Day 1485 Elevation

4th September 2021

“ Do you think the bed is too low?” Kelli questioned.

I couldn’t answer that because I had a good nights sleep, but obviously it was on her mind so I needed to take heed.

She researched an add-on pad that would increase the height by a couple of inches. At about seven hundred bucks it was an expensive two inches. Next she found a wooden panel for a hundred, but I wasn’t keen on that because it would stop the airflow around the mattress. All this was leading me into the trap I could see coming.

“Could you make something that would work?” Was the inevitable question, not trying to appear a wimp I said “Of course”.

I had laid myself open now, I had to think quickly of a solution because I had just signed a virtual contract and the clock was ticking.

I was going to construct a wooden frame that would fit inside, on top of the current battens.

This meant a trip to Menards to purchase the timber.

I selected a “Prime” grade which had no knots or blemishes and produced in New Zealand.

I was not aware that timber was sourced from there, I thought that only butter, sheep and Hobbits came from that country.

Once I got back I wanted to check out sticking veneer on top of laminate. I had an old worktop that would be ideal. The veneer I was using came from Dave’s secret stash, it was a fabric backed material, something I hadn’t used before.

The method I chose to follow meant rolling PVA onto the scratched laminate surface, then applying it to the back of the veneer.

I had to let both surfaces dry before putting them together.

Then with a hot iron I heated and pressed down on the veneer.

This re-melted the adhesive and bonded the two surfaces together.

The test piece worked very well, and I was pleased which put me in good stead for working on the bed.

I removed the sixty-five screws holding the slats to the frame. It only seem like yesterday I’d driven them in!

I measured and cut the timber and assembled the new support frame and the re-fitted the sixty-five screws once again.

We re-fitted the mattress onto the raised surface, and remade the bed yet again.

Out of interest I measured the old bed which was twenty two and a half inches, the new bed was one inch shorter meaning I spent forty- eight bucks to make the bed a half an inch higher.

I hope I don’t get a nose bleed getting into it tonight.