Box Spring Thickness

Changing the thickness of the box spring and mattress require revisions to the mattress and box spring coil stiffness.

Box spring thickness.

Standard high profile box springs are 9 inches 23 cm in height whereas low profile box springs are between 5 and 5 5 inches 13 and 14 cm. Platform beds are essentially just beds without box springs. Choose between split and standard box springs. However box spring is somewhat misleading since most newer designs have no actual springs in their construction.

Best seller zinus armita 9 in. The box spring sits on top of the bed frame and then the mattress sits on top of the box spring. Queen metal high profile smart box spring mattress foundation with easy assembly model hd abs 9q 129 63 129 63. Out of stock online.

Through the 1800s and the early to mid 1900s mattress foundations were constructed by placing metal coils in rows on thin iron straps held in place by and connected to each other with thick wire. Decide what you want your overall bed height to be. Next there s the platform bed. Mattresses have gotten taller than they used to be so one way to offset that is to use a low profile box spring usually 5 inches in height on the other hand if you re looking to make your bed taller a standard box spring is 9 inches in height.

Box springs are sized just like regular mattresses and are available in twin double queen king and california king sizes. If you are uncertain what size your mattress is measure it. This is often why box springs and mattresses are matched and sold in pairs. Box springs have a wooden frame evenly distributed springs on the inside and a cloth covering stretched over the whole thing.

Box springs add additional height to your bed.