Sprung bed slats

[Minerva]

On a secondhand boat listing, I noticed what looked to be cut to size / down sprung bed slats and placed under the double bunk.

This strikes me as a very good idea, both from a ventilation POV but also, and primarily from a comfort POV.

Has anyone done this and is it as simple as buying something like these;

LURÖY slatted bed base, 160x200 cm - IKEA

and cutting them into the shape of the curved berth?

Thanks

 

[Fr J Hackett]

A well known trick did it on two boats, it's been mentioned on here several times.

If you are cutting down the slats trim both ends rather than take it all off one end particularly for the short ones.

 

[Clancy Moped]

I can recommend these https://www.svb24.com/en/bedflex-marine-bed-system.html I've linked to this site as their own site seems to have issues

 

[Minerva]

I can recommend these https://www.svb24.com/en/bedflex-marine-bed-system.html I've linked to this site as their own site seems to have issues

That’s good - Do they have middle supports at the slidey middle sections / still offer springiness when there’s two in the bed?

They look like they’d be much, much easier to set up than cutting down a set of double bed slats but I fear they might not offer quite the same level of comfort…

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Best go for two single sets

 

[Neeves]

As mentioned:

We used 2 single sets of curved bed slats from IKEA for about 15 years, I'm sure there are other sources. From memory you cannot buy a 'double' bed slat - you need to buy 2 (as singles - then cut them back).

Most people I know, not that I have conducted a survey, sleep each on their own side of the bed - 2 singles work well. . I think a double, queen or king bed slat would be too long and simply flatten - hence 2 singles.

Jonathan

 

[Clancy Moped]

That’s good - Do they have middle supports at the slidey middle sections / still offer springiness when there’s two in the bed?

They look like they’d be much, much easier to set up than cutting down a set of double bed slats but I fear they might not offer quite the same level of comfort…

Yes they do, and if you want to order extra ones you can, they just slide on.

https://www.svb24.com/en/bedflex-rubber-pads-for-bed-system.html

 

[Graham376]

We bought double bed slats from Compass24 many years ago, which we cut down to suit shape of bed. Good investment as stopped any condensation under foam mattresses. Compass no longer sell that product but similar to SVB's.

 

[Bouba]

You can usually find them for free most weeks waiting outside people’s houses to be picked up with the trash…enquire within to see if they are bed wetters

 

[Martin&Rene]

Putting in slats does improve the ventilation under a mattress.

However, the basic problem on a yacht is that the wood or fibreglass base to the bed has minimum insulation value and so the base of the bed is at the temperature of the bilge or seawater at around 10-12deg. Hence the condensation from having warm moist air above it.

The solution is to put insulation UNDERNEATH the bed base. I used 25mm Eurothane board.

Recticel Eurothane GP Insulation Board 2.4m x 1200 x 25mm

Cut with the a knife into pieces you can get through the access hatches, but the cutting does not need to be 100% accurate. Strip the Al film off the top side and glue with something like Sticks like sh*t. The boards are so light and the glue is tacky so there is no problem sticking them.

This shows one of the hatches with the board attached on its underside.

We sleep in the back cabins and the only moisture on the bed bases is over the batteries as I cannot put any foam there. It really does make a big difference whilst we found ideas like dry-mat made little difference. If you sleep in the front cabin, I would even double up the thickness of board.

 

[mrangry]

I have the froli star bed system in two of the cabins and going to try the wooden bed slats in the third one. Whilst I didnt notice any difference in comfort using the froli system I did notice a lot less condensation