An extra-large quality mattress can cost more than $ 1,000. If you are on a limited budget, this may mean buying a second class mattress, if you want to have a framework to go with it. As an alternative, you can build a simple platform frame of pine and plywood, a project that costs less than $ 50 and takes only a few hours. Although these plans are for an extra large mattress, you can adjust the dimensions to accommodate smaller mattresses.
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Instructions
1 Plywood 1 Cut and beams to the required lengths.
2 Sand all sides of the wood.
3 Line of the four beams, side by side and parallel to each other, resting on their 2-inch-wide faces. Arrange them so that the outer edges of the two outer beams are 76 inches apart and the two inner beams are spaced evenly between them.
4 Place the two sheets of plywood on top of the joists, side by side, with their outer edges aligned with the outside of the joists.
5 Screw the sheets of plywood into place with three screws spaced evenly per sheet per bundle. Insert the screws through the plywood and into the edge of the beam below.
Tips and warnings
- You can paint or frame it, but it will be practically invisible once you put the mattress and bedding on it.
- If you build this frame on a level and flat surface, like the garage floor, it is not necessary to stabilize the beams while the plywood is placed. If that is not possible, connect the beams one at a time and do not worry about the other beams that fall. Only realign each beam as they come to work on it.
- These dimensions are a standard marriage framework. California King frames need beams 84 inches long and 72 inches of plywood measuring by 42 inches.