Temporary Mattress or Bedding Material -- Ideas??

[Guest guest]

Has anyone ideas for temporary bedding? Someone is willing to let me

try out an apartment on a month to month lease but I'm not sure it will

work out so I don't want to drag my bed over there (would put it in

plastic encasement if I did). I thought I would use an airbed, but I

took it out of package and the smell of it is really repugnant!!! Soft

plastic must be the worst. I put it in bedroom by itself a few days

ago, cracked the windows opened and put the ceiling fan on but when I

checked yesterday, smell is as bad as first day and permeates the

entire room. I wonder if I can even recover the room from the smell

when I remove it tomorrow.

Anyway, has anyone found a non-smelly airbed, or have other ideas? I

thought I would use sleeping bag but floor is wood so I need something

under it. I went to a fabric store this evening and see I can buy a

piece of foam 2 inches thick for $90.00!! Seems a little much since I

would probably need 2 of them as 2 inches I doubt would be very soft on

wood. I'm already paying rent there but yesterday and tonight staying

at hotel since airbed smell drove me out already!!

[Guest guest]

Do you know anyone with a futon that could lend you the mattress? They're all

cotton inside and out.

[] Temporary Mattress or Bedding Material -- Ideas??

Has anyone ideas for temporary bedding? Someone is willing to let me

try out an apartment on a month to month lease but I'm not sure it will

work out so I don't want to drag my bed over there (would put it in

plastic encasement if I did). I thought I would use an airbed, but I

took it out of package and the smell of it is really repugnant!!! Soft

plastic must be the worst. I put it in bedroom by itself a few days

ago, cracked the windows opened and put the ceiling fan on but when I

checked yesterday, smell is as bad as first day and permeates the

entire room. I wonder if I can even recover the room from the smell

when I remove it tomorrow.

Anyway, has anyone found a non-smelly airbed, or have other ideas? I

thought I would use sleeping bag but floor is wood so I need something

under it. I went to a fabric store this evening and see I can buy a

piece of foam 2 inches thick for $90.00!! Seems a little much since I

would probably need 2 of them as 2 inches I doubt would be very soft on

wood. I'm already paying rent there but yesterday and tonight staying

at hotel since airbed smell drove me out already!!

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[Guest guest]

Go to a sporting goods store, or an official Boy Scout Outfitter (look

in yellow pages)and see if they have a collapsible cot. They used to be

made out of canvas, but they might have switched to smelly plastic

(progress?). Make sure that they open it up for you to try, before

buying. Its not the most comfortable way to sleep. You should also buy

the sleeping bag, to use on top of the cot. Remember, if you get sick

from mold, in the NEW place, you will have to throw out the cot and

sleeping bag, to avoid cross-contamination. I can't imagine a cot being

more expensive than foam cushions. Good Luck.

Joe

>

> Has anyone ideas for temporary bedding? Someone is willing to let me

> try out an apartment on a month to month lease but I'm not sure it

will

> work out so I don't want to drag my bed over there (would put it in

> plastic encasement if I did).

>

[Guest guest]

I did go the aerobed route and did notice the plastic/vinyl smell, but I left

the bed in the room for two weeks with the windows open and with a HEPA filter

running, so that by the time I moved in, it didn't bother me. I also keep the

window open a crack periodically during the day. I put a washable wool mattress

pad on the aerobed and new flannel sheets and I've been sleeping significantly

better in the 2.5 weeks since I've moved.

I'm not sure what I'll do for a permanent bed - Dr. Rae's book mentions to use

just the metal springs and layer it with cotton blankets. That may work okay if

I add the wool pad on top, but given the comfort level that I've found with the

aerobed, I may stay with that for a long while. And, at least until we're

certain the new house isn't contaminateed.

B.

>

> Has anyone ideas for temporary bedding? Someone is willing to let me

> try out an apartment on a month to month lease but I'm not sure it

will

> work out so I don't want to drag my bed over there (would put it in

> plastic encasement if I did).

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Yes, air bed will probably work out for me. I left air bed in

closed room with windows cracked open and ceiling fan on and this

morning it smelled considerably better and I think I will be able to

use it.

As for Dr Rae's suggestion with flat springs and cotton padding. He

uses this in his 'safe housing' in Dallas and I had to move into a

regular, unsafe room there because I found the flat spring bed too

uncomfortable. They just don't give enough support at all. I'm not

sure why he feels this is the best choice but I feel better on

mattress on a board and I don't see why that would be 'unsafe' for

moldies. He did have futon in the living area of safe housing that

were cushions on aluminum covered boards, which I could probably

have been comfortable on but I had already made plans to move out to

regular hotel room so didn't get to try them.

>

> I did go the aerobed route and did notice the plastic/vinyl smell,

but I left the bed in the room for two weeks with the windows open

and with a HEPA filter running, so that by the time I moved

[Guest guest]

Wallmart has cots for $29-you can add a mattress topper foam pad from

bedding dept for $10- I went through 10 cots in the spring- cross

contaminating every one-

--- In , " barb1283 " <barb1283@...>

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>

> Has anyone ideas for temporary bedding? Someone is willing to let

me

> try out an apartment on a month to month lease but I'm not sure it

will

> work out so I don't want to drag my bed over there (would put it in

> plastic encasement if I did). I thought I would use an airbed, but

I

> took it out of package and the smell of it is really repugnant!!!

Soft

> plastic must be the worst. I put it in bedroom by itself a few

days

> ago, cracked the windows opened and put the ceiling fan on but when

I

> checked yesterday, smell is as bad as first day and permeates the

> entire room. I wonder if I can even recover the room from the

smell

> when I remove it tomorrow.

>

> Anyway, has anyone found a non-smelly airbed, or have other ideas?

I

> thought I would use sleeping bag but floor is wood so I need

something

> under it. I went to a fabric store this evening and see I can buy

a

> piece of foam 2 inches thick for $90.00!! Seems a little much

since I

> would probably need 2 of them as 2 inches I doubt would be very

soft on

> wood. I'm already paying rent there but yesterday and tonight

staying

> at hotel since airbed smell drove me out already!!

>