How to Make a Higher Boxspring

Box springs are manufactured in a vast array of depths, and in case you have a deep bed frame, one option for boosting your box spring’s height involves having a bunkie board, a stiff support that serves as a mattress substitute on bunk beds. Bunkie boards provide the same function on platform beds and, at the same fashion, raise box springs between 2 and 3 inches. But in case your box spring is not elevated with a bed frame, risers supply an alternative. The risers’ base plates screw in the box spring’s corners, and some risers feature natural wood tones which simulate the look of island beds.

Adding a Bunkie Board

Eliminate your bed and box spring up in the bed frame, getting help if they’re too heavy. Lay the bed and box spring on the ground. Measure the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the box spring with a tape measure to determine if it’s a typical size: double, 39-by-75; complete, 54-by-75; queen, 60-by-80; or king, 76-by-80.

Use the measurement to secure a bunkie board which matches the box spring’s dimensions. Lay the bunkie board around the ground with the upholstered side facing upward, and with the help of an assistant, lift it onto the bed frame.

Pick up the box spring, then positioning it in addition to this bunkie board and aligning it with the bunkie board’s corners. Make sure that the surfaces of the bed frame overlap the bunkie board along with the bottom edge of the box spring, which promotes a secure bedding ensemble.

Lift the mattress off the ground with a helper, putting it on top of the box spring in alignment with the box spring’s corners. Dress the bed.

Adding Risers

Boost off your mattress your box spring with an assistant’s help, then turn the box spring above, and so the wooden support under the box spring is visible beneath its covering. Eliminate a number of the covering if required for drilling the holes. Assess the width of the box spring’s wooden service in the corner.

Use this measurement to secure four acceptable risers, selecting the kind with base plates and comes. Position among the base plates on the box spring’s corner, sprinkle it atop the box spring’s wooden service.

Draw dots to mark the base plate’s position and repeat the process on all of the box spring’s corners. Drill holes on the dots, then mount the base plates by screwing them in the box spring’s corners. Expand the stem plates to the base plates.

Carefully turn over the box spring up, easing the risers onto the ground. Obtain help to lift the bed on the elevated box spring up, then dress the bed according to your preference.