Can I replace my waterbed mattress with a regular mattress?
My waterbed mattress sits on a pedestal with about a 2 inch rim around the bottom of it. I want a regular mattress again. Can I just put a regular mattress on that pedestal, or would I need to buy a box spring too?
You won’t need a box spring at all, in fact, it’d make your bed look abnormally high out of the frame if you did. I did it when I was a teen, got sick of a cold waterbed all the time so I got a regular matress instead.
You should be able to drop a mattress into the pedestal, but measure first. Waterbed mattresses are sized differently so you may end up with a big gap around the edges. A boxspring isnt necessary, though mattresses are designed to perform better on one. But I think it would make your bed too high.
I worked for a national mattress chain recently and had several individuals who purchased a waterbed in the 80′s come in to buy a mattress.
You don’t need a box spring. A Simmons mattress will work fine as long as it’s on a solid platform.
Measure the size of your the slot you intend to set the mattress inside. A regular QUEEN size mattress will not typically fit correctly. Consider purchasing a CALIFORNIA KING size mattress. This is a different size than the regular king sized mattresses and the makers of water beds in the 80′s conformed to this size.
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Hope the info is helpful.
John