Hey all,

Sort of a strange request, but my wife and I purchased a new bed recently while still using our tempurpedic mattress and boxsprings. Problem is that the box spring that we have makes the bed way too high for our tastes, and it creates problems for our dog.

We tried removing the box springs all together and placing our mattress on the bed directly, but since we have a tempurpedic mattress (for those of you who don't have one, they are very slim mattress and tend to run a tiny bit narrower than standard pillow top mattress) now the mattress is too low and the headboard sits above the mattress by about 2.5 inches.

We just want a really slim, maybe 6" thick piece that we could put between the bed and the mattress. We're looking for something in a Cal King size. I found a couple items online that almost fit the criteria but are still too thick and cost a ton! I had no idea box springs cost so much. Looking for a place local.

I could always make something but would prefer to have a real box spring style bed piece that was designed specifically for something like this.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Have you check with sleep train? Low profile box springs run at 5 inches where a standard runs 9inches. I did a quick google search and it shows that sears and many others offer "low profile" box springs.

low profile box spring - Google Search

 

Why not make a ramp for the dog?
And is it visually too high for your tastes? Or physically too high? If the former, you can make it look shorter with a bedskirt.

 

My parents bought one from Mancini's sleep world.

 

Sears, I got my son a low profile box spring at Sears.

 

Tempurpedic beds usually don't work with a boxspring - they want a flat surface with no low spots or high points. The "boxspring" they come with, no ****, a piece of cardboard over a reinforced 2x2 beam frame.

Depending on how your bedframe is set up, 2x4's and plywood would be your best bet - should be able to do something easily for under $100 with just a skilsaw or a jigsaw in a pinch, or Home depot/Lowes will cut to length. 2 Lengthwise rails (or 4 if you want to stack them double-height) and then some trimmed down 8 footers across, may 6-8 of them, will make a decent platform, then toss 1/4 or 3/16" ply over the top and you're good to go. That'll give you a stack height of about 5.75 - should be perfect.

If your bedframe has a center reinforcement, it's even easier (and stronger) - just 2 rails for each half and some slats across the top and you'll be ~4 inches up. Ikea bedframes use 1x2 slats - and those work.....doing a 2x4 is overkill but will be more than enough.

 

Why don't you just buy some doggy stairs? We have one for our dog..

 

Yeah, you're right... I'll set up a project to work on it this weekend.