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Crazy Squeaky Bed
John Matrix
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My wife and I have a wood and metal bed that has recently started to sweak at the slightest movement. 
It's a metal frame with wooden head board and foot board. I've tightened all the screws, but the problem doesn't go away fully and returns quickly.
You can imagine the noise it makes when... other things are happening. I suspect the neighbors don't sleep half the week! :winky:
So, engineers of PA, any past experience fixing an issue like this? My wife suggested WD40, but I suspect that wouldn't do any good if the problem is wood squeaking against metal.
Help!
It's a metal frame with wooden head board and foot board. I've tightened all the screws, but the problem doesn't go away fully and returns quickly.You can imagine the noise it makes when... other things are happening. I suspect the neighbors don't sleep half the week! :winky:
So, engineers of PA, any past experience fixing an issue like this? My wife suggested WD40, but I suspect that wouldn't do any good if the problem is wood squeaking against metal.
Help!
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you can try WD40 on the metal parts, you can also try replacing the screws with slightly longer screws or using a different height (if your bed is adjustable) to to attach the metal frame to.
you can also try using bits of cloth or paper (old socks or newspaper works well) inbetween the loose joints. this should help muffle the sound.
As for the futon, yeah that's the curse of all futon dwellers. My futon back in college was metal frame, sounded like I was using a prybar to remove steel bolts everytime I'd move.
It sounds like to me you need to be a bit more gentle with her. :winky:
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All I can do is second the get a new bed option, wooden bed frames are always going to make noise and there is precious little you can do to stop it. A good piece of advice I can give you however is to buy a metal bed frame. Doesn't even matter it its a cheap one or an expensive one, some of the best beds I've been in for minimal creaking during sex have cost around the £100 mark.
And the metal beds I've had experience with made enough noise that you could hear the creaking outside.
Granted, that was a £30 Glynwebb bed, but still, I guess it just depends.
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That idea sounds like it might help me fix some loose screws in some of my other furniture. See, I knew coming into a topic expecting to read potentially hilarious innuendos would be worth something. Honestly, though ... great idea.
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I mean if this is your current setup.
If you install a set of braces like so
It will reduce the movement at the joints which will reduce the noise.
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I ended up having to get a new one.
i think you mean the boxspring as mattresses are usually just full of stuffing and theres nothing to squeak.
if you have an old fashioned box spring with actual coil springs, yeah those squeak but not all of a sudden.
What an outstanding idea!
I'll also check the mattress/box deal, but I had the mattress off the bed last time I was fixing it an the squeaking was still there.
I wish I could take credit for the idea but it's actually something guitarists do when the screw for your strap mount gets stripped. Works great on furniture though, toothpicks are currently holding the door to my bathroom on.
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