap I sleep on. Honestly I didn't KNOW it was Ikea. I abstracted it frim a place I was renting as it wasn't on the manifest...and even THAT has a central wotsit.

Naturally the slats all move about, and in another life I would take of the mattress and hot glue them in place.

Pie of angle iron surely. And some screws

???

Saws exist.

That is probably the answer I need. You can't expect timber slats to span 4' 6" without sagging. For a lone sleeper, is there any awareness of extra support centrally?

Ours all have webbing straps for spacing. I have secured the end ones.

I'm trying to retain any long term resale antique value:-) Very pretty figured Mahogany finish.

Back to front assembly. The original pillow end is where her feet are now. Chopping 6" off the old footboard legs may not be noticed.

Very slightly, more so if the slats have fallen off.

The Ikea ones naturally have fallen off the webbing being only held on by a office staple - one to each slat/web interface. Shoddy would be high praise.

Oh NICE.

Well without seeing the construction I cant suggest how you might secure it

I completely fail to understand... how chopping legs off shortens a bed. Or keeps its resale value

At its most basic you could construct a free standing support that goes under the mattress in the middle of the bed

Both wooden beds here have a "spine" to support the slats in the middle, I wouldn't fancy their chances without ...

As do ours. Her bed head is too high to attach a spine directly. Taking out the sprung base will lower the mattress by a few inches and create a significant gap at the pillow end. Shortening the legs and refitting the bed rails may get round this but I will still need to attach a support for the centre rail.

Big range of prices on line!

Yes, I've got a double bed with slats that has a fifth leg in the centre. I put a cut down sheet of pegboard on top of the slats to spread the load.

In message <vd8ogh$17f35$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, The Other John snipped-for-privacy@here.org writes

I've seen a 3 legged adjustable bar advertised for extra support. Ventilation is mentioned in relation to close boarding and there is also a worry about spring sizing in her current mattress.

I notice unsurprisingly that Flight Radar was unable to track her passenger flight in the region between Ukraine and Moscow

No passenger aircraft are flying between Ukraine and Moscow

Geographically, they are if they are going from Heathrow to Uzbeckistan. UZB202 stalled just past the Polish border and reappeared an hour or so later much further South. There were lots of apparent civil flights around Moscow displaying properly.

I think not. That whole airspace is essentially 'shoot first ask questions later'.

If it is Uzbekhistan its more likely to go via Black sea , Georgia and Turkmenistan.

Not this one. You could look it up yourself. flightradar24, you'll see lots of civil flights in that area. Nothing close to the Ukraine border of course.

In message <a6honoTJfF+ snipped-for-privacy@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>, Tim Lamb snipped-for-privacy@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> writes

Progress so far. The bed is in bits!

It turns out to have angle iron ends to complete the rectangle. Somewhere in my pile of salvaged steel posts will be something that can be tidied up to fit along the frame centre. I have a roll of 15 slats, 17mm x 70mm pine on order.

In a previous life, the rails were fitted at a higher level so the screw holes and sockets are ready for re-use:-)

Now to plane up some suitable Oak for the sides...

Our king size has a central rail. The double that used to be my parents' house in France did not. The difference is that ours has thin, springy slats that add springiness to each half of the mattress, whereas the French one had much thicker, rigid slats, that did not.

As long as you are using a matress that does not need additional springiness adding, thick slats from side to side, with no central support, should be fine.

Her mattress is a Staples double spring whatever that means. I have the steel frame in the workshop to fit a central spine. Overkill perhaps as I have ordered a set of 15 slats, 17x 70mm pine. My maths is a bit suspect but I think that leaves 42mm between the slats. The height issue is resolved as the legs have a higher set of holes from a previous mattress set up.