How to cut a box frame in half so you can get it up the stair well.

Cutting a box spring in half

Moving presents its challenges.  Recently my daughter moved into an apartment.  Moving her queen size sled bed went well despite the narrow stair case going upstairs to the bedrooms.  The box spring wouldn’t bend as well as the mattress, so we had to cut it in half, take the haves up, and then reconnect.  This job is immensely easier if you have a friend that is good with tools.

 If not, all you need are:

·         Circular saw

·         Razor knife for cutting fabric

·         Staple gun

·         Cordless or corded drill

·         1-5/8” self tapping deck screws

·         2’ long pieces of 1x4 pine

·         Patience

·         Strong back

Start off with a basic oversized box spring.

Remove just enough fabric so you can cut the wood and cardboard without catching the fabric in your saw blade.  (Note:  If the box spring will fit up the stair well without modifications, stop reading and carry the thing up there.)

Notice that the frame to a cheap Big Lot’s brand box spring is pretty simple.  Mostly 1x2’s poorly nailed together and covered with cardboard and fabric.  For demonstration purposes, fabric and c cardboard isn’t shown. 

Using an appropriate tool, with safety glasses on your face, cut down the middle of all the pieces holding the two halves together. 

If successful, the halves will look like this.  If they don’t, consider going back to big lots and buying another one and trying something different. 

Using short pieces of 1x4, and self tapping exterior screws, reconnect the two halves. 

If you find that you reconnected the two halves and you are not in the room where the bed is, then remove the screws and short pieces of wood, carry the two halves to your destination, and reconnect the two halves. 

Use screws to attach the short splicing boards to the frame when you put it back together.  If the points of the screws come through, make sure they are coming out on the inside where you don’t have a mattress.  Duh!!!

Staple your fabric back on if desired and put it on the bed frame.  VOILA!