How To Build A Bunk Bed
Filed Under Children's Room, Children's Room Pictures | Posted on January 15, 2008
How to build A bunk bed? Although children love their bunk beds for obvious reasons, there are additional precautions a parent must take to ensure their child’s bed is safe and secure.
Every reputable bunk bed is purchased from a company that follows the ASTM’s stringent guidelines, including precise placement of the guard rails to keep little heads, feet and hands from getting caught between them. The guard rails will also be securely fastened to the bed, to keep your little ones safe for years to come. The safety aspect of guard rails cannot be stressed enough; sometimes, a child may tell his parents that he’s too big for guard rails and will ask the parent to remove them. Please never tamper with the guard rails. They are a proven, tested way to keep your child safe.
If you want to make your kids bunk beds, please familiarize yourself with the many specifications for the beds, and for safety’s sake, don’t take any shortcuts. The main mistake people make when they make a bed from scratch, is that they then purchase the wrong-size mattress. It should fit very snug, with no greater give than three inches in any direction. Any more, and your child could be in danger of getting trapped between the mattress and frame.
Make sure you have your proportions right, in particular, make sure the child in the bottom bunk has enough head room. Make sure the lower bunk can hold your own weight without compromise. Making your own bunk beds is truly not difficult, but as they say, please read all the directions before you begin your project.
How to build bunk bed? The base steps?
Step 1: Borrow loads of tools — one needs more than a hammer and a screwdriver to build a bunk bed.
Step 2: Add loads of tools to daddy’s birthday wish list — this was an unexpected by-product of building the bunk bed *grin*.
Step 3: Go to the FamilyFun magazine website and look for links to a printable version of the material list and directions for building the loft bed. (There is also a link to an Adobe Reader version of the instructions near the bottom of the article.) They did a great job on the directions, so I’m not going to regurgitate them all here. I will let you know when we changed things a bit to make it a bunk bed instead of a loft bed, though.
However, if you choose to purchase bunk beds that are already built, buy from a reputable online dealer who sells high-quality furniture. The dealer wants to make sure your child is safe, so they will sell a product that is well constructed and should last your child from preschool through college. The guard rails and the ladder are two places where the manufacturer should especially focus on good workmanship to ensure that the bed is safe for your child. When you get your new purchase home, please follow the directions to the letter; we cannot stress enough how important it is to follow the manufacturer’s precise directions for assembly. And if you can, allow your child to participate, even if it’s only with the unpacking, your child could possibly remember the experience for the rest of their life.
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