Putting together a metal bed frame - do I need to hire someone?

Cisco001

They are easy to put together.
If you need help eventually, go to grumtree and find a handyman.

BTW, get a Divan bed next time if you think assemble could be a problem.

Pinkypants

Do you have any storage boxes handy?

Once you attach the side rails to one end, supporting the rails in the middle with a box or something will help take the weight while you fix the rails to the other end.

The hardest part is normally getting the rails parallel to the ground so that you can fix the bolts into the ends.

Hope that makes some sense.

springdreams

If you struggle putting the bed together you can find a flat pack furniture builder on https://www.handy.com - I used them to put my son's TV bed together.

27col

springdreams wrote: »

If you struggle putting the bed together you can find a flat pack furniture builder on www.handy.com - I used them to put my son's TV bed together.

What on earth is a TV bed? Not an expression that I've come across.

springdreams

27col wrote: »

What on earth is a TV bed? Not an expression that I've come across.

Person_one

I've put quite a few beds together, never had a problem doing it on my own. At least have a go first.

If you're living on your own, then female or not you'll have to be able to have a bash at the basics of DIY/flatpack etc. or you'll spend a fortune over the years getting people in to do stuff for you!

suki1964

I put our solid oak bed together, and that was flaming heavy, and I was a 8st weakling

Make sure you are putting it together in the place it's staying as whilst all the individual parts are easy enough to lift, one put together it will be a lot heavier

My one advice is after a week, go back and tighten everything again. If you can't then it means it was tightened enough first time

Nilrem

One tip for any furniture building, sort out all the screws by type and put them into something like food bags, small boxes (the tiny really useful ones are good, as are small food tubs) or those little cake cases and label them.

With some items you can have dozens of screws that all look very similar and it's only when you get to a part that needs a longer screw that you realise you've used them on the wrong bits..
I also sort the right size nuts into a tub/pile next to the bolts they go with if there are nuts and bolts, it saves a few seconds finding the right combination.

I've not done that myself, but I did have a call from a friend asking for help as he'd used the 15mm bolts on a 20mm bolt point (or something similar - two bolt sizes with the same diameter and thread) and had got into a right muddle.
It wasn't a big problem once we worked out what had happened, but it did mean taking a double bed frame almost completely apart to get the right screws in.

Normally as long as you take it steady and check what you're doing (preferably read the instructions through a couple of times before starting so you know roughly what's next) it's not a major job.