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06-16-2021, 02:16 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Miami
Posts: 94
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Supporting a memory foam mattress?
If you are using a memory foam mattress, how are you supporting it?
Solid plywood surface?
Slats? If so, how wide and how far apart?
Some other method?
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06-16-2021, 07:18 AM
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#2
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,033
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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I fabricated a bed frame for my 6" memory foam mattress out of 1.5" angle steel and expanded steel sheet: https://www.skoolie.net/forums/f11/r...tml#post430042. Very solid and costs almost no storage space underneath the bed.
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06-16-2021, 08:30 AM
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#3
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 821
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Both of my 8” memory foam are supported with plywood bottoms & sides. the top mattress is the sofa. My storage space under the sofa/bed is the other extra long twin. Need all of the space I can get !!
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06-16-2021, 09:17 AM
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#4
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phatman
Both of my 8” memory foam are supported with plywood bottoms & sides. the top mattress is the sofa. My storage space under the sofa/bed is the other extra long twin. Need all of the space I can get !!
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The detail in your bus is gorgeous!! Did you do all of the painting yourself?
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06-16-2021, 10:36 AM
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#5
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Brazoria County, Texas
Posts: 821
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 32 Passenger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by adriennefer
The detail in your bus is gorgeous!! Did you do all of the painting yourself?
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My wife did all of the ceiling. I did a the rest.
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06-16-2021, 11:05 AM
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#6
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2,831
Year: 2007
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: Minotour
Engine: Chevy Express 3500 6.6l
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I did plywood on 2x4s, but I think it’s overbuilt
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06-16-2021, 02:34 PM
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#7
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Northern California (Sacramento)
Posts: 1,632
Year: 1999
Coachwork: El Dorado Fiberglass
Chassis: Ford E450
Engine: V10 Gas
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Plywood deck with Den-Dry on top. I'm going to put vent holes in the plywood and somehow evacuate the air with an small exhaust fan.
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06-16-2021, 03:07 PM
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#8
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Miami
Posts: 94
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Quote:
Originally Posted by musigenesis
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Thank you. I really like that idea. Nice air flow but good support.
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06-16-2021, 03:09 PM
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#9
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Miami
Posts: 94
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rucker
Plywood deck with Den-Dry on top. I'm going to put vent holes in the plywood and somehow evacuate the air with an small exhaust fan.
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How has the den-dry worked for you so far? Any issues at all?
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06-16-2021, 05:20 PM
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#10
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,404
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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I tried just plywood. BIG MISTAKE! I lifted the mattress one day and the underside was so disgusting that I wanted to throw it away.
I did manage to clean and sanitize to the point that I was able to keep it.
I promptly built a new platform with LOTS of ventilation. Five years, so far, without issues.
The expanded metal idea mentioned above sounds perfect.
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06-16-2021, 07:03 PM
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#11
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Miami
Posts: 94
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Has anyone that used plywood as the bed base paint it with something like Kills? If you did, has it helped with mold?
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06-16-2021, 09:42 PM
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#12
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,033
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RobOfYork
Has anyone that used plywood as the bed base paint it with something like Kills? If you did, has it helped with mold?
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I think the problem is that you get condensation between the mattress and the plywood, so even if the plywood is protected from the moisture, the mattress isn't.
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06-17-2021, 08:38 PM
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#13
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 95
Year: 2008
Coachwork: IC
Chassis: IC CE300
Engine: Maxxforce DT
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Queen size memory foam, 2x4 frame on hinges (can be lifted, aided by struts), yellow pine slats across 3/4"x2", 2" apart, 1 middle 2x3 in the length for rigidity.
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06-17-2021, 08:47 PM
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#14
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Northern California (Sacramento)
Posts: 1,632
Year: 1999
Coachwork: El Dorado Fiberglass
Chassis: Ford E450
Engine: V10 Gas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RobOfYork
How has the den-dry worked for you so far? Any issues at all?
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Not installed yet. Using the bed to stage the electrical. I'll post updates on the build part.
I'm up to three dedicated exhaust fans in the bus-Composting Toilet; Fridge Compressor (to evacuate heat); now the bed.
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07-01-2021, 01:06 AM
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#15
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: Baja often, Oregon frequently
Posts: 473
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Our hot little grubbies...
Chassis: Ford CF8000 ExpeditionVehicle
Engine: Cummins 505ci mechanical
Rated Cap: Five Heelers
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I was a traveling Physical Therapist for three decades.
I full-timed in a series of RecreationVehicles.
Irregardless of type, factory RecreationVehicles tend to hold moisture from breathing, cooking, and showers.
With the mattress laying on a sheet of plywood, some of that moisture can be trapped under the mattress.
Damp is bad, roving hordes of shambling fungus is worse.
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So, 'yes', I went with a different bed base on my ExpeditionVehicle conversion in 2003.
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I fabricated a metal mesh platform using 'expanded' steel welded to a steel frame.
This type of material is similar in appearance to window-screen... but on a larger stouter scale.
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It comes in steel or aluminum.
It comes in a variety of mesh openings; I vaguely recall I used something close to one-inch.
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Besides under-mattress ventilation, I built in steel because we tend to prefer rough logger tracks to remote mountain lakes for summers.
Winters are on isolated Baja beaches.
Based on my years of full-time in factory RecreationVehicles, screws into wood inevitably fail... and some inevitably fail sooner than others.
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For my ExpeditionVehicle build, I had the advantage of a different experience:
* we delivered RecreationVehicles manufacturer-to-dealer and dealer-to-shows.
In a couple years and a hundred thousand miles, we accumulated decades of experiences with the 'quality' of Quality Control at RecreationVehicle manufacturers.
In every instance -- cheapest disposable to BillionBuxBus conversions -- I came to the conclusion:
* the customer doing warranty work is the only Quality Control.
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That, plus most assemblers on the factory floor could never afford the RecreationVehicles they build, so there might be an occasional fit of envy manifesting as purely unintentional sabotage.
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