STEP 2D
– Connect Flange arms and Spacer Brackets to the Spring Carriage Frame using the four Wing Bolts, and
Carefully place the Spring Carriage Frame into the bed case (don’t scratch the wood), then use Wing Bolts to attach the
spacer brackets on each side. (Do not attach the spacer bracket to the side panel yet!)
STEP 2E
- Install the assembled Spring Base into the “Base Plate” at floor level inside your wall.
First – A word about the “Base Plate”.
Most everybody knows what a “two-by-four” is; it’s a piece of wood that is about 1.5” thick and 3.5”wide, and usually quite long unless cut.
But, unless a person has worked in the construction trades, or seen homes under construction, one would not often know that there is a 2x4 lying
flat on the floor inside your walls.
This is the “base plate” that is supporting all the vertical 2x4’s that are behind the drywall or plaster in your walls. This base plate is nailed into
the floor, and with all the vertical 2/4’s on top of it – which end up carrying the weight of the roof – the base plate has the entire weight of the house
resting on it.
We are going to hang your wallbed on the base plate – which is a very, very stable and virtually immovable part of your house.
WALL
FLOOR
base molding
DRYWALL
5
8
"
FOOTER STUD
INSIDE THE
WALL
7
Carefully set the spring
base into the Bed Case
without scratching the
wood.
Base
Plate
inside
the
wall
top plate
Wall stud
Electric plug
socket
“Bottom plate” “Base plate” “sole
plate” all are names for this 2x4 that
runs across the floor at the bottom of
a wall.
