Do curved sprung slats make your bed dip?

Hi Cole,

Thanks for your question.

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The bed base can affect the mattress. If a sprung slatted base has a central bar running down the middle then the mattress will logically dip in the area that isn't being supported.

Our advice with this is to purchase some standard sheets of MDF, plywood or pegboard and place this atop the slats to solidify the surface making it a uniform platform top. They would need to be no thicker than 3mm; This will just give a platform surface and eliminate this issue.

Sprung, or curved, slats are a bit more forgiving than solid slats but we're getting more and more recent feedback that dips are appearing in mattresses that are supported by one of these bases. If you prefer to replace them with solid slats then that should also be fine and this is down to your own preference. All I'd advise is to check the measurements of the gaps between the slats. If they are bigger than 3" then you will need to solidify the surface anyway.

I hope this has answered your questions fully but if you do have any further queries please don't hesitate to contact our office on 0161 437 4419. Our office is open Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm.

Kind Regards, Lee.