RE: [A/S] After 40 years it is time for a new mattress.

We use foam as well...very comfortable..you can have it cut to fit.no box
springs..paula

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From: AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Peter Ryner
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 7:18 AM
To: AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [A/S] After 40 years it is time for a new mattress.

Chip,
We put a foam mattress set from Knox Foam in our '77 Airstream. It was a
set of three 3" memory foam pieces that all fit into a cover. I was able to
roll each piece up and get them into the trailer then unroll them on the
cover while on the bed. Took a little manuevering to get the thing all
zipped up but it worked out great. The three pieces were a soft, medium and
firm memory foam. You put the one on top that you prefer. I had built a
new foward aft king bed but it was a little smaller at the head due to the
shape of the trailer and a little shorter. I simply cut the foam before
installing using a template. We like the memory foam more than the $2K
mattress we put in our bedroom a few years ago.

Only problem is that I can't find the Knox Foam website anymore and don't
know if they are still in business. I'm sure there are many more foam
mattress businesses out there though. They did offer custom cutting with a
cover to match. I found that ours was so close that the cover they sent
with the original size works fine.

Another option is to contact a marine mattress maker and have one made.
I've seen their mattresses that fold so you can get then through doors and
around furniture and walls. They do look like they will cost a bit more
though.

I would definitely recommend trying the foam first. Extremely comfortable
and reasonably priced.
Pete
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From: "Chip" <czulli@gmail.com <mailto:czulli%40gmail.com> >
To: <AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AirstreamList%40yahoogroups.com>
>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 9:35 AM
Subject: [A/S] After 40 years it is time for a new mattress.

> OK, enough is enough. I, or someone like me has been sleeping on these
> mattresses in my Silver Streak for the last 40 years. They are the
> original
> "Silver Streak" mattresses and box springs, says so right on the mattress
> label.
>
> Only problem is a standard single mattress and box spring is 38 inches
> wide, but
> mine are 34 inches wide. Has anyone else faced this predicament?
>
> I could go with a custom foam pad on top, but there is a height issue with

> the
> foot of each bed located under cabinets and much more thickness in the
> overall
> mattress dimension could spell trouble with the feet.
>
> Maybe this problem is confined just to the Silver Streak and not the Avion

> or
> Airstream but thought I would seek advise from this group. Thanks for any
> suggestions or help.
>
> chip
> houston
>
>

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