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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: Steve <huntro1@yahoo.com> (enduser5.faa.gov)
In Response To: Re: Antique Brass Bed (Nancy)
Date: 7/5/5 11:57
I have a sheet of 3/8" plywood under my sons' twin bunkbeds, with 1"x4" slat boards spaced about every 18"-24" or so, and I get up on top to make the beds (I am 200 lbs. +/- ) and it holds me just fine.
If you don't mind drilling holes in your bed rails, I saw that my father did that to a pair of iron beds and then screwed 1"x4" boards to the underside of the rails as slats. He used screws with the angled underside of the head, so that when they were put in the rails, the angle rested in the holes (leaving the top of the screw head flush with the top of the rail). The screws pulled the boards up tight to the underside of the rails. You could do this and then add the plywood on top of the 1x4's for extra support. He was using a boxspring, so he did not need the plywood. If you don't want to drill holes in your rails, then just use thicker plywood. Without a doubt, 3/4" would be sturdy enough by itself.
Do NOT use OSB (large chips of wood glued together), use regular plywood, it is much stronger. Even 3/4" plywood sitting directly on top of the rails will not make an appreciable difference in height or looks of the bed, so that should not be a problem.
I plan to use 3/4" plywood by itself under the mattress (no boxspring to keep the height low enough for her to climb in without a step stool) on my daughter's bed when I put it together. Either that or I will go the drill route and screw 2x3 boards to the underside of the rails and then attach a linkspring from a daybed to that instead of using a box spring.
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