Hello,
I'm working on the girls' room. I'm planning to build a wall-mounted bunk bed (which will essentially be a loft bed with an additional bed underneath, as the upper bunk is intended to be attached only to the wall).
- The room's width will be about 2 meters, so the bed can be attached to three walls.
- The upper bunk is intended to have a slatted base with a regular mattress (no separate frame) and be 70-90 wide.
- The bed should easily support an adult.
What dimension should I use for the long beam that isn't against the wall? I'm thinking (without having sketched it) of a 45x120 with a 45x45 screwed inside that the slatted base rests on. Is that sufficient to feel secure and avoid wobbling?
The walls will be OSB+gypsum with 60cc studs. How should I attach the beams to the wall to feel secure? French into wall studs? I prefer to overdimension
(Now that I think about it, the long side wall is framed horizontally, so I'll have to block directly on 60cc if the horizontal isn't at a suitable height already).
Assuming I don't have a beam against the wall on the short ends (not really necessary with a slatted base), how should I best attach the outer beam to the "short end walls"? Angle brackets filled with nails into the wall stud? (The walls aren't covered yet, so I can still add more wood to them if needed, but the OSB will go up in the coming weeks).
Thanks in advance!
/Egge
I'm working on the girls' room. I'm planning to build a wall-mounted bunk bed (which will essentially be a loft bed with an additional bed underneath, as the upper bunk is intended to be attached only to the wall).
- The room's width will be about 2 meters, so the bed can be attached to three walls.
- The upper bunk is intended to have a slatted base with a regular mattress (no separate frame) and be 70-90 wide.
- The bed should easily support an adult.
What dimension should I use for the long beam that isn't against the wall? I'm thinking (without having sketched it) of a 45x120 with a 45x45 screwed inside that the slatted base rests on. Is that sufficient to feel secure and avoid wobbling?
The walls will be OSB+gypsum with 60cc studs. How should I attach the beams to the wall to feel secure? French into wall studs? I prefer to overdimension
(Now that I think about it, the long side wall is framed horizontally, so I'll have to block directly on 60cc if the horizontal isn't at a suitable height already).Assuming I don't have a beam against the wall on the short ends (not really necessary with a slatted base), how should I best attach the outer beam to the "short end walls"? Angle brackets filled with nails into the wall stud? (The walls aren't covered yet, so I can still add more wood to them if needed, but the OSB will go up in the coming weeks).
Thanks in advance!
/Egge
Where I used to live, there was a loft bed built in roughly the same way. That was five years ago, so I'll try to estimate some measurements from memory. The front edge was a plank, 22-25mm, but around 300 high. This created a small edge above the mattress so you wouldn't fall out. Otherwise, the same with a 45x45 and slatted base. It felt quite stiff, no give at all as far as I remember. The 45 probably helps a lot if you glue and screw it.