Full Metal Bed Frame

About this piece

A full platform frame. The mattress it takes measures 54 x 75 in.

Underneath the finish it is built from steel frame and faux leather, with steel slats and 9 legs reaching the floor, rated to 1,000 lb. Storage comes as 12 in of clearance underneath.

The rest of the specification: the slat bearings are damped, which is where bed noise comes from and no box spring is needed. Assembly takes about 30 minutes with the tools supplied.

On any frame the figures that decide how it lives are the same three: how far apart the slats sit, how much the frame carries in total, and how much support runs down the centre line rather than only at the corners.

The two failures a bed frame actually has are a dip in the middle and a click when somebody turns over. The first comes from support: legs down the centre line rather than only at the corners. The second comes from slats resting on bare metal. Both are stated on every page across bedroom, and both are worked through in The Bed Frame Guide: Slats, Storage and Why Beds Squeak.

The same specification table appears on every page of iPormis bed frames, which is the point of publishing it: two models are only comparable when the same figures are given for both.