Looking for my first "real" mattress with my soon to be wife, have a few questions/thoughts.

[phoenix]

Hi miles4,

My fiancé are I are gonna purchase the Brooklyn bedding mattress and give it a try.

Congratulations on your new mattress

You certainly made a great quality/value choice and I’m looking forward to your comments and feedback once you’ve received it and have had the chance to try it out.

I’ve scoured amazon and a few other sites trying to find a slatted frame with less than 3" gaps between the slats and can’t find much. Any ideas there? We’re looking for a king or possibly California king if we can find a frame in our budget in that size. California king frames are harder to find. I noticed ed on Amazon Zinus has some decent frames in our price range, but I don’t know what the slat sizing is. Is it okay to go up to 4 inch spacing? Or should I just keep looking for 3 in or less?

There were some guidelines and suggestions in my previous replies including …

Any foam mattress with a polyfoam support core will generally do best with a firm, flat, and evenly supportive support surface underneath it that has minimal to no flex under the mattress and for larger sizes with at least one center support beam that has good support to the floor to prevent any sagging in the middle of the mattress. The components (either a bedframe and foundation or a platform bed) need to be strong and durable enough to support the weight of the mattress and the people sleeping on it without some of the parts bending, sagging, shifting, or breaking with extended use. The support surface under the mattress (which may be slats or a steel or wire grid) should have enough surface area to prevent the mattress from sagging through any gaps or spaces in the support surface over time but still allow some airflow under the mattress. If a foundation has a slatted surface then I would suggest that the gaps between any slats are no more than about 5" (with 1 x 3 slats) although 4" or less would be better yet.

There is more information about the different types of support systems (bedframes and foundations or platform beds) that are generally suitable for different types of mattresses and some examples of each of them in post #1 here. I would also keep in mind that these are general guidelines and some manufacturers have requirements that may be different so I would always confirm with the retailer or manufacturer of your mattress that any support system you are planning to use under the specific mattress you purchase meets their warranty requirements and guidelines.

In other words you will need either a steel or wooden bedframe with a foundation or a platform bed that combines the functions of a bedframe and foundation. If you are using a support surface with slats then I would suggest gaps that are 4" or less since your mattress has a polyfoam support core.

Brooklyn Bedding also sells a foundation here[/url] that would be suitable although you would still need to purchase a steel or wooden bedframe. to go with it. There are some guidelines for bedframes in post #10 here.

The information in this topic may be helpful as well.

Phoenix