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Amerisleep too high

Kevin asked
3rd September 2012

Looking at your response to Helen I think that my question may have been answered. Items I purchased: Amerisleep king memory foam mattress with foundation King bed Issues: The bed has wooden slates that you roll out and screw into place. It also has a mattress support that goes under slates. When putting the foundation I purchased with mattress on the slats and then the mattress on foundation…I find myself having to almost jump up on the bed!

The mattress is about 3-4 feet off the ground. I read where you stated the memory foam needed to breathe so putting plywood over the slats and not using the foundation I purchased is out of the question. Should I just deal with the height or ?

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1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 12 years ago

Hi Kevin,

 

I am wondering whether you have actually placed the base (as you call foundation) directly on top of a further bedframe?

 

I had a quick look at Amerisleep and cannot see a model as you describe.

 

To jump even three foot into a bed just doesn’t make sense – and even though the depth of the mattress you have is extraordinarily high does not conclude that it requires an additional foundation base on top of a slatted frame.

 

I am assuming your mattress is memory foam on top of further foam layer[s] and really, it could be placed directly on the slats themselves without any undue worry.

 

It might be worth noting that we ourselves can construct a shallow base, if you are struggling with height issues. We can reduce our Artisan Base to 6″ at the lowest; As such there would be no drawer options available with these bases. We could then construct with our standard 2 inch castors or glides but alternatively you could also opt for wooden legs instead. There would be an additional charge here of 10% and as this is a non-standard size we wouldn’t offer our 60 day love it or return it guarantee due to the limited resale ability we have.

 

 

Please see our article here for some further information on non-standard sizes.

 

 

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.

 

Kind Regards, Lee.

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