Is there any reason you can't put a traditional boxspring and mattress on top of this? I'm looking for a reliable replacement for an old metal frame
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No. You don't need the boxsprings if you want a regular height bed. I have innerspring mattresses on the base and they are fine.
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Yes. There are mattress frames that remove the need for a box frame that work great.
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Thanks for your interest in the bed. This is a platform bed so the mattress just sits on a platform. If you put a box spring under the mattress you would be too high. You could possibly remove the platform and set the box spring down into the frame but I cannot say for sure as I don't have one to look at in person.ThanksRussell WestWest Furnishings
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That is correct. This frame was designed with the new memory foam mattresses in mind. There's a foot of storage space underneath. I haven't used a regular mattress on this frame but I can't see why it wouldn't work.
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Chandramohan , I built my own frame out of 2x6 . The box springs and mattress rest on top . I also screwed the frame ( head board, foot board and both side rails ) together because they kept coming apart . Now it is one solid frame. After a lot of doing this and doing that , it is finally the way I believe it should be. If I had to do this over again I would probably just buy a bed from some place like Rooms to Go and let the store employees deliver and put the whole thing together and leave all the work out of it for me.
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Not sure we had a box spring we just put it on top of that. No problems. It is a good mattress.
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I used the metal frame made for a queen sized memory foam mattress. It is easy to put together and take apart. It holds the mattress well; there is little shifting due to movement during sleep. This mattress is also so thick that a more traditional frame and box spring would make it too high for most people.
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You don't need a box spring. This is the main purpose of this frame. It's surface is well supported just to hold the mattress w/o a box spring. Also, floor to the top of the frame is 14 inches. For me it will be too high if you put both box spring and mattress and will look ugly. But if you really want to put a box spring, of course you can put it. Frame doesn't have raised edges, so you can put anything on it. Also as the frame doesn't have raised edges, mattress tends to move on it. This will be a real problem if you have a box spring on it as resistance will be even less.
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You do NOT need a boxspring underneath it, just a platform. You can't just place the mattress on a bedframe, it will fall through, unless you created some sort of platform with a lot of slats or something. We purchased a metal platform from Amazon that works great with this mattress, or you can purchase them as a set. The platform looks kinda flimsy but it is sturdy enough to hold me and my husband. Together we weight about 450 pounds. The memory foam is great! You never feel the platform and it resumes it's shape quickly when rolling over. We highly recommend this mattress.
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If you are wanting to put both mattress and the box spring on it, yes you can. It will just sit higher than the normal basic frame. If you want to just put the mattress on it with no box spring, yes, you can do that also. This frame is designed to replace the box spring. It's mostly going to depend upon the thickness of the mattress for comfort. I hope this helps.
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I think you would need a king boxspring. Otherwise there would be not support in the middle to hold up the twin boxspring.Sincerely,Russell WestWrest Furnishings
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It's not necessary, but you could ... just make sure the box spring has a structure of supports that are pretty close together so you don't end up with sagging sections. Remember, the foam mattress doesn't have as strong a "frame" to keep it from drooping in between slats. It works best on a platform frame -- try searching Amazon.com for "platform bed frame" to see a good idea of the support it should have. I have a queen-size Sleep Master metal bed frame foundation that works great (I just bought 12 risers to raise it up another few inches). Hope that helps!
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The bed frame don't have the support to hold a box spring so the box spring will move a around on you when you lay it on the frame. So my opinion would be just to uses it with just a mattress. But I love the bed frame.
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Your use the box spring. It has wood slats you attach to the side rails and then the box spring and mattres sit on top. You won't need a metal frame with this. I love my bed by the way.
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Yes, I use a frame under the box spring. Whether it's necessary or not, I couldn't tell you. I just have a regular metal frame, nothing fancy.
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I don't see why not just keep in mind add height of the box spring. We have a memory foam mattress on ours and it sits 24" above the floor. A box spring would bring us up to around 32". I think this frame takes the place of a box spring quite well.
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You can try...I had to re-enforce the middle support. it was cheap and flimsy and honestly broke within days. I think it would look a little funky to have the box spring under the mattress on this bed. it's made to be used without a box spring.