2007-05-04 08:22:57 · 9 answers · asked by melissa m 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
if you can't get it up through a 2nd floor window, buy a split box spring. Same size just comes in 2 pieces, I had to do this before. Nobody cuts one in half and re uses it.
2007-05-04 09:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by Brian M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems as if you have the same floor plan for your house as I have. I did cut mine in half as it was all wood covered with fabric. I then joined it back together using wood strips the same size as the ones I cut using wood screws. Most so called boxed springs do not have springs anymore as the are just a wood frame with plywood on top. Be sure to check to make sure before you start cutting. After that experience I bought the select comfort air bed systems as the entire bed comes in boxes that easily go up the stairs and are easy to assemble.
Taking out the windows is a lot of work and there is all ways the possibility of breaking one. (Don't ask me how I know that)
2007-05-04 09:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by fixitall 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've seen them taken up on top of truck roofs to 2nd floor windows that had to be removed; but never seen one cut in half.
Keep in mind it'll have more metal springs than wood and taking it apart may be a disaster; many of them are more torsion bars than springs; it'll make it impossible to return and certainly void the warranty. I'd pull the tackcloth off the bottom and see what I was getting into before I even consider it.
Last resort? I guess you gotta do what you gotta do
2007-05-04 08:28:04 · answer #3 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will compromise the integrity of the unit if you cut it in half. Try fitting it through a window, or get two doubles and put the mattress on both of them. Many people do this, espeically in Europe where the stairs are narrow and winding.
2007-05-04 08:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by MUDD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. Not if you want to use it again for sleeping on.
Besides they don't cut very easily. They have steel springs and steel rods inside them. If you took a bolt cutter and cut them (after you sliced away the outer covering) it would take you hours.
2007-05-04 08:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but they do sell ones that are in two pieces just for you application you will probably have to special order it though
2007-05-04 14:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by Fred S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you want to do that, but many companies that sell and deliver mattresses will do this. Call one and ask how they do it.
2007-05-04 09:03:52 · answer #7 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can yes, but getting it back together will be another question.
2007-05-04 08:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by jon a 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you do and you ruin it.
2007-05-04 08:26:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋