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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: Making things better

Hide-a-bed

bought and cut some waferboard to fit and attached it to the hide-a-bed frame with plumber's tape and wood screws. works very well.

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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:03 am Post subject:

Wow. With the flimsy metal frames sans the plywood those things are heavy enough. I would imagine the total weight of that behemoth has increased to 1.2 tons Question

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject:

nah... used 7/16" thick waferboard... it added about another 80% of the mattress in weight. next time it gets moved, just take the mattress out first. Very Happy

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:

fear_nothing wrote:
Wow. With the flimsy metal frames sans the plywood those things are heavy enough. I would imagine the total weight of that behemoth has increased to 1.2 tons

I'd say the increase of weight is well worth the improvement in sleep. Having slept on one of those and had the metal bar in your back all night really sucks. Remember that Seinfeld episode with a fold out couch and everyone that slept on it was screwed up the next day?

Great idea Slymer!

EEps · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

Sooo...did you "break" it in or test it? Blush Smile

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:29 am Post subject:

They say that necessity is the mother of invention! Looks great! Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:39 am Post subject:

nah... necessity is the mother of riggin' it. leisure is the mother of invention. gotta have down time to think up this kinda stuff (or other people that have a version of it that you can make better like I did)

and yes... laid on it to test it... lays very well... nice and firm... didn't break it in though. We'll leave that for the next guest we have overnight.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:16 am Post subject:

[quote="Slymer"]
did a boo-boo and double posted but it won't let me delete it. Embarassed

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:21 am Post subject:

[quote="Slymer"]

and yes... laid on it to test it... lays very well... nice and firm.../quote]

getting laid on it might have been more fun and a better test, S|y Wink

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:41 am Post subject:

it's in the living room and the cat likes to get in the blinds when people are around... so I didn't feel like giving the outside world a free show.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

Slymer wrote:
it's in the living room and the cat likes to get in the blinds when people are around... so I didn't feel like giving the outside world a free show.

Acceptable answer Razz

EEps · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:25 am Post subject:

Slymer wrote:
it's in the living room and the cat likes to get in the blinds when people are around... so I didn't feel like giving the outside world a free show.

Um...weak answer. Put the cat in another room (ie garage/bathroom) and test the darn thing...shouldn't take more than a few minutes... Blush Smile

Besides that...if you did git video taped...you might make it on YouTube... Wink Smile

Just watch out fer that murfCAT...he likes to do those kinds of things... Shocking Smile

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject:

BamZipPow wrote:
Slymer wrote:
it's in the living room and the cat likes to get in the blinds when people are around... so I didn't feel like giving the outside world a free show.

Um...weak answer. Put the cat in another room (ie garage/bathroom) and test the darn thing...shouldn't take more than a few minutes...

Besides that...if you did git video taped...you might make it on YouTube... Just watch out fer that murfCAT...he likes to do those kinds of things...

I won't get into TMI... so I'll just say that it would take longer than the cat would accept and said room that cat would be shut up in would be none the better for it. that cat DOES NOT like closed doors within the house (already dug up the carpet under the closet door and the cat is declawed up front too.)