Bunk bed rails for young kids
Wondering what some have come up with for a solution for a safety rail for the bunk beds for young kids. My kids are ok for bunk beds but all the ones you get for the stick house have rails. None of...
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When we were sailing a lot we used "lee cloths" on our bunks to keep the sleeper in; trust me, it was necessary as sometimes you'd wake up with your hands clutching the mattress just to keep you down. LOL
What we did was take a piece of canvas about 4' lont and 3' wide. We secured the bottom under the edge of the mattress back about 4" using screws with wide washers. We installed grommets on the corners of the cloth and had small lines (ropes) leading to secure tiedowns wherever we could find them. Usually screwed stainless steel tie downs in.
We tried to set them up so that the lee cloth top edge was closer to the sleeper than the bottom so that the sleeper could "snuggle" up to the cloth and put pillows between his/her body and the bulkhead to make it even more secure.
When we didn't need them the canvas lee cloths stowed flat under the mattress out of sight and out of the way.
Many thousands of miles with this system. Cheap and easy.
Craig
What we did was take a piece of canvas about 4' lont and 3' wide. We secured the bottom under the edge of the mattress back about 4" using screws with wide washers. We installed grommets on the corners of the cloth and had small lines (ropes) leading to secure tiedowns wherever we could find them. Usually screwed stainless steel tie downs in.
We tried to set them up so that the lee cloth top edge was closer to the sleeper than the bottom so that the sleeper could "snuggle" up to the cloth and put pillows between his/her body and the bulkhead to make it even more secure.
When we didn't need them the canvas lee cloths stowed flat under the mattress out of sight and out of the way.
Many thousands of miles with this system. Cheap and easy.
Craig
