Step By Step Process & Items Required To Move A Foam Mattress By Yourself
When the users plan of moving or they simply want to upgrade their bedroom then they need to relocate their mattress. The moving process will become easy if the users are having another person to help them out since the mattress tends to be very heavy and a bit difficult to be moved alone. If the users still want to move their mattress then they need to be very sure that they use the dolly and the tiedown. Then they need to wrap the mattress within the protective wrap of the plastic before moving it so as to prevent it from getting affected with the dust and the dirt. The users can easily move a foam mattress by themselves at home by gathering the below-mentioned materials and then following the below-defined steps:
Materials Required
- Plastic Mattress Cover & Packaging Tape
- Moving Dolly, Ratchet Tie-Down Straps
- Bungee Cords
Step I: Covering The Mattress
- Buy The Mattress Cover: Start by buying the mattress cover made up of the plastic and the users can easily purchase covers at their nearby home stores or at their nearby hardware store. During the moving process, the mattress top and the sides can easily come up in contact with the stairs and the floors and to the inner van area. The users can use the plastic cover so as to prevent the mattress from gathering up the hard stains and the dirt as well. If in case the users are moving their mattress from one room to another room they don't need to buy or use any mattress cover.
- Detach The Mattress: Then they need to detach the mattress from the bed. Before the users begin to pack and move up their mattress then it needs to get lifted from the frame of the bed or the box spring where it was rested on. The users need to detach the quilts or blankets. The users can also move up their mattress with the pad and its sheet still on but they need to detach the other sheets.
- Slip The Mattress Cover: Then they need to slip the cover of the mattress over the surface of the mattress. They need to make the mattress stand towards its side and slip its end far from the zipper to the mattress base. Then they need to cover up their mattress by dragging the cover top and then to the base. They need to keep on sliding the cover upwards until the entire mattress is placed inside it.
- Close Up The Bag: Then the users need to close up the bag or they can simply tape it down by using the packaging tape. Once the mattress is entirely within the plastic cover then they need to alter the cover edges as required. The users need to be assured that there is no spot left when the users stretch out the plastic all around the surface of the mattress and might get teared up. Then they need to close the bag and if in case the mattress cover is not having the zipper then they need to use the packaging tape so as to be assured that they completely seal up the cover.
- Prepare The Way For Vehicle: The users then need to prepare the vehicle way. Before the users move off their mattress they need to be assured that they are having a clear path for the vehicle where they are going to place the mattress in. They need to clear the furnishing items or the boxes from the path from which the users are going to walk through and they are advised to keep the door open so that they won't have to handle both of them.
Step II: Moving The Mattress
- Fold Up The Mattress: Start by folding up the mattress in two equal halves. The king or the queen-sized mattress is very difficult to get dragged or get lifted by only one person. In order to easily do this process, the uses can fold up their mattress in half so as to reduce its width and the height. The users can also fold up their mattress as per their width so that the base and the mattress top are touching each other.
- Tie The Straps: Then they need to tie the ratchet tie-downs all around to the mattress surface. They need to use the three ratchet tie strap and space them at near about two feet over the surface of the folded mattress. Then they need to thread the unfastened strap end within the ratchet and lift the unfastened end till it is fastened. This will easily help in holding the bent position of the mattress and will also prevent it from getting moved to another place.
- Use The Dolly: The users then need to position their mattress over their dolly top. They need to make the folded mattress to stand on one of its edges so that they won't have to drag it over the surface of the ground while it is being on the dolly. The users only need to lift their mattress to near about half an inch from the ground so as to slide it over the dolly. The users can easily rent the dolly from their nearby moving store or from their nearby hardware store.
- Balance The Mattress Over It: Once the users find out that their mattress is balanced perfectly over the dolly then they need slowly roll their dolly so that their mattress will not slide or bounce from its side. If the users want to take their mattress down from the stairs then they need to gently lean back and then slowly move so that their weight will forbid the mattress from getting called down to the stairs.
- Strap The Mattress Over Car Top: Then the users need to strap down the mattress over the vehicle top. If in case the users are not using any moving vehicle to carry their mattress then the ideal way to transport their mattress is by tying it down at the truck or car top. The users need to use their legs to lift up their mattresses within the dolly and then slide it over the vehicle top. The users need to be assured that the mattress is in the central position at the car top surface. In order to fasten the mattress the users are advised to use the bungee cords or the ratchet straps respectively.