any tips on how to measure out for a floating bed frame
im using 2x4 and already have an existing bed frame that measures 1982mm in length and 1283mm in width, so this frame would go underneath that already existing frame to make it look like it is floating, do i make the overhang the same as the thickness of the timber?
#Building a floating bedframe
silver glen
forest stratus
That photo you posted - is that the total height of the bed?
It seems about 2ft high?
silver glen
its about 1ft
forest stratus
The comment I had about the bed being too high to get into -- was I previously had a bed frame that was 20" (two lines of drawers) and then we put bunkie boards on top of it, and then a matress with a topper... I had to crawl on top of the bed and my wife needed step stool.
silver glen
oh wow lmao, no the bed is actually quite low in all honesty
the added 4 inch in height is probably going to make it sit a bit more normal height i think
forest stratus
I think you'll need to make it 7" (width of 2x 2x4s)
silver glen
in terms of height?
forest stratus
Yeah
silver glen
i wanted 2x4 as it would make it look like it would be sitting on the skirting board which i thought would look quite nice
silver glen
I think you'll need to make it 7" (width of 2x 2x4s)
whats the thought behind this if you dont mind me asking?
forest stratus
Well, you would have a 2x4" base frame: (with more cross members)
And then the second tier:
This is the part that has the overhang (with more blocking than shown)
silver glen
yep that was the idea
forest stratus
Then I'd do a sheet of 1/2" ply or so:
You end up with a stupidly strong torsion box
silver glen
so what overhang would you recommend to keep that bottom tier out of site
forest stratus
12" should be sufficient
You'd have to be 10 ft away with your eye level at 3 ft to see the bottom tier
silver glen
well the absolute furtherst you can be is 6ft
and i was thinking about half that at 6inchish
idk whether that would still allow it to be unseen
forest stratus
At 6' and 4' eye level it'd be about 6"
silver glen
right, and i feel like that wouldn't leave much weakness structurally
silver glen
great, my idea in my head is a little different to how you have it but i think it will work, the only difference is i would have more cross members on the bottom tier as i wanted to be able to put mdf on top and then the second tier on top of that woud literally just be the already existing ottomon bedframe rather than that decking, i may be a bit foolish as i assume i have no where near as much experience as you do as im still a young apprentice but i have very high ambitions
plus im going to fix this thing to hell because im very anxious about it
forest stratus
I don't know what the bottom of your bed frame looks like
The reason why I have two tiers is because I'm assuming that the bed sits on the 4 corners - and that there are no internal members that are flush with the bottom of the bed that can sit on top of the "bottom tier"
silver glen
well to an extent it would as it would sit in the 2 corners as no overhang would be needed but i dont know wether that would be enough or not, there is no internal members that will be flush to the bottom tier which is what im trying to kind of wrap my head around
im toying with the idea of joist hangers a little bit
forest stratus
With a 6" overhang??
I mean - maybe - if you're installing the joist hangers inside of your bed frame
silver glen
Problem is is that I want that mdf to sit on top of that bottom tier and then in a ways round have the top tier sit on top of that and be fixed at 2 sides to the mdf and the bottom tier and then you will have the overhang on the 2 sides not facing the wall somehow supported that isn’t seen when using the ottoman feature
silver glen
I don't kow that the MDF likes cantilevering
Yeah I know but surely 6 inches won’t hurt, it would be screwed into the 2x4 below and then the cross members below as well and then also screwed from underneath to the top tier
So literally everything it can so it doesn’t sag or bend