I recieved my upholstered mattress cushions and have installed them on the PH bed wire decking platform with a double faced corrugated cardboard sheet between the cushion and the decking. The last item is to decide if I want the underside to be white as the SMB bed underside is. I may change it to grey like the upholstery.
The completed upholstered mattress pads attached to wire deck platform:
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The bed w/all bedding and top up:
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The bed w/all bedding stored up top and the roof down (note the shower catch pan bungeed to underside of platform):
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Closeup of catch pan bungeed to decking:
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Photo of edge of wire decking that has been cut to fit PH rails and capped w/a "j" channel:
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Cost of materials:
2- 46"w x 42" d flared end wire decking $35 local material
handling supplier
2- "j" channels & silicone $11 Home Depot
1- 3"h x 39"w x 44"l mattress foam $84 local foam mfg
1- 3"h x 39"w x 26"l mattres foam
1- 40"w x 44"l double faced corrugated cardboard $8 UPS Store
Auto upholstery $220 local upholsterer
Yotal cost was $358. I'm sure if I had shopped around I might have gotten a better price from the upholsterer, but I was in a hurry to get it finnished.
All in all, I'm pretty satisfied w/the outcome.
Al