My wife and I were about to buy split box springs when I found this and figured I would give it a shot. It worked like a charm. You saved us a couple of hundreds of dollars! Thank you! Jessica Hill is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. Republishing posts in their entirety is prohibited.
Feel free to pin on Pinterest! Now that the box spring has been cut, it is time to fold it in half. You will need a few people for this step. Stand the box spring up on its side, with one person on each end. Use a fulcrum like a doorframe or my body in our case and carefully bend the box spring, bringing the two ends together.
Packing straps, bungee cords, or duct tape will all work to maintain the bend. Once you have managed to get the box spring into the room in which it will be living, you will need to properly put it back together.
Unstrap the box spring, and lay it flat on the floor. Lay something large, flat, and heavy, like a wooden bookcase, on top of the box spring to help it to flatten all the way out again. Leave it for a few hours or overnight. Once the metal springs are pretty much back into shape, you can work on shoring up the sawed wood frame. Screw those into the crosspieces as well. Use straight metal brackets screwed into the frame to reconnect the wood slats you sawed earlier.
At this point, the box spring is probably sturdier than it was before you cut it in half! Comments Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Everything worked just like the instructable said it would. Reply 2 years ago. Thanks so much for this.
Followed the instructions, am typing this on the bed in the upstairs bedroom where it belongs. Now how long until I get over the fear the boxspring will just split at any moment? Great idea! Saved my son and his new bride a few hundred dollars.
One suggestion from my wife: instead of cutting the fabric on the bottom remove it from one end back to just past the middle, then reattach it intact.
We've found that cats love to crawl up inside the bed if there is any opening. Even if it is a small one they will make it big enough to crawl through. It is true that during a move, the greatest obstacle has got to be the stairs.
That is why you should always entrust that tough feat to professional removalists who can handle the chore for you almost effortlessly due to their experience. Leave it all to them while you settle the easier tasks. Reply 5 years ago. Are you actually posting on a DIY website to convince people not to do things themselves?
It would be much more constructive to offer your expert advice as a professional mover so that people can do things themselves more easily. Great tutorial. Super helpful. Never would have expected the wires in the box to bend to that degree.
Advice if you're thinking about this: get the right tools and this is way better, easier and cheaper than buying a split box spring. Pre drill the holes! May want to buy a 6" clamp, too. You helped us save over dollars in wasted money. Instead of buying a split boxspring and paying to have it delivered, I performed surgery on the existing one. OMFG, it was perfect. Other than getting a huge scratch from a prematurely unfolding boxspring, it went nearly flawlessly.
I bought a Dremel Multi-max, which allowed me to speed through the wood with little resistance and no measuring. Excellent tutorial! I'd post my own photos but you nailed it. I have a very tight stairwell with a sharp deg turn in my new house and there was no way my queen size box spring was even close to getting upstairs.
Whole process probably took 2hrs to complete. I'm so excited to try this. I was wondering once a queen size box spring is folded if it will fit into a normal sized car. Has anyone tried this?
I am also probably going to move a few more times in my life and was wondering if there was a way to put it back together again where i could easily take it apart again while maintaining all the support of the box spring.
I know some people have posted about this but I'm not exactly sure what they did. Maybe if they could list parts or post a picture. Worked like a charm! We didn't need to completely fold, only needed to bend just enough to get up the stairs in our new house. This really did the trick. Use a hand saw or handheld buzz saw to break down the wood frame into smaller pieces. You can reuse these wood pieces for small garden projects or throw them in the compost pile , if you happen to have one.
And voila! With a little bit of effort, you saved your old mattress and box spring from the landfill! This process can take an hour or two of time and there are plenty of disposal options depending on your location. If your mattress needs to be tossed or you need more information, learn how to dispose of your mattress in different ways with our comprehensive mattress disposal guide.
Take a look at the Green Living section of our blog for more tips on living sustainably and making a positive impact on your environment. Have you broken down a mattress? Share your tips in the comments below! Related Posts. November 3, 9. September 30, May 19, 0.
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