Step By Step Process Of Attaching A Wooden Headboard To A Metal Frame
Some of the best things about the metal bed frames are that they are inexpensive as well as can be stored & set up easily, and is easy to move around. However, metal bed frames will not make your bedroom's decor change too much. One of the questions that may come in your mind is that, can I attach the headboard to any bed frame? The answer to this question is simply yes you can but you have to make sure that the headboard must be size compatible. By attaching a headboard into a metal bed frame will make your bed into a beautiful part of the bedroom furniture. Metal frames generally have brackets at the ends of the side rails for the purpose of attaching a headboard as well as footboards. Go through the below mentioned simple steps carefully in order to attach a wooden headboard to a metal bed frame:
- First of all, hold on to the headboard and pivot both the headboard as well as the head of the bed frame.
- The next step is to make a marking where the screw holes on the bed frame's brackets align on the wood headboard, with the help of the pencil.
- After that, drill 1/4-inch-diameter pilot holes along the headboard at the points that you have marked in the above step.
- Now, release washers onto the handles of button-head, hex-socket cap fasteners (screws) that are 2 3/4 inches long by 1/4 inch in diameter.
- Next, thread the fasteners into the pilot holes, starting from the headboard back, and moving towards the holes in the bed frame brackets.
- Thread nuts onto the handles of the fasteners (screws) in order to secure the bed frame as well as the headboard together. Make sure to hand-tighten the nuts.
- Finally, insert the pointed end of an Allen key into the socket on the screw head in order to take hold of it in place. Finish tightening the nut with the help of an adjustable wrench.
What Size Bolts Are Needed To Connect A Metal Bed Frame?
The majority of the metal bed frames need bolts having a 1/4-inch diameter and 3 1/2 inches long. In order to assemble the frame, 4 of these bolts are needed, 4 1/4-inch washers and 4 1/4-inch hex nuts. However, they will work successfully if in case you are assembling only the metal bed frame, or if you are attaching a headboard less than 3 inches wide at the point where it attaches to the frame. If in case your headboard is wider, then longer bolts are needed. They should be nearly 1/2-inch longer as compared to the thickness of the headboard, but not an inch longer.