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Rosiemom
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Username: Rosiemom
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003 - 9:43 am: | 
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We just moved in to our house and unfortunately are unable to get either our double or queen box spring up the stairs (the staircase is too narrow at key points). I've been told that we need to cut the box spring in half. Anyone have experience with this? |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1250
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003 - 9:53 am: |
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Yup. Our mattress made it up but no luck with the box spring. We bought a two-part folding box spring at Orange Mattress on Springfield Ave -- they have lots of experience with this. |
Pierce Butler
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Username: Pierce_butler
Post Number: 108
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003 - 10:13 am: |
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This happened to us as well. Saw the boxspring in half and fold it so it fits up the stairs. When you get it to where it needs to be, use wooden "splints" to fix it. For the splints, just get a two-by-four at Home Depot and have them cut it into one-foot lengths. Use one splint for each cut you make in the boxpsring (probably four). For each splint, you will need two screws, two hex nuts, and four washers (I forget the sizes but I might have them written down somewhere -- if I do, I will follow up). Just place each splint across where you have made each cut, drill a hole on either side of the cut through the splint and into the frame of the boxspring, and attach the splint using the screws, washers, and nuts.
It's pretty easy -- we did it and we're not very handy. If you have a saw and a drill, it's much cheaper than buying a new boxspring, and you'll never know the difference sleeping on it.
Good luck.
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Mergele
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Username: Mergele
Post Number: 20
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003 - 10:43 am: |
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When I moved my queen bed into my second floor master 2 years ago, I had the same problem - my hallway is closed and has a turn halfway up. After much agonizing, I called the mattress people (dial-a-mattress, maybe??) and less than 24 hours later, they delivered a split queen box spring. It comes in 2 pieces and fit up the stairs with no problem.
Of course the original box spring is still in my garage in the box that the movers packed it in...
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Chris Dickson
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Username: Ironman
Post Number: 812
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003 - 9:04 pm: |
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Or you can take off the roof of your house and have the box spring helicoptered in ...
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C Bataille
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Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 1569
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 4, 2003 - 8:04 am: |
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Yes, we had the same problem years ago. (Not a new set so no option to just have it replaced by the merchant.) I counted the number of (steel) braces I would need and measured the size so I could shop halfway knowledgeably at Home Depot. (I think I found ones that were about 6 inches in length, with little holes in each end.) Then I gathered my courage together and sawed the box spring in half on the kitchen floor. We brought the halves upstairs and I marked the slats, drilled holes and reassembled it with braces, sheetmetal screws and wingnuts. It's been absolutely fine for the last dozen or so years. It really is not hard, but it does take a little leap of faith (in yourself) if you're not really all that handy.
Cathy |
jgberkeley
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Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3162
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 4, 2003 - 11:50 am: |
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We dismanteled a large window on the stair landing. When removed to the house framing we were able to bring the box spring unit in.
Then we re-built the window back into the casing and re-did the paint.
When we move, it will come out by saw. |
Joan
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Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 1977
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 5, 2003 - 11:51 am: |
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We solved the problem by getting a a king size bedframe which supported two twin size matresses that swing apart for cleaning and bedmaking. |
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