Hi Mike,

The slats need good center support so I'm not sure how you could place them so they would be resting on the side ledges and center support beam in between your current slats without taking off the cardboard. If you just lay them on top somehow then I don't see how they would be supported without pushing down the cardboard and fabric so they were in contact with the frame sides and the center beam and flush with your current slats. If you could do that it would still mutilate the top anyway (pushing in the cardboard so the new slats could contact the center beam). It's important that the mattress isn't laying on a surface which which has unsupported gaps that are more than 3" at the most and preferably less.

Maybe I'm missing something. What would the slats be sitting on and how would they be supported in the middle without sagging?

Phoenix

Hmmm...perhaps I'm stuck.

Theoretically some of the slats would line up with each other and provide some support down the middle, but it sounds like it needs a LOT of center support. I'm not familiar with these mattresses, so I'm not sure how the weight distributes. It seems like such a large mattress would spread out the downward pressure a fair amount and that the combination of slats, cardboard, frame, center beams, etc. might spread out the pressure enough, but it sounds like that may not be the case.

Perhaps I'm back to square one and need to return my foundation and get the other one. After the experience with the rude and unhelpful salesman the other day I'm not sure he'd even honor his 'maybe' offer to swap them out without charging me another delivery charge.

Obviously I'm finding this quite frustrating. One should lose sleep over buying a bed! Haha.

Thanks so much for your expertise.

Talked to PJs today. Spoke with a MUCH nicer salesperson. It is always amazing to me how easy customer service really is. We had an almost identical conversation to the one I had with the other guy, but this guy was like "oh, I'm sorry about that. We'll take care of it." I'm still paying the extra money for the nicer foundation, but I'm not super pissed off about it, haha.

The new one is the one they have online. 20 slats, all organic, cotton and wool covering for $280. I imagine it is a nicer box than the knockdown ones sold online, so I guess it all works out in the end, haha.

Hi Mike,

I'm glad that this seems to be resolved. The foundation that you ended up with seems to be typical of foundations that typically sell in the range of $500 and up (with more slats with closer spacing and wool quilting on top) so it seems to me that you did well in the end and you have a great foundation that is far more suitable for a latex mattress without having to re-build it

Thanks for sharing the outcome of your story ... I like happy endings.

Phoenix

I received the new foundation today. It is MUCH nicer than the first one. 3 beams lengthwise instead of one. 20 slats leaving about an inch between each slat. It is covered in very nice and thick cotton and wool (and no cardboard!). Supposedly all organic as well. I spent about $350 on this one, but it isn't just the same as the cheaper one with more slats. I haven't seen the knockdown ones that ship from online retailers, but I can't imagine them being as solidly built as this box and the cover is certainly a lot nicer too.

Check out pragmabed.com. Great platform frame, foldable 14" of underbed clearance for storage, made of steel though. On the other hand, it was designed with specialty mattresses in mind. Honestly, I'd check amazon for the lowest prices. Did you settle with the wooden foundation? How do you like it, I am curious?

I ended up buying the organic foundation from PJs Sleep. Read above for details. It is an extremely heavy duty foundation with really nice cotton and wool covering. Seems about as nice as I can imagine for a wood box covered in fabric, haha. I had some issues with PJs, but the product I ended up with is quite nice. Now if only my mattress would get here!

Hi. I just ordered my new mattress, a Dreamfoam Ultimate Dreams, and excitedly await it's arrival. I was wondering what you thought of this for the foundation. www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Sonora-Que...4613012/product.html

Hi rcseisland,

Congratulations on your new mattress

I'm not familiar with the overstock platform bed and can't see the surface that the mattress would be resting on but based on reading the reviews it seems to have center support to the floor (which is important) and most of the comments indicate that it seems to be quite strong and stable.

When you receive it I hope you let us know what you think about it and if you can, a picture of the wire grid surface (to see what the spacing is like) would be great as well and helpful to others who may also be looking at it.

Phoenix