beds, geometry, and moving

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

I'm in the process of moving into a "Philadelphia Style" apartment near Powderhouse Square and I've run into a problem. The box spring of my bed (I have a queen size) won't fit up the staircase (it's one of those narrow windy ones). Not in any way myself or anyone else who has tried can see anyway.

Does anyone have experience in moving a large bed into that sort of space? Will I have to go through the window? I'm not even sure the windows are big enough.

I've heard that people sometimes saw a beam apart and reassemble it inside the room, but I am not about to try this myself. Does anyone know anyplace that does that sort of thing and how much it costs?

I already wrote my landlords (who last lived there) and asked how they got their bed up there, but they're on vacation and I may not hear back for a while.

Comments

[pir.livejournal.com]

Get a folding box spring ?

[cnoocy]

Is there a window?

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

There is, we're not sure yet if it will fit through and I'll have to aquire a ladder, but it is an option that has yet to be explored.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I've seen people vault them over the back porch, I've known people who had to saw them apart and have to get a split box spring later. I've also seen creative contortionism, and by tilting it in lots of directions it managed to go up. Any of that a possibility?

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

We tried the contortionism several times from several angles. No go.

How does one saw apart a box spring? Do you know where split box springs are sold?

[snarkyman.livejournal.com]

I thought about this problem when buying my bed from Jordan's Furniture. This is the solution I came up with: I bought a queen size mattress and a low profile, split box spring foundation. The price was only about $60 more than than low-profile non-split version.

BTW, I went with the low profile version because the windows in my house were very low - and the bed would have been over the windowsill.

[fosphorescent.livejournal.com]

We had to buy a split box spring because there was no way we could fit the box spring up the stairs or through the window...

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

Where did you get it?

Are they expensive?

[fosphorescent.livejournal.com]

I went to Mattress Discounters...I don't remember how much it costs, but Mattress Discounters is generally a little pricier than other stores. Maybe you could check craigslist?

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

pretty much any mattress store should sell split box springs.

That said, we vaulted our king size over the porch (well, the movers did), but that's only second floor -- do you have a back third-floor porch?

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Ha. Ha. Ha.

I say this because I tried exactly the same thing. And it was impossible. We ended up taking a hacksaw to it and patching it with brackets once it got to the bedroom (this didn't work so well). Actually, we have photographs of it stuck in the stairwell, literally hanging over our heads, unable to move up, down, or sideways. And that was just trying to get it to the second floor. Our bedroom was on the third.

Give up now. Get a folding boxspring or do without.

[ex-meta.livejournal.com]

"Philadelphia Style"?

It's full of cream cheese?

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

Not since we arrived with all the bagels.
Combining the two seems to make both disappear.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

There's secretly a room on the second floor which is part of the first floor apartment, instead of the more typical (first floor) (second & third floors) configuration.

[yangelina.livejournal.com]

any idea if it would if through your window?
we moved a queen size mattress to a third floor bedroom very recently. the stair case from 1st-2nd floor was just not having it. luckily, there was a 2nd floor balcony/door from where the box spring could come through.
if it does fit through your window, roping/pulling a queen size box spring is quite easy. we had one guy pulling, one guy on the ground sort of guiding it, and i didn't even get to help.
(we said "ok! all roped up, let's give it a test pull" and up it came)
good luck!

lead on split boxspring

[hyperliminal.livejournal.com]

Did you ever end up resolving this? I know of someone getting rid of their split queen boxspring. You would need to move fast to ask for it. I have the email with the info on it that I can forward to you if you give me an email address, or just join the yahoo group freecyclecambridgema and look in today's postings and reply directly to the poster.

Re: lead on split boxspring

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

I ended up buying a spilt boxspring a couple days ago.

Thanks though, I appreciate the thought.