36 FL Bedroom

[Oriana]

I visited the dealer this afternoon to check out our coach and saw it for the first time with all the slides in. We have the King Bed option and noted that the end of the bed is tight against thewardrobe/drawers on the opposite bulkhead.

We are planning to replace the existing mattress in the coach with our current King c/w pillow top mattress from the house, which is at least double the thickness of the RW mattress.

Have any other 36 FL owners exchanged the mattress for a residential King mattress and does it impede the closing of the slides.

[COLJDM]

We have a 36FL and have a memory foam topper on the mattress. We roll back the topper to allow the mattress to collapse into the dresser. we have had no issues thusfar with that process.I would check with Redwood on the dimensions/specifications regarding your mattress and what the collapseable dresser drawers are capable of handling.

[Oriana]

Originally Posted by COLJDM

We have a 36FL and have a memory foam topper on the mattress. We roll back the topper to allow the mattress to collapse into the dresser. we have had no issues thusfar with that process.I would check with Redwood on the dimensions/specifications regarding your mattress and what the collapseable dresser drawers are capable of handling.

Thanks John - I'll send a note to RW. We also use memory foam in lieu of the pillow top, but the mattress alone is about double the thickness of the RW offering.

[Campers]

We Also have a F L and the mattress actually pushes the dresser in under the closet. Sorry, you can not use a thicker mattress? We also use the foam and roll it back, about a foot

[Oriana]

Thanks for the response, so it is either back to the drawing board or taking the bed apart every time you bring the slides in.
My preference is keeping it simple, but can't guarantee the other half, who has an extra vote.

[hoosierguy]

Originally Posted by Oriana

Thanks for the response, so it is either back to the drawing board or taking the bed apart every time you bring the slides in.

My preference is keeping it simple, but can't guarantee the other half, who has an extra vote.

We have a 2012 36RL with the standard RW queen bed. Wehave always beenused to a very firm mattress in our home. We were very pleasently surprised with the the RW queen, in that even though it has the pillow top which is much softer than we are accustom to and no box spring, we find it very comfortable. You may want to give the RW bed a try before you make your decision to replace it.

[TravelinAnderson]

We have a 36FL and like COLJDM and Oriana we use a 2" foam topper on our mattress and have to roll it back when we bring the slides in. I think the standard mattress that comes with the Redwood is about as thick as you can go without causing you problems.
We are very comfortable with just the 2" topper but have discovered that they really get stiff in dry climates. When we in in Big Bend National Park and and New Mexico we noticed it getting very hard and thought maybe it was time to replace it. I did a Google search on foam mattress toppers and humidity and discovered that they get hard in low humidity and buttery soft in high humidity. We bought a small humidifier and now our mattress topper and our sinuses are in good shape.

Sorry about going a little off topic at the end there but since I'm not the only one here using a foam mattress topper, I figured I'd share that experience as well.

[jpdunc]

We have ordered the king bed option with our new 36RE. If we are not happy with that mattress, will a king sleep number work. We have one in the motorhome and love it.

Thanks

[mhs4771]

We had the Radius Corner King Sleep number in our Montana and it was the first item moved from the Montana into our 36RL and we have had no problems, and with the radius corners it makes it a little easier getting around the corners of the bed.

[COLJDM]

Jim, we took a memory foam topper and placed it on our King Mattress that came with our coach, we sleep well

[Fredtp]

Do you put the sleep number mattress right on top of the Euro springs?

[Oriana]

You will have to check the height of the mattress, as when the slides are closed the mattress pushes the lower drawers in and slides below the wardrobes. The top of the mattress cannot be any higher than the top of the lower drawers.

We also initially planned on taking our residential mattress out to the coach, but even removing the box spring it was too high. This would have required modifying the wooden base and drawers. As the bedroom doesn't have a lot of room to manoeuvre a king mattresswe reconsidered andstayed with the RW mattress & use a 2" memory foam topper. When bringing the slides in we fold the bottom of the foam topper up to the head of the bed.

This combination is surprisingly comfortable.

[Dave&Ginny]

Originally Posted by Fredtp

Do you put the sleep number mattress right on top of the Euro springs?

I cut a 1 inch sliver of plywood (or osb) and put it on the center seam of the "Euro frame" to raise it up level with the outer rails. Then I cut 2 pieces of plywood length wise so the boards came together over the middle. I used self tapping 1 inch screws to hold everything together.

Before I put the boards on top of the frame, I put the control unit under the bed. I drilled a 3/4 hole in the side of the bed by the plug so I could run the plug out from under the bed and plug it in. I also drilled 2 other holes (through my plywood) at the head of the bed for the airlines.

[mhs4771]

We started with our Sleep Number on the Euro springs, but weren't overly happy with that setup, so last week we removed the Euro springs and installed two sections of 3/4" luan to support the Sleep Number, much better in our opinion