I see that several people have used a plywood platform in addition to the slats. Do you know the dimensions of the plywood platform for the queen?
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I apologize. I'm not 100% percent sure and I will not be home for a while to measure. If ur looking into purchasing the same bed as I purchased be cautious. The whole bed is plywood and not very well made. So far it's held up but idk how long that's gonna last. Ohh and the assembly took a while but the extra storage was nice.
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I'm not sure what kind of air mattress you're planning to use, but I would think a piece of plywood or similar would be more supportive for an air mattress to be placed on this platform bed.
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We layed the mattress on a platform bed with slats that are 3in apart however I would recommend having lowes cut a piece of plywood and lay that on top of the slats.
1976008
Wood slats could certainly be used....we did, however use two twin box springs and it works great! Because the feet on the 9 legs are quite small, we bought square rubber pads to protect the carpet.
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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.
418023
Queen--very nice looking. Prepare to Gorilla Tape the slats tht hold matress in place or they slip out--not hard to do and it works well.
875959
The bed only comes wih four narrow slats that fit in across the bed area. You need a box spring or a large piece of plywood to keep the bed from squeezing through the open space when you lay on it.
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It requires something. I currently have it on my old king box springs (which are close to 2 twin box springs, but are longer)I plan on making a new box spring, as currently the old box springs make the bed a bit higher than I like. I also have a Queen (not linen spa) on a platform bed which has wood slats of about 2 inch spacing.You could easily place this on plywood...16" is plenty support.
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I have a queen...my mattress sits on the platform. It sits almost flush with the inside edges of the 4 pieces of the bed frame.
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I had to have mine customize and went to a lumber yard and had a piece of smooth lumber cut aleast 4 inch wider on all four corner to make sure I had enough room to work around on the board I hope this answers your question which measured the size of a queen size bed way larger than I thought it would had been
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Unless there is some big difference with a CA king size, I wound say right in the metal is fine... we have a queen and absolutely don't need plywood. Just my opinion, hope it helps.
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i have the queen size nomad and i took some other people's recommendations and got pegboard - it's much lighter than plywood but still serves the purpose. I went to my local home depot and they cut the plywood to fit. so easy! i've had the bed for years now and the pegboard works great.
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It depends on what you're looking for. I've used a memory foam mattress on both slats and solid plywood. On the solid plywood the mattress felt much firmer. I prefer the feel with slats
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It comes with slats that replace a box spring. They are easy to install and on the king size mattress seem to give a lot of support to the bed. You could probably put plywood across on the lip of the frame but it really is not necessary.
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Nope! Mine is on 1x4 wooden slats. It's quite a bit cheaper than a box spring. Also stronger. Hope that helps.
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I have a standard queen size mattress. The box spring isn't really necessary with the wood slats.
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You can use a platform (plywood sheets with 12" foam mattress) or a box spring with a spring mattress. I used a plywood platform and a 12" foam mattress. Excellent quality bed BTW.