What kind of foundation to choose?

[davemascera]

@Sensei

Hey davemascrera,

Apologize for the delayed response and thanks for uploading the pic, it’s a beautiful brass bed .

I’m using the crystal cove. The wool mattess is currently being used as soundproofing in my recording studio after it beat out owens corning 703 in empirical tests (lol).

Excellent use of the wool mattress, lol. I love a good “repurposing” tale, happy to hear it’s getting a second life (sounds like a fun one at that).

The crystal cove is on the ground and we are very satisfied with how it feels there. My fiancee simply prefers the bed to be raised…I wouldnt say I had a DIY setup more than that I modified a commercial product. I’m extremely handy, but time has been at a premium for me the past few months. I would consider this route if it could truly offer the best results.

I dropped by Brentwood’s site and did some investigating on your Crystal Cove hybrid. As you probably know, the CC is a dual sided, flippable mattress, perhaps somewhat changing the feel to one slightly firmer upon flipping. As far as added support goes, you should get the desired feel for your mattress using either a slatted wood foundation or torsion foundation. I know you weren’t happy with the Wayfair slatted wood foundation but there are definitely better options out there, many of the TMU trusted members offer quality slatted wood RTA foundations that would be more supportive, you may want to ask questions directly to them for more details. You may also enjoy Phoenix’s post #1 “The Best Foundations or Base for a Latex Mattress”, offers good information that is helpful for your research.

Hope this helps a little, davemascrera. Good luck with your decision and hope things work better with your new brass bed frame configuration. Interested in hearing a future report on how your experiment goes… .

Thanks,
Sensei

Hmm, so that post makes mention to slatted foundations with multiple center beams, but I checked every single one of those links and they look like they all just have one. It also seems like some exaggerate the lack of distance between slats and don’t really go into detail about the hardware involved (like for example, if the slats are actually screwed in, or if they are expected to hold still due to the weight of the bed).

I’m a little confused about how these could truly be ‘better quality’ than the one I bought from wayfair, so any elaboration would be great. Pine is more or less the default wood where I come from, so if pine is the preferred wood for this job (not sure why it would be, considering it is relatively lacking in stiffness, and is relatively bad with rot resistance compared to more colored woods), I’m not sure where or how wayfair would be skimping. It’s just difficult to understand how I wouldn’t end up in the exact same situation if I’m purchasing what more or less looks like the same exact foundation made out of the same materials.

I think I really might be leaning towards the DIY torsion board after reading that post and thinking about how well I’ve slept with this mattress on the ground. Maybe drill some holes and install a bunch of computer fans to create an active ventilation system :lol: