It fit almost perfectly.
Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.
I did have to do without the box spring cause that just made the bed way too tall.
Used our waterbed frame.
You will need roughly 21 or 22 of these.
Moving from a waterbed to a regular mattress can affect your budget.
Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom.
It s so hard to make the bed.
Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have.
We converted our waterbed to regular mattress.
If you currently already own a hard side waterbed you should have everything you need to change your water bed back into a regular bed.
I didn t want to give up my storage.
Nov 28 2016 is it possible to convert waterbed to regular bed.
Prop it up behind the new bed pushing against the headboard and the wall.
You may have extra room on the ends and on each side but not enough to make a difference.
1 attach a hose to the waterbed.
The exact number will vary according to your individual bed s frame size.
Even with the low profile box spring.
Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use.
For example in a matter of 2 hours you can easily convert you old bed back into a conventional coil spring mattress or even one of the popular specialty mattresses like latex memory foam airbed or softside waterbed.
Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame.
The frame is on a pedestal.
Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important.
Ours is a simmons.
Vacuum out the boxed frame.
Lay the mattress in the frame.
While you cannot convert a waterbed mattress into a standard one you can convert a waterbed frame to hold a conventional mattress without a lot of fuss and muss.
We have a california king mattress set inside a waterbed frame.
Step 3 lay these new slats onto the side rails as closely together as possible.
While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do.
It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal.
Remove it from the waterbed frame.
Basically all we did was take out the water bed mattress and put the new 3 4 sized box spring and mattress right inside the waterbed frame.