It’s hard to believe, but about a third of our lives we spend sleeping. A good bed and a quality mattress are an investment that can pay off for us in the long run. A quality mattress can cost thousands of shekels, so it is important to protect the investment. A properly maintained mattress and bed can last ten to fifteen years in good condition.
So what is the best method to maintain the mattress?
If you have decided to rent a warehouse during a move, going on a long vacation or any other reason, there are several parameters that you must take into account.
To this end, we have brought you several tips for storing the mattress:
- Before moving or storing the mattress, be sure that you have cleaned it as best as possible. Use a special material for cleaning fabrics and then cover the mattress with durable and thick plastic and suck the air inside it to create a vacuum. Make sure you don’t miss holes or loopholes in the cover. This way you can ensure that no material, moisture or other equipment will damage the quality of the mattress.
- If you are storing a mattress for the long term, store it horizontally so that the mattress is in a lying position, in order to avoid damage to the internal mechanism of the mattress that will be caused as a result of the force of gravity for the long term.
- When you arrange the contents of the apartment in the warehouse, it is important to keep it away from sharp objects or objects prone to moisture.
- Do not place anything on top of mattresses because objects, especially the heavy ones, can damage the mattress material and its threads. Therefore, make sure that the mattress is placed in the warehouse at the highest point on top of the other objects.
- Once it’s time to take the mattress out of storage, air it out and freshen it up before use. A little old-fashioned remedy for the meticulous is to sprinkle baking soda powder on both sides of the mattress, which allows even the slightest moisture to be absorbed, and then vacuum the powder from the mattress.
Protection before storage
Since the bed system – the frame, the headboard and especially the mattress – is one of the most important items in the house, it is important to protect it when it is transported to the warehouse and when it is stored. This way you can ensure repeated use of the bed and mattress that will be kept in quality condition for many years.
As for storing the bed, put all the iron parts of the bed such as screws, rods and more in a plastic bag and tape it to the head of the bed to ensure that they don’t get lost over time. Cover the bed frame and headboard with old blankets during the transfer to storage and during storage itself to protect against dust accumulation.
The Smartroom is a storage services company that offers a wide variety of short-term and long-term storage solutions. The company has a wide variety of warehouses for rent in different sizes, from large warehouses designed for apartment contents storage services to small warehouses designed for storing several objects, cartons or suitcases.