Best springy slats for antique metal bedstead plus fitting

[EmFord]

I would like to know how best to set up some springy wooden slats on a metal framed antique bedframe. And what slats/system to get, IF it can be done at all.

I have lifted off the matress and the wooden particulate type boards it was previously on. The old boards still smell of the gluey particulate after all these years, (sorry, I don't know what the boards are called but I understand the dust can be carcinogenic).

My problem is that the metal bed frame is just a flat L-shaped metal bar all around, (the top being flat), basically. No holes to fit the slats or a slatted frame. I want to see if it can be done because the mattress is very good but the old boards make the matress feel very hard. Thanks in advance.

 

[JohnD]

flat L-shaped metal bar

Angle iron.

I think beds used to have a large metal mesh or wire netting or interlaced rods, which enables to mattress to ventilate

Baron John Baker used a sort of weldmesh intended for reinforcing concrete road surfaces at bus stops, though he originally wanted to use steel strips with a bent angle at each end to hook over the frame.

 

[foxhole]

If the mattress is good, you won’t know what’s underneath it solid or sprung. Sounds like you need a new mattress..

 

[EmFord]

Thanks, but the matttress is still new and great. I have slept on a bed with the mattress both on the floor and on a divan (springs), believe me, the difference is waking up pain free and better quality sleep, for me anyway. It looks like I will have to dig out and consider dusting off the original wooden sprung frame.

 

[foxhole]

Thanks, but the matttress is still new and great. I have slept on a bed with the mattress both on the floor and on a divan (springs), believe me, the difference is waking up pain free and better quality sleep, for me anyway. It looks like I will have to dig out and consider dusting off the original wooden sprung frame.

Obviously not .