Drafty Bed

[allenm]

Our bed is on top of the front storage compartment in our TT. The bed mattress' plywood base had a 1/2" gap between it and each side's built-in night stand top. This gap was exposed to the basement.

My wife was always afraid "something" was going to crawl in from the storage compartment. I was more concerned about the cold drafts blowing in under the sheets. The storage doors are sealed as well as anyone could expect, but they are no match for cold wind gusts.

Anyway, I finally got around to sealing it with a strip of 3/8" plywood 4" wide and 40" long screwed to the underside of each top. Each piece extends inward 1 1/2" under the bed plywood base.

Then I got some vinyl seal used for mounting truck caps to the bed. It came in a roll 1 1/4" wide x 5/16" thick x 30' long. Good stuff, very sticky on just one side.

[opnspaces]

Great idea, I might duplicate it. Please come back and let us know how it works in real life when you get a chance. 🙂

[DennisG9]

I used to get a lot of radiant cold up threw the bed. I put a sheet of that foil covered bubble wrap under the mattress and it made a world of difference.

[Jerrybo66]

My wife also complained about the cold coming up from the storage underneath. I made a tight fit on a 4x8 piece of 3/4" Styrofoam that not only sealed the corner but insulated the whole bed. A sheet covers all but a small square but I had a scrap left over from another project. It must of worked because I didn't hear anymore about the cold.. 🙂

[westend]

Problem with the images.
Yup, keep the Missus happy is job #1.