We have a california king mattress set inside a waterbed frame.
Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.
I did have to do without the box spring cause that just made the bed way too tall.
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.
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.
Remove it from the waterbed frame.
Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have.
I didn t want to give up my storage.
Vacuum out the boxed frame.
Have to lift the mattress out of the frame.
Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame.
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.
Moving from a waterbed to a regular mattress can affect your budget.
There was a space of about 10 inches or so right underneath the headboard so we stuck some small pieces of board inside there to stop the box spring from shifting.
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.
While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do.
Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom.
It fit almost perfectly.
Prop it up behind the new bed pushing against the headboard and the wall.
Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important.
Ours is a simmons.
It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal.
The exact number will vary according to your individual bed s frame size.
Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use.
You may have extra room on the ends and on each side but not enough to make a difference.
Step 3 lay these new slats onto the side rails as closely together as possible.
Lay the mattress in the frame.
Even with the low profile box spring.
The frame is on a pedestal.
It s so hard to make the bed.
Nov 28 2016 is it possible to convert waterbed to regular bed.
Used our waterbed frame.
We converted our waterbed to regular mattress.