platform or floor or frame with plywood
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I've decided to spring for an all-latex flobed. I was wondering if there are pros and cons for what goes under it. I was thinking about starting off on the floor so if a baby falls off, it's less of a fall. I suspect this may be hard or uncomfortable to get out of bed with it sitting directly on the floor. Are there other disadvantages? All the platforms use slats underneath. Is there some advantage for letting the mattress breath underneath? What if I made my own platform by getting a sturdy bedframe and putting down plywood, then using the bed risers underneath the frame to get it up to normal height. Any disadvantage vs. a platform? I guess it is back to the question of floor underneath vs. slats underneath. |
Re: platform or floor or frame with plywood
| If you live in a humid or damp climate you should probably put your mattress on slats to allow air to circulate around it. It you live in a dry climate you can put it on anything: Slats, a foundation capable of bearing the weight of a latex mattress, plywood or even the floor. Unless you aren't very limber it's no more difficult getting out of a latex mattress on the floor than it would be just getting up from the floor itself. Although I have to say if you're going to spend the money for a quality mattress you really should treat it right and put it on a proper foundation. |
Re: platform or floor or frame with plywood
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"It you live in a dry climate you can put it on anything: " IMO, this should say "you MAY be able to put it on anything." One pint water/person/night is the ballpark figure, but some people lose much more. It's not like a standard coil mattress which can breathe. If this moisture accumulates at all between the latex and the substrate, you could have a problem. It's an issue to keep in mind, and research in your area. |
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mbubba wrote: I've decided to spring for an all-latex flobed. I was wondering if there are pros and cons for what goes under it. I was thinking about starting off on the floor so if a baby falls off, it's less of a fall. I suspect this may be hard or uncomfortable to get out of bed with it sitting directly on the floor. Are there other disadvantages? All the platforms use slats underneath. Is there some advantage for letting the mattress breath underneath? What if I made my own platform by getting a sturdy bedframe and putting down plywood, then using the bed risers underneath the frame to get it up to normal height. Any disadvantage vs. a platform? I guess it is back to the question of floor underneath vs. slats underneath. We never had any problem with regular HR (polyurethane) foam directly on the floor. (We live in California.) However, this certainly could be a problem in a more humid environment. To be safe, with an expensive latex mattress, I would recommend that you put SOMEthing underneath it that would allow it to breathe. You might ask someone at flobeds about this, but I would think that even a piece of wool of some sort would do the trick. Maybe even a newer synthetic type mattress pad that is designed to wick away moisture. So if you want it close to the floor, I think there are ways of doing that without building a platform, proper. You could even just put it across 2x4 lumber, I would think, and that would allow it to breathe underneath and you wouldn't need to "build" anything, just lay them out at proper spacing and the latex will hold them in place, believe me! |