In an attempt to temporarily fix our seating problem for the upcoming housewarming party we picked up these “mattress legs” to put on our spare boxspring/mattress set up. The plan was to push it against a wall and set up big comfy pillows on the back for a big comfy couchbed! It would’ve been brilliant!
Though the website doesn’t say it, the Ikea catalogue says “fits most boxsprings”. This is utter bollocks. First off, the bolts come with no nuts to fasten them tightly through any holds in the woodend part of the boxspring you’ll make. They expect the wood depth to be the same as the bolt and for the legs to just screw right in.
And then there’s the placement of the hole. Our boxspring — and all others I’ve seen — don’t have two inches of wood along the bottom that you can bolt things into. Usually the bottoms are just one by fours. Because of this, the hole doesn’t even line up with any wood.
So Mel made some “risers” to put into the angle bracket. Unfortunately it didn’t work all that well because they’re just sliding out now that the legs are on the floor. I wouldn’t trust them to hold any weight.
We’ll be making a trip to the hardware store tomorrow to get some more wood/parts to fix this.
Oh, and we’ve got a great loveseat/hide-a-bed that Fatrick dropped off. Don’t worry housewarming guests, you’ll have places to sit!
Don’t forget to check http://www.vancouvergamingguild.com (and the forums thereat) now that you’re in the big city