Can you help me in making my mattress firmer?
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Hi, I wondered if you could give me your opinion on a mesh based bed frame or a straight slatted bed frame and whether either would help a mattress to become firmer.
I am considering getting one, as at the beginning of December I bought a new gainsborough pocket sprung mattress in a medium tension (as my old mattress had become too soft and was giving me the most awful lower back pain) and put it on to a beech sprung slatted base with the slats being about 6.5 - 7cm apart.
To begin with it was great and my back felt 100 times better, however for the past 3-4 weeks or so i have gone back to having the same back pain and am now wondering if the base is making the mattress feel a lot softer now that it has settled.
I am quite sure in the store it was on a straight slatted frame so this is the other option but i recently slept on a mesh based bed frame at a friends and the bed was very firm (along with the mattress being pretty firm too) I am really just after an opinion on slatted base beds helping a mattress to be firmer and whether a mesh based bed would be better and even firmer for a pocket sprung mattress.
Thank you.
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Hi Nicola,
Thank you for your question.
Without you giving me the model name of the mattress you have purchased, I am going to assume it is one sided and as such can only be rotated.
I accept that sprung slats are supposed to act like shock absorbers but sprung arches could have a tendency to push into the mattress-guide/" title="spring">spring unit and cause a ridge in the mattress. For pocket spring mattresses, firm wooden slats with a cushioning barrier are ideal.
As for making your mattress firmer - it is not entirely down to the base - it really is quite possibly the mattress itself is not firm enough for you in the top comfort layers.
Unfortunately it is very difficult to firm up a mattress although you could look at a Company called Latexsense who make different densities of foam and latex as this could help.
I would also look at means to firm up your bed slats by either replacing them with solid slats or if you are looking to replace your bedframe - one with solid slats.
I hope this assists but please do not hesitate to contact the office for further information or advice on 0161 437 4419.
Kind regards Julie
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