waves to everyone
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Anyway, this summer, we found a super-single waterbed at a yard sale for $10, and bought it for the elder Little Igor. All we need is a heater and a frame. I can build the frame, but I need help with the inner dimensions. So, could someone with a ss waterbed grab a tape measure and tell me the inner width, length and height of their frame?
~Vlad/Igor~
SS waterbed had me thinking this was some article of interest left over from WW II now for sale on eBay.
Well, the normal size of the mattress is 48" x 84". So, from what I remember of my SS waterbed, the inner frame dimension was not much bigger than the mattress itself (the mattress fills the frame completely with no extra space.) I know that is not really all that helpful, though.
They are definitely seven feet long. Here’s how I know.
The salesman we had was probably one of the tallest men I’d ever met up to that point in my life. He also had a terrible lisp. I was 15 at the time and already pretty tall for my age. My mom made a comment about me growing out of it… at which point the salesman said something I will probably never forget.
“Oh, no. I have one. I’m six foot seven and still sleep on my seven foot super single.”
A quick visit to google gives the standard dimensions of the SS matress as 48x84x9".
The way mine construced… there were two 56x10" (8’x10") siderails, a 4’x10" footboard and a 4’x9" top piece. The 10" pieces had a channel set into them. When you screwed it all together you ended up with something like this:
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A whole sheet of plywood (4x8’) fit into the channels in the sides and footboard, with the top-piece resting flush on top of the sheet. The extra foot sticking off the head was used to support some built-in shelving/storage. Pretty simple design with an efficient use of standard materials.
It was supported off the ground with some pre-assembled drawer units. From the way those were made, a slightly smaller box with cross framing would provide the same type of support.
Fantastic! Thank you, 1010011010. People may say you’re a beast, but you’re alright with me.
Vlad/Igor