1 attach a hose to the waterbed.
Convert waterbed frame to regular bed.
Prop it up behind the new bed pushing against the headboard and the wall.
Drain the waterbed mattress and remove it.
For example in a matter of 2 hours you can easily convert you old bed back into a conventional coil spring mattress or even one of the popular specialty mattresses like latex memory foam airbed or softside waterbed.
Remove it from the waterbed frame.
It s so hard to make the bed.
Moving from a waterbed to a regular mattress can affect your budget.
The frame is on a pedestal.
Lay the mattress in the frame.
We have a california king mattress set inside a waterbed frame.
Knowing what you can afford before you shop is important.
You may have extra room on the ends and on each side but not enough to make a difference.
I didn t want to give up my storage.
Used our waterbed frame.
It fit almost perfectly.
Cut the 1x4s to the slat length you decided to use.
Less than a decade ago you could only buy mattresses from a showroom.
The exact number will vary according to your individual bed s frame size.
While you will need a new frame unless you re converting there is also a lot less maintenance to do.
Can t really afford a new bed and i like the headboard we have.
Nov 28 2016 is it possible to convert waterbed to regular bed.
Do they make a special mattress to fit the wood waterbed frame.
Ours is a simmons.
Even with the low profile box spring.
There was a space of about 10 inches or so right underneath the headboard so we stuck some small pieces of board inside there to stop the box spring from shifting.
Vacuum out the boxed frame.
If you currently already own a hard side waterbed you should have everything you need to change your water bed back into a regular bed.
Have to lift the mattress out of the frame.
You will need roughly 21 or 22 of these.
It is a queen size bedframe oak with sides on drawer pedestal.
We converted our waterbed to regular mattress.
While you cannot convert a waterbed mattress into a standard one you can convert a waterbed frame to hold a conventional mattress without a lot of fuss and muss.