Gap Between Mattress And Footboard

It was supposed to be a standard king.

Gap between mattress and footboard.

Stand at the bottom end of the bed and try to push the box spring until it hits the headboard. Wedge shape fills gaps up to three inches. It pushes the mattress all the way up to the headboard so that the gap doesn t occur at all. Closes space between mattress and headboard footboard.

This will display the footboard and still leave the bedspread visible. Prevents arm and leg entrapment. In many cases when there s a gap between the headboard and mattress it is simply because the box spring isn t positioned correctly. When they arrived and set everything up i also noticed that there was a huge gap between the mattress and the rails and the mattress and the headboard footboard though not as much.

If you prefer you could push the mattress all the way up to the headboard and fasten the stop gap board s to the footboard instead. Short footboards can either have the bedspread tucked behind the footboard or allowed to cover it. The number of boards you use depends on how wide the gap is. Step 3 remove both the mattress and box spring if this still doesn t fix the situation.

Works when side rails are raised or lowered. Tall footboards require that the bedspread be tucked into the gap between the footboard and the mattress.