I'm aware of the different size mattresses but what should the bed frame size be?
I'm building a king, 76" x 80". Let's call the area where the mattress goes, "The pocket". In building a bed frame, what size should the frame itself be (inside dimensions) you know, the pocket where the mattress will be placed. Should there be some increase over he size of the mattress? How much?
Left to my own devices, I'd make the pocket 1.5" larger in eacg direction. But unsure, and I don't want a too sloppy or too tight a fit. Also, mattresses themselve come and go.
I gave away our bed already, so I don't have the old one to measure and I cant go to a store with a tape measure.
Thanks!
Calvin