1) how much weight can this hold? 2) can a piece of plywood be inset on the slats for supporting memory foam?
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It is sturdy enough to hold an adult but not for children who would jump on the bed. This is used as a guest bed. I wouldn't try to use it daily with children. We have a memory foam mattress and it doesn't seem to need additional support.
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1. My daughter's is a twin and I think it might hold 150-200 lbs. but I wouldn't want to try it long term. One of the notches that holds the slats recently broke and it didn't look like much was holding it in place.2. There is about two inches between the top of the slat and the top edge of the bed though so a thin piece of plywood would fit.
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You want a fairly solid foundation of support. If you go to Home Depot or Lowes, just take the thickest plywood they offer and have it ripped into 12" to 18" slats. You can go ever wider if you can easily manipulate such a heavy piece of wood.
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Yes. You will probably need a board for memory foam. The bottom are just metal slats.
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I wouldn't put it directly on slats. I guess it would mainly depend on distance between slats though... Anything more than 4 or 5 inches probably not. I would buy a sheet of plywood and place that down on the slats first and put the mattress on that.
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It has steel slats across and then a heavy wire grid work of about 4x4 squares over the slats. We use it with a foam mattress and it supports it just fine. Several guests have slept there and all have commented that it's very comfortable.
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Nathan,At my place we are about 200lbs. There is some minor flex. The construction allows some flex. At the weight expressed I would recommend a middle support to insure it will be sound for the long term. If you add your own supplemental support be sure to focus the support on the frame and not on the cross member slats.
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If you put a piece of thin plywood on it it will hold the mattress but it depends if it is a metal frame or a regular twin with head and foot board
384790
The wood slats are about 12 inches off the ground and support my conventional mattress without a box spring. I would however recommend a box spring if you are using a foam mattress
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It would need some sort of support for the bottom. Ours is in a RV on plywood and works fine. I think if there were gaps under it the mattress would be damaged over time. You could probably use a very thin sheet of plywood over your slats to support it.. maybe even 1/4". Hope that helps ;)
856617
The slats are not sturdy. Replace them with 2x6s on edge and then use plywood. Not box sprint will be required. Worked for me
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I have the Metolius simulator on it, and it's pretty heavy. I personally would not trust a thin piece of plywood because that plywood should support your weight + the holds and the board. The board is probably around 5-10 lbs.
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I already had a box springs and mattress, so used that. There are four 2x6 slates that run the width of the bed, but they are VERY rough wood. I think plywood and a mattress would work fine. I really like the looks of the bed, but wish I had the extra side rail for added stability (didn't know it was an option until I got the bed and instructions).
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there is a sturdy, black coated metal frame. it is quite heavy and seemingly durable! there are no wooden slats, but one center support.
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Not well unless it is placed on one slat across to secure. We got thin plywood covered with a fitted sheet and placed it over our slats and it worked great
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I bought this mattress for my son who has a platform bed. The bed had wooden slats as the platform, which I didn't feel would be strong enough. We bought 3/4 inch plywood and laid it over the slats.works perfect.
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There are no slats to hold a mattress. We bought a mattress foam board platform rather than a box spring in order to maintain a low level mattress for our daughter. That was perfect. This bed is full size bed not a twin, so order the right one.
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We have ours over a piece of plywood which works well but i think wooden slats would be just fine if, as one of the reviewers said, they are fairly close together.