Couple of purchasers mention lack of support or sinking through the slats...would laying a piece of plywood between mattress and supports help with th
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If placed correctly you don't have to do that. Our daybed holds my grown son who is 250 lbs. if you place plywood, you get a really firm bed!!!
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I purchased a "bunkie" board from sleepy's to put under the mattress and the support much better! I think I paid about $100 for twin size. You could use plywood but risk getting splinters when you tuck in sheet / blankets to make the bed. You definitely some support under the mattress. All around it is a nice quality piece for the money! Good luck!
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I put my futon mattress directly on the slats, without adding any plywood or anything else. I find that the bed frame is able to support the futon mattress very well and is very comfortable. I was very pleased with this frame which I have been using for about 2 years.
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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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We just purchased a metal frame for it and seems to work fine. However, it would be nice if the mattress had more support around the edges.
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I used a frame and put supports down and then covered that with a sheet of plywood. The mattress cannot sit independently on a frame, it is too soft. My daughter has a similar mattress and we have a box spring under it. Both ways seem to work fine so I would simply choose whichever costs less.
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Yes very heavy/sturdy we love ours you will have to reinforce the support of the mattress slats .... we used plywood
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No. you could get some plywood and put that on top of the support system, but the spacing of the support system alone is too wide to support your mattress without a box spring or plywood under the mattress.
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The support is in the middle but it hasn't stopped us from storing things under the beds. The platform for the mattress is high enough that we can get good size boxes underneath. The center supports are nothing more than a 1" square post. We actually put some of that foam water pipe insulation around them to save our toes.
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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.
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Nope. The rigid wooden slats seem to provide plenty of support for a mattress.
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Yes, the support bar underneath the slats is from very lightweight wood. We have replaced the supports with much sturdier wood and now they will support more weight.
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Your are going to need a box spring or at the very least a piece of plywood cut to size . If you have or get a box spring you will need at least 5 slats ,if you go with plywood you may need less.
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We are currently using 12 inch memory foam mattresses (we have 3, one queen and two full). Seems fine, but I am contemplating on adding sanded plywood or some sort of flat surface for additional support. It's also a little lower than a standard bed, the other option instead of plywood would be using a box spring. I agree with the other reviewers, the center legs are very tiny. The slats are also not "finished" (sanded), so it does damage the part of the tucked sheet, thus my thought on using finished plywood or better yet, a box spring.
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there are slats..which we currently have our mattress on..it's ok. If I wanted it perfect I would get a "bunky board" type board to put over slats. they sell them at bedding stores. There is wood supports in the middle.
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It's shipped with three wood slats that screw in place and each slat has a support leg in the center. Just the three slats probably isn't enough support for a mattress without a box spring, but the lip that the supplied slats rest on runs the entire length on both sides of the frame, so you could easily throw some more slats in there (or a sheet of plywood) for more support.
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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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The wood supports they use to hold the mattress up are awful but you can use a piece of plywood with a few pieces of 2x4 to support both a box spring and mattress. If you aren't handy I wouldn't purchase this item.