I'm building a custom-built bed for my daughter in her room in the basement. I need to put an MDF board directly against the outer wall as a headboard and am therefore considering what is easiest and best. Is it sufficient to place a vapor-tight plastic between the board and the wall, or is that not enough? Are there other, better solutions?
I would leave an air gap. Buy some square steel, e.g., 15-20 mm in aluminum and place it behind so the wall can breathe freely and nothing organic is in contact with the wall. Plastic can cause condensation and that can lead to worse problems...
MDF is quite unsuitable if there is a risk of moisture in the basement. For the best protection, you should then varnish several times with polyurethane varnish, even on non-visible surfaces/edges. It's better to use solid wood like hobby board in that case.
That's a bit of overkill.anders07 said:
It's enough to nail/screw a couple of these on the back of the end
I have a shelf behind the sofa with furniture pads with felt against the wall. Against the sofa, I have a doorstop that is screwed in. That should suffice against moisture.
If you take the doorstops and place them a bit in, 10-20cm, you can also put lighting behind them that shines nicely in the gap.
If you take the doorstops and place them a bit in, 10-20cm, you can also put lighting behind them that shines nicely in the gap.
The thing is that the bed will be custom-built and therefore not full-sized in terms of length, which means I don't want to add too much with the headboard. The rest of the wall will be broadly plastered and then painted with something like silicate paint.
The question is whether to skip having a headboard and just have a painted concrete wall instead?
The question is whether to skip having a headboard and just have a painted concrete wall instead?
You're not going to build the bed fixed to the room's floor and walls, are you?
Why, if so?
What do you mean by the bed not being "full-sized"? Do you mean shorter?
What if your daughter brings home her new boyfriend who is a basketball player
A headboard doesn't need to be more than a chipboard, covered with some nice fabric.
And screwed to the bed frame, which stands a few cm from the wall.
You naturally make the wall behind the same throughout the room.
Why, if so?
What do you mean by the bed not being "full-sized"? Do you mean shorter?
What if your daughter brings home her new boyfriend who is a basketball player
A headboard doesn't need to be more than a chipboard, covered with some nice fabric.
And screwed to the bed frame, which stands a few cm from the wall.
You naturally make the wall behind the same throughout the room.