Replacement bed slats

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I have a few bed slats that are split and the the end fittings are also broken and the previous owner screwed them in place! So as a full-timer I think it's important to get the bed right, after all we've spent a small fortune on electrics etc. ;)
So my questions are:
1). Can any suggest a good place to buy replacements?
2). Would I be better off removing all the slats and using one solid piece of ply?
As usual any help and advice is very much appreciated (y)

Regards,
Del
 
Plywood will sweat & go mouldy unless you drill lots of holes in it. My bed base is 12mm ply, but with rows of 2inch holes drilled in it 2 inches apart. Needed a 3x2 crossmembers every 16ins but its fine.
 
I've used https://www.bedslats.co.uk before, perfectly good service and prices were ok at the time (few years ago) Haven't compared recently.

Current van has slats, previous van ply with bits routed out. Both methods worked just as well for me.
 
campervanannie said:
Don’t use solid ply it encourages damp from cold under the bed and warm bodies in the bed stick to slats you can get them anywhere eBay, Amazon and IKEA just to mention a few.
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My heater is under the bed so I was hoping that would help with the damp?

Regards,
Del
 
The problem with Ikea and the other suggestions is that I think they are expecting you to have two halves therefore the slats aren't long enough :cry: Mark61's suggestion is the nearest @1045mm long, six of mine are 1100mm long :(
I'm looking at local timber merchants and I will ask my nephew who is a carpenter ;) (Suggested by Diane :)).

Regards,
Del
 
mark61 said:
I've used https://www.bedslats.co.uk before, perfectly good service and prices were ok at the time (few years ago) Haven't compared recently.

Current van has slats, previous van ply with bits routed out. Both methods worked just as well for me.
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This company are good and will custom cut to length. I dropped in on the way to a family funeral in July and they did it while I waited. Really good beefy curved slats which have put the support back in my bed on which weaker slats had flattened out under load. Bit like Ducato rear springs in fact.
 
Replaced the ones on my side of the sticks and bricks bed recently. Ebay Marco King. £35 for 14 slats. Would have bought the Ikea ones, but the queue was right around the store. I'm not one for queuing. Even if there was a meatball dinner with jam on offer.
 
Have you considered the Froli system on a sheet of solid ply?

I've no experience of it but heard good reports. Probably quite pricey I expect.
 
Trotter said:
Replaced the ones on my side of the sticks and bricks bed recently. Ebay Marco King. £35 for 14 slats. Would have bought the Ikea ones, but the queue was right around the store. I'm not one for queuing. Even if there was a meatball dinner with jam on offer.
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Cheers Del, is Marco King the make or the seller?
Robmac said:
Have you considered the Froli system on a sheet of solid ply?

I've no experience of it but heard good reports. Probably quite pricey I expect.
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Yes I've looked at the Froli system and it looks the dog's dangly bits but it's really expensive but I might take another look before I make a final decision :)

Regards,
Del
 
made a bed for the grandsons bedroom specific size reqd got a whole sheet of 12mmm marine ply used a hole cutter 3/4” holes at 3” staggered centers still strong enough to take my 17 stone weight and breathable ,
 
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