Gastric reflux bed: Welder make one?

It would be completely trivial for you to have it done. What might be hard for you is paying for someone to design it, paying for the materials, and paying to have it fabricated.

With money, it's all real easy.

Grant

Try putting feet of one side of your bed on cinderblocks.

You did not say where you are located. It would be a relatively quick job to make a bed frame from steel. Aluminum would be a little more expensive but also do-able. You could probably make your own without welding, just drill and bolt the joints. Cut with a hacksaw.

I have built bed frames from wood also. The finishing takes some work, but it is easy to do. The one I am using now looks a little crude, but it is a double bed built with 2x6 rails and 4x4 vertical posts. The decking is 3/4" plywood supported by 2x4's underneath. It's main redeeming feature is it has a great bookcase headboard. I am using a 6" slab of upolstry foam as a mattress and it is really comfortable.

Bob

Aluminum would be very costly to make, then costly to fix if it ever cracked or broke. There are a dozen cheaper ways to go, some of them almost free. My MIL wanted her bed higher to make it easier to get in and out of. I took some 2x's nailed two together, routed some depressions for the feet to rest in, and Voila!

Steve

How about making something out of 80/20? No welding required, easy to use, and looks good. How long it takes to do it and what exact pieces you use depend on your knowledge of the parts and your tooling and skills.

Ok but I'm dumb abt this...

what is 80/20?

An extruded aluminum structural rail that is functionally like this;

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why are you thinking aluminum? Ordinary mild steel is easier to weld, and a whole lot cheaper. I guarantee you won't know the difference when you are asleep at night.

Don't know really

I just figured aluminum would be a LOT lighter and make it easer for one person living alone to move it around. No?

The weight of the frame is negligible compare to the mattress.

With the proper casters...everything is easy to move.

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Perhaps blasphemy in a welding group, but i'd be tempted to build a wedge shaped torsion box from 1x12' wp and masonite skins. Slip it between the box spring and mattress. Perhaps a ledge on the pointy end to prevent the mattress from sliding off.

scott

Agree

The mattress is a killer to move!