Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Making room for a "real" queen size mattress

Before we ever took a trip in our "new" (to us) 5th wheel rig, we knew we were going to have to upgrade the mattress to an actual queen size.  Our previous trailer had an RV queen which is almost like a full size, and sometimes it was a struggle to get a good night's sleep..  The gentleman we bought this trailer from had kept his mattress, so we took the opportunity to enlarge the base a little by adding a layer of plywood over the existing platform and simply cutting it larger so as to accommodate a true queen size mattress.  Then we ordered a memory foam mattress, similar to what we slept on at home, from Walmart Online.
When it arrived it was packed into an amazingly small box. The instructions said to position it near the place it would be used before opening.  No Kidding!  Once the bindings are cut it begins to expand immediately.  After a day the expansion was complete and the mattress was ready for use.
This type of mattress works very well with a simple plywood platform and the cost is reasonable. These mattresses can be ordered in various thicknesses, so be sure of what your setup can accommodate before ordering.  A 12" mattress may crowd your headroom and cost more, while a 6" or 8" mattress will cost less and fit your needs better.