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Vintage465's avatar
Jan 03, 2019

Power bed lift

Has anyone built a power lift for their bed? I need to come up with a method of lifting the bed that is not manual

Thanks
  • Gjac wrote:
    A cheaper option is to move the attach points off your existing gas struts. When my wife added 3 in memory foam the bed became very difficult to lift, in fact it was so heavy it would not stay up by itself. I kept the same attachment on the bed and moved the attach point on the bed frame about 2 ins. fwd. I also reinforced the bed frame due to the added weight.


    Free, easy, and requires no new parts. Gotta love it!

    I'll be giving this a try. since I replaced our short queen mattress with a full length, thicker mattress, and extended the platform, the bed is very hard to lift and will not stay up.
  • Gjac's avatar
    Gjac
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    A cheaper option is to move the attach points off your existing gas struts. When my wife added 3 in memory foam the bed became very difficult to lift, in fact it was so heavy it would not stay up by itself. I kept the same attachment on the bed and moved the attach point on the bed frame about 2 ins. fwd. I also reinforced the bed frame due to the added weight.
  • Son of Norway wrote:
    I bought a set of Eco-worthy 16" linear actuators off Amazon. They come with a controller. Pretty easy to install on either side of the bed. My back couldn't do it anymore especially with all the stuff that is usually piled on the bed. They are a great solution.


    Do you happen to have a picture?
  • Son of Norway wrote:
    I bought a set of Eco-worthy 16" linear actuators off Amazon. They come with a controller. Pretty easy to install on either side of the bed. My back couldn't do it anymore especially with all the stuff that is usually piled on the bed. They are a great solution.


    I’m guessing the 16” part is the amount of rise it provides?

    Did you locate them at the foot of the bed corners or futprther up the side.
  • I bought a set of Eco-worthy 16" linear actuators off Amazon. They come with a controller. Pretty easy to install on either side of the bed. My back couldn't do it anymore especially with all the stuff that is usually piled on the bed. They are a great solution.
  • Could you buy new struts that are meant to lift a little more weight and then they would raise it for you.

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