Platform Bed Frame

You do not need a foundation with your mattress, as many mattresses can be placed directly on the floor, but we do recommend them. Placing your mattress directly on the floor can lead to dirt and moisture build-up, resulting in premature wear and tear. Plus, it makes it hard for air to escape, which can lead to night sweats and overheating.

While box springs were once popular, they’re now a less desirable option, as they’re not compatible with foam beds. Foam beds need a solid or slatted foundation to rest on, so they work best with more modern mattress foundations or even bed frames like platform beds. Hybrid mattresses are also best supported by solid or slatted foundations, whereas innerspring mattresses can work with box springs or modern mattress foundations.

Box springs provide bouncy, sturdy support for your mattress through a combination of coils and wood slats. Mattress foundations are either slatted or solid and do not contain coils, so they provide more even support than box springs.

Box springs are best suited for innerspring mattresses, whereas all other mattress types are best supported by more modern mattress foundations.

You can put a mattress directly on a slatted foundation or bed base, but you’ll want to make sure the foundation or base is from Amerisleep or that the slats are close enough together to provide even support. As a general rule of thumb, slats in a non-Amerisleep slatted foundation should be no more than 2.75 inches apart.

If your bed base and slats aren’t designed by Amerisleep and are spaced further apart, we recommend two solutions: 1) buy additional slats to fill the gaps or 2) buy a bunkie board to place across the slats, creating a solid, flat surface. You can also opt to buy moisture-resistant ply-wood instead of a bunkie board.

You do not need a headboard with a mattress foundation as many of them are stand-alone mattress accessories. Our Amerisleep Platform Bed is not compatible with a headboard and does not fit in your existing bed frame, either.

We recommend placing no more than 750 pounds on our Platform Bed Frame.

Mattress accessories, such as sheets, pillows, and foundations, do not qualify for the 100-night trial and are non-returnable.

No. Our Platform Bed Frame is an all-in-one mattress support system and bed frame. It’s larger than a box spring or foundation and does not fit within other frames. Additionally, the foundation’s legs are part of the frame and cannot be removed.