Do you need a box spring for this frame? Which mattes would be better - a memory foam or one with inner coils?
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I always use a box spring with my beds. Also, you would need to order a frame....this is only the headboard. I have a regular mattress and box spring on my beds. Not sure about the memory foam mattresses.
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Love this bed! We used a boxspring with our memory foam mattress and the support was very good, the slats are too far apart for just the memory foam mattress, you could use plywood as a base.
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No I hooked my onto the open metal bed frame so I did not need a box spring for my queen frame.the whole frame came boxed and you unfolded it. Then I got brackets that go with the frame. If you do have a regular frame just hook the head board to it. I bought the folding frame so I could store boxes under the frame. All came from Amazon.
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Hello Kris,A steel base, a standard foundation ( not box springs with coils ) and or a platform bed are all ideal bases to go under the memory foam mattress. The harder the surface, the better the memory foam mattress will perform. In short a box spring is not required. Just a firm surface to go under the mattress!Hope this helps,Steve
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I used a platform bed frame that has multiple slats and no need for a box spring. It is firm and very comfortable, perfect for that platform bed.
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It is smooth, but not a solid frame. I have my mattress only it, no box springs and works perfect. Is the memory foam more flimsy or how thick is it? My mattress is about 14 inches thick.
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I purchased the Handy Living Slat Bed Frame from Amazon for a mattress I wound up returning. Chuck from Dreamform told me it would work great with this bed. For Latex/Foam beds, you generally want a more solid support than box springs. You also want good ventilation to prevent mold. one way to do this is with slats, which shouldn't be more than 3" apart. The Handy Living frame was the most inexpensive foundation that I could find that met these requirements, but you may consider paying more for something with hardwood / more rugged.
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With foam beds you want to make sure you put it on a foundation. A foundation will look exactly like a box spring, but it will have no springs in it. A foundation will sit on your frame just like your current box spring does.
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This metal frame comes in 2 pieces and has less of a gap between the 2 frame pieces. However, this one has fairly thin (yet strong) cross bars. As far as a foam mattress is concerned, I would imagine that you would need to place at least a piece of plywood between the mattress and the base, irrespective of the frame you choose. Even though the Sleep Master Elite has wider cross bars, I would imagine that over time it would wear into an all foam mattress. I have a standard mattress on there and did not find the need for anything underneath it. Hope this helps!
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Memory foam mattresses are meant to be placed on a level platform. However, as a clever bit of marketing, box springs are often sold with them. If you want, you may place this mattress on a box spring, but it is neither necessary, nor good for the life of the mattress.
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The manufacturer claims, you don't nee to. but when you look at actual frame work, it makes you wonder, 70 pounds mattress with 300+ pounds weight of two people might force some of these intermittent metal rods to leave behind ridge marks on your mattress over time. on the safer side, use of a card board (from packaging material form this frame )provides extra protection and it does not make any difference in excellent comfort provided by memory foam mattress.
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Yes, a memory foam mattress does not require a box spring or a mattress to support it. The mattress itself is fully sustainable on its own. For the first few months I had it on the floor and then bought a platform bed frame to put it on. It was a very cost effective move to purchase this mattress. Hopes this helps :-)
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Probably foam because the frame has springs. If you use it with a mattress with internal springs, that might be too springy.
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It is critically important to use a good solid foundation, rather than a box spring with Memory foam mattresses. I've had a bedinabox mattress for 5 years. I love it, and i recently tried it on a box spring after another memory foam bed needed a foundation. Now this bedinabox mattress dumps me out of bed if I get near the edge, because the box spring sags when I do. Get the very good bedinabox oak foundation...
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Unless you put a sheet of plywood over it I wouldn't use it for a memory foam mattress. I haven't used it with one, but I have a feeling that the struts across the top would either puncture or sink into the memory foam. What you see is actually a cover that just goes over the frame itself. It's just cloth.
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If memory serves, their larger beds have a large, elevated beam running down the middle, annyway. So, six_one, half dozen the other... W/a memory foam bed, I doubt you'd feel much of a bump in the middle. Another reason to never buy another box spring mattress.
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you need either slats or box spring. Also,1 year later and I hate this mattress so I don't thinkI would recommend it. Where as I would wake up rested, now I wake up with my back sore.I think its the support diminishing overtime but you would expect a mattress to be good for a few years no?