Hanging a bed sets your room apart from ordinary bedrooms.
If you want to suspend a bed from a ceiling, safety is a top concern. This means you must use the correct fasteners to keep the chains bolted to the ceiling and to the bed frame. If not, you risk the bed falling with a person on it. When you suspend a bed from the ceiling, suspend it low enough that the user can easily get into the bed without using anything more than a small stepping stool.
Instructions
1. Locate the joists in the ceiling with an electronic stud finder and mark their locations on the ceiling. If you plan to hang a bed from chains on the ceiling, you must install the fasteners securely into the joists for support.
2. Measure the length and the width of the bed with a tape measure and transfer the measurement to the ceiling. Line up each corner of the bed with the joists in the ceiling, and place marks where you plan to install the fasteners.
3. Drill a 1/2-inch diameter pilot hole with an electric drill at each of the four locations to make it easier to install the fasteners, prevent cracking drywall and prevent splitting the joists.
4. Thread self-tapping eyebolts with a 1-inch diameter threaded shaft into each hole as far as you can with your fingers. Slide a screwdriver into the hole in the eyebolt and turn the screwdriver clockwise to thread the bolt into the hole the rest of the way.
5. Remove the mattress and box spring from the bed to expose the metal framing. Drill a 1/2-inch diameter hole into the framing at each corner with the electric drill.
6. Place 1/2-inch eyebolts with machine screw-style shafts into the hole and secure them with 1/2-inch nuts. Keep the nuts in place with a wrench while tightening the eyebolts.
7. Cut four pieces of chain rated to to hold 5,000-pounds to the desired length with bolt cutters.
8. Attach the chains to the eyebolts in the ceiling with S-hooks, and attach the chain to the eyebolts on the bed with S-hooks.
9. Place the box spring and mattress back onto the bed frame.
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