Can memory foam mattress be used on slats?

Hi Helen,

I would say yes with either rigid slats or sprung slats but you should always be mindful of the gap between the slats, read our article on boarding over slats here.

The bottom of a memory foam mattress (Memory Foam on Foam) is/should be High Density foam and I can’t see any reason why any slatted base could not be used.
It certainly isn’t going to squidge out between the gaps too easily.

However, as a sidenote, I do think that for most other mattress types the addition of a blanket or duvet on top of any slatted base is worthwhile, just to give a flexible layer of suspension/protection from the hard slats and the mattress.

People currently with slatted bases see that when they turn the mattress there are slat shaped ridges where the pressure of the slats have been. This does have an obvious detrimental effect on the fabric and underlying waddding. Protecting the mattress from the slats does not really matter as much with foam mattresses – partularly Memory Foam on High Density Foam as these are one sided.

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Kind Regards Gary