Apparently unable to imagine anyone actually building a bed, Patterson introduced her topic by claiming that,
"Bed slats may need to be replaced after a few years of using a bed."Surely, Emily jests. How on earth does a bed slat wear out? Do termites eat them? are they damaged by ferocious nighttime acrobatics? Inquiring minds want to know... Our staffer posited just three reasons someone might need a bed slat:
- You're building your own bed (not a platform style)
- The occupants of the bed are so heavy as to need an additional slat
- One or more of the original slats was lost in a move.
"Bed slats may be cut from ¾ inches by 3 ½ inches lumber, which is available from most major home center stores."
"...3 ½-inch bed slats should be spaced no more than 3 inches apart for proper support of the box spring. "Sorry, Emily, but that's a waste of good wood: a queen-size box spring needs just five or so slats, although you should have a vertical support underneath the center. Once she got that stupidity out of the way, Patterson told her readers to waste their hard-earned bucks for the slats:
"Pine, cherry, mahogany or any species of wood can be used for bed slats. Pine is the least expensive. However, the species of wood chosen for bed slats may be chosen to match the wood the bed is made from."Does this moron not realize that bed slats are hidden under the mattress? Who CARES whether they "match the wood the bed is made from"?
¹ The original has been deleted by Leaf Group, but can still be accessed using the Wayback machine at archive.org. Its URL was hunker.com/13403325/what-kind-of-wood-can-be-used-for-bed-slats
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