Anyone use this on a steel platform frame? If so, has the mattress held up well? The seller says I MUST use plywood underneath but I don't want to...
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I would like to say you can. But I just keep it on the floor without box spring because I am lazy to get one. I hope someone else can answer that.
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I have a traditional box spring foundation and it's fine, no problems at all. I think this mattress would be best on a solid type of surface like the top of a box spring or a platform type foundation--I'm not sure about a slatted bed frame, but the mattress is very firm, and the bottom is a different, stiffer fabric that is stretched tighter and it isn't padded and soft like the top of the mattress is, so I think it would be fine even on a slatted bed.
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We have been using ours with a low profile box spring since april and so far there has been zero problems! The bed is holding up great and we couldn't be happier with it! One word of advice, if you want to see the headboard at all on this thing, don't use a standard box spring! We have a very short low profile box spring and we can barely see the headboard, and that was a big reason we liked this frame so much! Lol.
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Thanks for the questions. You may use 1/2" - 3/4 plywood if you like it will be fine, the only issue may be that the mattress may sit too low, personal preferance? Please feel free to call toll free at 1 866 753 8001 or go to the website at thegoodtimber.com
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I bought a double or full-size mattress and supported it with plywood without a box spring. The mattress alone is just as thick as my old mattress and box spring combined. I use my same fitted sheets, and they fit okay. The bottom fitted sheet works okay, but it doesn't tuck underneath the mattress.
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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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Probably not. Ours is on a platform frame and it's working fine. Use a box spring only if there's no support under the mattress, like with a plain metal frame.
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I did so with the memory foam mattress I purchased for my daughter's bed without problem. Mine is on a platform foundation. Realize that the box spring configuration is less firm. I have no idea about the long term effects of putting one on a box spring. My daughter loves hers.
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I put a memory foam mattress directly on top and it was fine. I would suggest putting a flat sheet under the mattress and covering the metal part of the frame. it isn't that pretty looking
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I was skeptical about the wooden slats too, me being 300+lbs was nervous even getting on. months later, holds great extremely comfortable. Don't think a metal frame would match up & or fit in there instead of the wooden slats. No box spring needed. I really like it.
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I believe you can just put it on a platform. I have the wooden platform myself and It seems to hold up the mattress really well.
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We have this mattress on a wood platform frame not on a box spring. It is a really comfortable mattress.
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We put the mattress on the Sleep Master Platform frame and it has been fine. The mattress is great.
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I am using a slatted base and it works fine. I was worried about the foam bending through the slats, but it has not. I should also mention that I kept a clean piece of cardboard from the interior of the box that the mattress shipped in, and put this piece of cardboard under where our bodies go. It seems to have done the trick - and for free!
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Wow, that sounds like a nice idea, but I'm really not sure. The mattress fits exactly on top of this platform so the platform might slip down inside the frame like a box spring would, but you might have to remove any hardware on the inside of the wooden frame that is built to hold the box spring in place because this hardware will interfere with the metal platform as it has legs to rest on the floor. I would check on the return policy and give it a try because this platform is a brilliant alternative to a box spring. It was easy to set up and way comfortable.
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You need some underlayment because, as others have noted, it is only a frame. We used 1x4 slats and a sheet of plywood...after a year, it seems to be doing fine.
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I m using a queen size on a queen wooden bed frame instead of a box spring. But I do have wooden slats under it. I would say you should be able to use it the same way you used a box spring on the same bed. If you didn't have any support under the box spring then you probably won't need it under the bunky board. But I can't say for sure because I used slats with the box spring and the bunky board.