After you packed up your mattress, you may need to put it in or on the car or move it up stairs. These videos will show you how. Or you use one of these vacuum pack mattress bags. How to vacuum pack a mattress into A BIG ZIPLOCK bag! th-cam.com/video/Z7tTNjjF0iw/w-d-xo.html How to Fit a Mattress in an SUV th-cam.com/video/YCbj1PWfIIA/w-d-xo.html Move a Mattress Up Stairs By Yourself th-cam.com/video/QY6Z-yqx-V4/w-d-xo.html
Put the mattress bag on, push the bed against the wall, put a ratchet under the bed on both sides. I folded the bed in half and while laying on it and I started winding up the ratchet. Super easy and fast. I fit the mattress in the back of my Kia Optima. No rope needed. Pushed it against a wall so it wouldn’t move.
Thank you guys so much. Yall just saved me, and saved me money. You two made my day from me having a bad week. This is the first bed I ever bought. Its a king memory foam bed. I dont have a car n not that much money. I thought i would have to get a truck to move my bed. Now I can call a friend and it can go in the suv. Love u guys. Thank u so much
I'm moving out for the first time and at the new place I'm living in the bedroom is essentially a remodeled basement, so the only way to access it was through a narrow staircase with a 90 degree turn.... I was losing hope on the mattress, but then I found this video! Thank you so much for this!
I have a queen I have to move from the garage to the bedroom, I can now do it without going all the way around to the front door I never thought of folding it but that will totally work for me, by the way, I am 76 and I know I can do this !! So here goes I have 2 new straps I just bought perfect timing,
Thank you both so so much for making this video! My friend and I just used your advice from this video and the "How to Move a King Size Mattress Up Stairs By Yourself" video. For me, it was moving a Queen size mattress (15" thickness & 48lbs) from a first floor in one building, to a fifth floor in another. Using the method with the mattress bag, then folding in half, then using tie down straps to hold it together made the process SO EASY for us. From your other video, we then used the roll-up-the-stairs method up the five flights because my building has no elevator...yeeeeeeaaaaaaahhh...adventure?? Nonetheless, we were able to move it so fast! I just can't thank you enough for helping us make this excursion so much more doable than I could have imagined!
1:25 Method1. Mattress bag 3.5mil thickness. Other supplies needed... 2:05 Rope. 2:20 Tie Down Straps (Ratchet Straps). You can buy at a hardware store. 2:40 Mattress bag method. Put mattress into mattress bag first, then fold. 3:20 Link to mattress bag $5 in the description. Put mattress into mattress bag. 3:40 Fold mattress in half. 3:45 Slide rope under your folded mattress. 3:50 Taut line hitch knot. Regular half hitch, but loop it around one more time, then oop around to the top of the know and do one more half hitch. This type of knot allows you to tighten or loosen the rope around the mattress. 4:50 Rotate so the ends of the folded mattress are pointing upward. This allows you to use the rope itself as handles to carry the folded mattress. 5:20 Can use tie-down (ratchet straps) instead of the rope. 5:40 Method2 Use Painters Plastic. Get thicker one, at least 3.5mil thickness. Measuring tape. Scissors. Tape gun. 6:20 This method needs tie down (ratchet straps) also. 6:30 Need to unroll 7feet of plastic for a twin, 8ft for a Queen, 9ft for a King. Fold mattress in half. Tie rope on the inside of the plastic if you have tie downs for the outside. Tie rope on the outside of the plastic if you don't have a set of tie downs to act as handles on the outside. Wrap up the folded mattress in the plastic like you would wrap a present. 9:30 Method3: Use a clean tarp.
You gals are AMAZING!! Thank you SO much. Even though it was hard, we used your method to move a King memory foam bed from one house to another. With minimal arguing. It made it SO much easier to get it where we needed it on top of the box springs. Thank you!!
You're welcome. I've done this to fit a king size mattress in a small U-Haul too. It's even tough to fit a queen size in a regular van without folding it. Happy i helped!
Thanks for the video!! It was very clear and well done, and I especially appreciated the explanation of how to tie a taut line hitch: it worked like a charm :)
All this time I thought getting a mattress pad was enough. The fact that the footprint on the moving truck could have been smaller makes me want to take my mattress off the bed and try it now. By the way, this is my second video that I've watched. I've found you'll by the review on the andCollar review when you showed how the shirts didn't stain. Subscribed because of the usefulness.
I can appreciate your enthusiasm but it makes me laugh that you want to try it. I've got to do this to move a heavy latex mattress this weekend and I don't want to. Moving it upstairs and into the car. Without folding it, it would be so much more work. To me, saying that you found out videos useful is one of the best compliments. Thank you for taking the time to tell us.
For quite a while now I've seen them send mattress in boxes now and still it never occurred to me that my very own mattress could be folded for easy transport.... haha
I used this method on my ikea mattress yesterday. Worked a charm. Had to use painters plastic and tape. But make sure you buy extra good packing tape! The stuff I bought was absolute trash and came apart.
Thank you for your video. Without watching this there's no way we can buy and bring the mattress home ourselves. We would have to pay $150 extra online and $75 delivery. Just attracted a few eyeballs when we did it at the store but it saved us money 👍🏻
This video is still one of my favorites because of how this one and our mattress cleaning one have saved our viewers so much money, shame and stress! I’ve used them myself several times.
You're welcome. People have taught me knots and I couldn't get it. I was a girl scout but this part didn't stick. This knot works for me, ha ha ha! Happy it helped you, too!
Thanks for the video! My wife and I did this with a king size all-foam mattress that’s about 15 inches thick. We got it folded, but when I went to grab some ratchet straps - the mattress threw my wife right out the 3rd floor window... No, but seriously, the fold and strap method worked great for us. Tried it with the mattress on the bed- no go. Had to get it on the floor, folded it, and pulled 2 ratchet straps right at each end. Now we had half the size to deal with, PLUS handles! Gotta love handles! Not that I have love handles, I’m just saying handles are cool.
Not only compliments but funny jokes too. Although the part about your wife being taken out by a mattress sacred me for a second! I'm happy she's ok and that the method worked well for you!
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe You make any purchase at Harbor Freight and you can get a free item if you have a coupon. They almost always have their 5x7 tarps as a free item. Here is the link to the coupon site: www.hfqpdb.com/gallery/free
Hey cheers, that's pretty much the method I'd planned to use myself but it's nice to get some confirmation that it works. I seem to remember my mattress came rolled (obviously done by a machine), does the 'bend' in the middle of your version not damage the springs in the middle of the mattress, I would have thought that inner line of springs on the crease would be under extreme pressure, the rest hardly under any stress at all! Knots advice especially useful. This mattress seems to be very close to the variety I've got, basically the cheapest quality mattress I could find from Ikea.
You can do more of a taco fold so it's bowed and not tightly closed together at the end. Since we can't rest it on all mattresses we can't guarantee it won't hurt it. But I did this many times to foam and spring mattresses.
Awesome! I was wondering about this as I have a mattress and I am moving in a month. My mattress is part of a sofa bed so naturally folds in half. I just hope i can find painters plastic or a mattress bag in Korea.
You ladies are awesome Me and my girlfriend is going to pick up a mattress And what a combination we are going to be because of your instructions thank you so much
Great Awesome demo. Thanks!!!. May I know was the mattress you demonstrated a FULL / Queen. About time for the unexpected move. your video lessened my stress of moving the mattress. Cant wait to try it. Thanks in advance.
Okay... I have a questions... what happens if the bed is just straight up coil/springs? can't really be going and folding the bed like that? you know? Basically screws up the bed
Hmmm. Only one question 🙋♂️. What about mattress were the company that says your not to fold again once you open for the first time? If you do , it voids your warranty?
It can void your warrant along with a number of any other things. So if your mattress is still under warranty or you don’t want to take the rush then don’t fold it. Tears, stains, etc can also. Really, it’s for manufacturing defects or more dramatic issues like dips that are 2 inches or more deep. But yes, consult your warranty.
Thanks for the wonderful information. Who knew you could fold a mattress? My wife was amazed. I told her two voluptuous women taught me this mattress trick🤔😳
This was the first demonstration that popped up I don't know whether you guys try to stretch it or what but it could be less than three and a half minutes before you begin to show us what you're doing.
Our mattress has inner springs and is over 20 years old. It was sold flat. I suggested to my husband that we get a bag because there are dust and mites in mattresses after this long. You ladies obviously are folding something with hardly any springs or maybe none. I say pitch ours and buy a new one. He wants to tie it to the roof of a U-Haul. But now he thinks maybe we can fold it. I doubt that.!! 😱
After you packed up your mattress, you may need to put it in or on the car or move it up stairs. These videos will show you how. Or you use one of these vacuum pack mattress bags. How to vacuum pack a mattress into A BIG ZIPLOCK bag! th-cam.com/video/Z7tTNjjF0iw/w-d-xo.html
How to Fit a Mattress in an SUV th-cam.com/video/YCbj1PWfIIA/w-d-xo.html
Move a Mattress Up Stairs By Yourself th-cam.com/video/QY6Z-yqx-V4/w-d-xo.html
I have to say: I was super skeptical about this. But it totally worked! Even though I'm weak as noodles I was able to do it all by myself
Why were you skeptical you sexist faal...😆😆
@@chumadoshi6987 can a folded full mattress fit into a mini suv?
Weak as noodles lol
I’m getting ready to get a old heavier Q mattress out of a bedroom and up a full flight of stairs by myself ! Ugh.
This gave me hope!
Put the mattress bag on, push the bed against the wall, put a ratchet under the bed on both sides. I folded the bed in half and while laying on it and I started winding up the ratchet. Super easy and fast. I fit the mattress in the back of my Kia Optima. No rope needed. Pushed it against a wall so it wouldn’t move.
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Thank you guys so much. Yall just saved me, and saved me money. You two made my day from me having a bad week. This is the first bed I ever bought. Its a king memory foam bed. I dont have a car n not that much money. I thought i would have to get a truck to move my bed. Now I can call a friend and it can go in the suv. Love u guys. Thank u so much
Best comment!! Now you made our day!! Big hugs to you - thanks for taking the time to come back and tell us. Best of luck!
Seriously. This just CHANGED MY LIFE!
You're amazing.
I'm moving out for the first time and at the new place I'm living in the bedroom is essentially a remodeled basement, so the only way to access it was through a narrow staircase with a 90 degree turn.... I was losing hope on the mattress, but then I found this video! Thank you so much for this!
U girls rock I was gonna put it on top of my car but now I'm a Do it right
I have a queen I have to move from the garage to the bedroom, I can now do it without going all the way around to the front door I never thought of folding it but that will totally work for me, by the way, I am 76 and I know I can do this !! So here goes I have 2 new straps I just bought perfect timing,
Love this video. Now I need to know how to fold and move my couch.
You sir are funny! 🤣
Let us know if you figure out how to do that!!
Haha!!!
Is there any possibility to fold my house?
Yes but it won't fit in your car and may not be usable after.
I am returning a foam mattress to a store. I think your method is the best! Thank you so very much for your help!
You're most welcome 😃
Why did you return a foam mattress to the store?
Thank you both so so much for making this video! My friend and I just used your advice from this video and the "How to Move a King Size Mattress Up Stairs By Yourself" video. For me, it was moving a Queen size mattress (15" thickness & 48lbs) from a first floor in one building, to a fifth floor in another. Using the method with the mattress bag, then folding in half, then using tie down straps to hold it together made the process SO EASY for us. From your other video, we then used the roll-up-the-stairs method up the five flights because my building has no elevator...yeeeeeeaaaaaaahhh...adventure?? Nonetheless, we were able to move it so fast! I just can't thank you enough for helping us make this excursion so much more doable than I could have imagined!
We love hearing that it helped you!! Yes, it's a bit of an adventure to move a mattress and up 5 flights but you did it. Superwoman!!!
I'm moving 4 floors up too in the same apartment building! Thanks for sharing your experience/success.
1:25 Method1. Mattress bag 3.5mil thickness. Other supplies needed...
2:05 Rope.
2:20 Tie Down Straps (Ratchet Straps). You can buy at a hardware store.
2:40 Mattress bag method. Put mattress into mattress bag first, then fold.
3:20 Link to mattress bag $5 in the description. Put mattress into mattress bag.
3:40 Fold mattress in half.
3:45 Slide rope under your folded mattress.
3:50 Taut line hitch knot. Regular half hitch, but loop it around one more time, then oop around to the top of the know and do one more half hitch. This type of knot allows you to tighten or loosen the rope around the mattress.
4:50 Rotate so the ends of the folded mattress are pointing upward. This allows you to use the rope itself as handles to carry the folded mattress.
5:20 Can use tie-down (ratchet straps) instead of the rope.
5:40 Method2 Use Painters Plastic. Get thicker one, at least 3.5mil thickness. Measuring tape. Scissors. Tape gun.
6:20 This method needs tie down (ratchet straps) also.
6:30 Need to unroll 7feet of plastic for a twin, 8ft for a Queen, 9ft for a King. Fold mattress in half. Tie rope on the inside of the plastic if you have tie downs for the outside. Tie rope on the outside of the plastic if you don't have a set of tie downs to act as handles on the outside. Wrap up the folded mattress in the plastic like you would wrap a present.
9:30 Method3: Use a clean tarp.
Thank You So Much!
You ladies are doing there lords work. Thank you 🙏🏾
You gals are AMAZING!! Thank you SO much. Even though it was hard, we used your method to move a King memory foam bed from one house to another. With minimal arguing. It made it SO much easier to get it where we needed it on top of the box springs. Thank you!!
We love hearing this, thanks so much for coming back to comment!
This is brilliant. I've been struggling like a chump my entire life.
Thank you. Happy to help😃
Literally brought so much ease to something stressful. Thank you!!!
You're so welcome!
You saved my bacon! Just used your method to move our mattress to our new place.
I love you ladies for showing this! I had a no show helper and now I know I’ll just do this method!
Happy to help!
I needed this when I packed my Ubox 🤦🏾. Loading I jad help but unloading it is just me and this video is a lifesaver.
Your comment and others from women who are moving stuff alone are the reason I made this video. I'm so happy to help!
Thanks for the tips :)
This method is much better than renting out a 9" van.
You're welcome. I've done this to fit a king size mattress in a small U-Haul too. It's even tough to fit a queen size in a regular van without folding it. Happy i helped!
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe the move was a success yesterday. Now I know how to move all mattresses with my SUV 😛😎
By far, the BEST VIDEO for this topic... been searching for months... now I will continue my project. Great job ladies👍
Best video I watched in TH-cam! I’m moving tomorrow and this was very useful!
Well we love this comment! Happy it helped
Thanks for the video!! It was very clear and well done, and I especially appreciated the explanation of how to tie a taut line hitch: it worked like a charm :)
Happy to hear it helped you!
3 years later this is so helpful to many of us...thank you!
Your comment makes our day!
This is so great and so helpful. Thanks for this. I'm gonna give this a try on my queen sized mattress.
You're welcome, happy it helped!
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe :-D
All this time I thought getting a mattress pad was enough. The fact that the footprint on the moving truck could have been smaller makes me want to take my mattress off the bed and try it now. By the way, this is my second video that I've watched. I've found you'll by the review on the andCollar review when you showed how the shirts didn't stain. Subscribed because of the usefulness.
I can appreciate your enthusiasm but it makes me laugh that you want to try it. I've got to do this to move a heavy latex mattress this weekend and I don't want to. Moving it upstairs and into the car. Without folding it, it would be so much more work.
To me, saying that you found out videos useful is one of the best compliments. Thank you for taking the time to tell us.
Never would have thought to fold my mattress is half. Genius.
For quite a while now I've seen them send mattress in boxes now and still it never occurred to me that my very own mattress could be folded for easy transport.... haha
I used this method on my ikea mattress yesterday. Worked a charm. Had to use painters plastic and tape. But make sure you buy extra good packing tape! The stuff I bought was absolute trash and came apart.
Life saver thanks for this as I did not wanna do the whole vaccum thing
Thank you ladies, you have solved my dilemna!🤗
My back loves this video!
Thank you so much, I am moving now and this saved me from having to buy new matress
Thank you very much. Making the move from WI to AZ soon and I have a purple mattress. Looking forward to an easier move now ☺️
THANK YOU!!!!!!! I have a move coming up and was sweating the mattress. I think I can do it now!!!!
Thank you for your video. Without watching this there's no way we can buy and bring the mattress home ourselves. We would have to pay $150 extra online and $75 delivery. Just attracted a few eyeballs when we did it at the store but it saved us money 👍🏻
This video is still one of my favorites because of how this one and our mattress cleaning one have saved our viewers so much money, shame and stress! I’ve used them myself several times.
Thank you for the tip about using painter's visqueen, it works like a charm.
Thank you ladies. Just helped a strong man work smarter, not dumber.
That knot is genius!
Thank you so much!!! I did this by myself with 2 ratchet straps!!!! Now I just need to fit it into my car
That's what we love to hear!!! Happy it helped you
Very helpful. Thanks Ladies.
Great video if just to learn how to tie the knot -- but the rest of the video was helpful and easy to understand. Thank You.
You're welcome. People have taught me knots and I couldn't get it. I was a girl scout but this part didn't stick. This knot works for me, ha ha ha! Happy it helped you, too!
I will be trying this out this week.
This is just girl 💥 power for me! Perfect thanks 😊
Yes, girl power!!!
Thanks for the video! My wife and I did this with a king size all-foam mattress that’s about 15 inches thick. We got it folded, but when I went to grab some ratchet straps - the mattress threw my wife right out the 3rd floor window... No, but seriously, the fold and strap method worked great for us. Tried it with the mattress on the bed- no go. Had to get it on the floor, folded it, and pulled 2 ratchet straps right at each end. Now we had half the size to deal with, PLUS handles! Gotta love handles! Not that I have love handles, I’m just saying handles are cool.
Not only compliments but funny jokes too. Although the part about your wife being taken out by a mattress sacred me for a second! I'm happy she's ok and that the method worked well for you!
😂😂😂 I laughed so hard.
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They're more efficient than the average dude!👍🏿
Thanks for your help!
Greetings from Germany :)
Thank you!! Leslie...You rock girls....
This video was extremely helpful! Thank you!
Brilliant idea this helped us so much thank you!!
Ladies, you need more likes!
We agree, everyone click like on this video :)
Great Job . I rarely hit the like button, But y'all are very good. Keep it up
Thank you! I have a move coming up and this never would have occurred to me.
Happy to help
Very good, simple video. Knot tie is excellent.
Why thank you!
The free Harbor Freight tarps might work great for this. They are 5x7 and can be zip tied together at the grommet holes.
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe You make any purchase at Harbor Freight and you can get a free item if you have a coupon. They almost always have their 5x7 tarps as a free item. Here is the link to the coupon site:
www.hfqpdb.com/gallery/free
Harbor Freight in their sale Flyer often advertise a free coupon for a Tarp with any purchase.
Side to side or top to bottom? It should matter?
Top to bottom. It would be too hard to fold lengthwise. And the inside to inside so the back of the cover faces out.
Actually it works any rope long enough also can do the job - I just get a bag and use this way to fit in a Uber xl
Hey cheers, that's pretty much the method I'd planned to use myself but it's nice to get some confirmation that it works.
I seem to remember my mattress came rolled (obviously done by a machine), does the 'bend' in the middle of your version not damage the springs in the middle of the mattress, I would have thought that inner line of springs on the crease would be under extreme pressure, the rest hardly under any stress at all!
Knots advice especially useful.
This mattress seems to be very close to the variety I've got, basically the cheapest quality mattress I could find from Ikea.
You can do more of a taco fold so it's bowed and not tightly closed together at the end.
Since we can't rest it on all mattresses we can't guarantee it won't hurt it. But I did this many times to foam and spring mattresses.
you literally solved all my problems, thank you so much !!
You're welcome and thanks for commenting and letting us know it helped you.
Life/Lower back savers!!!
Thank you so much , this video was very helpful!!!❤️❤️
Can't wait to try this
This is genius! Thank you, ladies!
Happy we could help👍
That was very well thought out
Why thank you!
Thanks for the video!😊👍🏻
that was AWESOME! Thank you!
Sure thing, glad it helped you!
Excellent!
Awesome! I was wondering about this as I have a mattress and I am moving in a month. My mattress is part of a sofa bed so naturally folds in half. I just hope i can find painters plastic or a mattress bag in Korea.
You can wrap it in a tarp or other waterproof type of material.
This was really helpful thank you.
Great ideas thank you so much for sharing
this was amazing thank you!
Happy it was helpful!
You are wonderful!!!!! Thank you so much!
Thank you,
4 th option but takes longer . Use shrink wrap.
There are also vacuum pack bags that are like a giant Ziplock bag and then you suck all the air out and roll or fold it.
You ladies are awesome Me and my girlfriend is going to pick up a mattress And what a combination we are going to be because of your instructions thank you so much
Ah that makes our day!
This is so helpful
Thank you for letting us know
You guys awesome
Definitely helped me. Cheers👍😀
So helpful! Thanks so much for sharing! Getting ready to try this on a Queen mattress! 🍀🤞🏻Wish me luck! ♥ Jenny
Great! Thanks!!
. . . Onesome, Thanks ! 👍
This is great !!
Excelente Consejo para proteger El Mattress. thank you.
Well done girls
Awesome show !!
Thanks so much for being here!
Will this work for a Tempur pedic mattress? It is super thick and a king. Our!
Great Awesome demo. Thanks!!!. May I know was the mattress you demonstrated a FULL / Queen. About time for the unexpected move. your video lessened my stress of moving the mattress. Cant wait to try it. Thanks in advance.
Moms:Saving my ass since 1974. THANK YOU
Okay... I have a questions... what happens if the bed is just straight up coil/springs? can't really be going and folding the bed like that? you know? Basically screws up the bed
Slide it out the old fashioned way
@@SeedyDragon Lol thats what i ended up doin.
Can you do this to a Nectar mattress without damaging it?
Yes
I don't know. Did you try this on a Nectar..the web says that bending the mattress can damage it and won't be able to use afterwards?
important ? if you tie it up won't it ruin it or leave the imprint of the thing you tie it with?
Hmmm. Only one question 🙋♂️. What about mattress were the company that says your not to fold again once you open for the first time? If you do , it voids your warranty?
It can void your warrant along with a number of any other things. So if your mattress is still under warranty or you don’t want to take the rush then don’t fold it. Tears, stains, etc can also. Really, it’s for manufacturing defects or more dramatic issues like dips that are 2 inches or more deep. But yes, consult your warranty.
I love it
Super helpful! Thank you both!
Thank youuu !!!
So happy you came back to let us know this helped you.
Thanks for the wonderful information. Who knew you could fold a mattress? My wife was amazed. I told her two voluptuous women taught me this mattress trick🤔😳
When you say "tie downs," is that the same as "ratchet straps?"
Yes
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe Thanks!
Thanks for this video its amazing
This was the first demonstration that popped up I don't know whether you guys try to stretch it or what but it could be less than three and a half minutes before you begin to show us what you're doing.
Thanks for the feedback. Hope the vidoe was helpful after 3 and a half minutes😃
Thank you so much for posting this video. I will have to give this method a try. Any idea how much a typical full size spring mattress may weigh?
Thank you so much!!!
Happy it helped!
it´s an excellent idea, I have a king size innerspring mattress and I was wondering if you recommend to fold it?
Is it a bed in a box type mattress? If you bought it flat you probably shouldn't risk folding it. Sorry.
Our mattress has inner springs and is over 20 years old. It was sold flat. I suggested to my husband that we get a bag because there are dust and mites in mattresses after this long. You ladies obviously are folding something with hardly any springs or maybe none. I say pitch ours and buy a new one. He wants to tie it to the roof of a U-Haul. But now he thinks maybe we can fold it. I doubt that.!! 😱