![]() Note: We cannot guarantee our wood rails will be an exact color match to your existing headboard/footboard set. Exact color may be somewhat different depending upon the wood, or the tint settings on your monitor may make the colors appear different. Also available unfinished if you wish to apply your own stain color and finish. A center support is not needed for twin size bed rails.Ĭhoose from 3 stain colors of light, medium, or dark. (Will not work on headboard/footboard sets designed for bolt-on rails). Today’s bedding foundations need more support in the center, than the bedding of days past. Without adequate support under the foundation, even the best bedding available will eventually sag thus causing the side rails to warp or break. The wood bed rails will fit all head and footboards. All are edge banded to keep smooth edges. We finish it off with a polyurethane clear coat to protect the wood stain. Our wood bed rails are made from a 7/8 inch plywood core with a veneer finish. The wood slat bearer will accommodate either wood or metal slats. Wooden bed rails are made of high quality wood and come in three standard finishes and unfinished. If you require a perfect match, order the unfinished bed rails, and work with your paint store to select the right stain. ![]() Please note that wooden bed rails come in a dark, medium, and light finish and unfinished. They are 76 inches long and replace metal rails or wooden rails that have warped, been lost, or damaged over time. Use a rubber mallet to seat the bed hangers together.įinish the bed rails by sanding, staining and varnishing them to match the rest of the bed.“Carl, thanks for the quick response, bed rails arrived today as promised and the bed had been assembled with new queen mattress and box spring!” – John U. Slide each rail's hanger into the opposing bed rail hanger which is embedded in the bedpost. There are now bed rail hangers in each of the four ends of the side rails with their opposing halves in the four corners of the bed posts. The depth of the mortise should be equal to the thickness of the bed rail hanger.Ĭut mortises into the bed posts in the same manner (approximately 2 inches from the post's edge) and insert the opposing halves of the bed rail hangers. The mortise can be cut with a hand chisel. Four bed rail hangers will be needed, one for each rail end.Ĭut a mortise in the wood (a groove, where an insert of the same size is to be placed) for the bed rail hanger as traced on the outline. ![]() Trace the outline of a bed rail hanger (fastening hardware, sometimes called bed rail fasteners, and available at a home center or hardware shop) onto the end of each bed rail. The edge should be glued onto the side rails with carpenters' glue and clamped onto the rail for at least a day to secure it. The edge should be at least 2 inches in width to hold the slats securely. Pre-cut wood can be purchased at a lumber yard.Īlternately the edge can be glued onto the bottom of the board. (The mattress will lay on these slats.) These boards can be purchased with the edge already glued onto the wood. The rails should have an inside edge where the wooden slats will lay. Cut the bed rails or buy pre-cut wooden rails which are sized to the exact length you need.
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