<p>When my S moved in to his dorm, the bed spring is way too saggy which reminds me my own back pain problem resulted from those saggy bed springs in my old college dorm days. I saw some parent suggested going to Home Depot to cut out a plywood as bedboard, but it is bulky & not easy to transport unless you have a van. Wanted to see what are other solutions out there?</p>
<p>Just have the full size board cut into thirds - or whatever makes it feasible to carry back to the dorm. Over time it might be an issue but a piece of plywood is inexpensive and easy to replace as necessary. </p>
<p>Ask your college to replace it. </p>
<p>You could have home depot cut “slats” that go across horizontally, but it’s much more work and might be less comfortable. Plywood, cut into smaller pieces for carrying, would be much easier. Also, get plywood rather than the chipped wood that the treated with chemicals (which is cheaper). Some people get headaches etc from the chemicals.</p>
<p>My D’s dorm mattress is very soft but the bed has a solid support. We just get her a high quality memory foam to put on top.</p>
<p>Ikea sells this, which comes rolled up like a sleeping bag:
<a href=“LURÖY Slatted bed base, Twin - IKEA”>LURÖY Slatted bed base, Twin - IKEA;
<p>D1 had bad back. We got her a 6" topper from overstock.</p>
<p>Request replaceing the bed. You are paying for dorm, you should expect to have some reasonable bed. If they refuse, then you might have a good reason to move the kid out of dorm, which is a dream for most froshes.</p>
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<p>Don’t want any new members here to think this is the norm. It is not. While there may be some freshman who do not like living in a dorm, this is not true for ‘most’. Dorms provide social opportunities for freshman to get to know others in a way that other living situations can’t. </p>
<p>…and an opportunities to live in ugly messed up room and having hardest time adjusting to your roomate…everybody si different, no reason to start an argument. I still say, I would demand another bed for my pay or I am moving kid out. If you say anything different, you exercise your right to do so, I have no objections to your solution. But keep in mind that while some kids are very adjusting, flexible and accepting, others are not. My D. was able to live with the same roomate in dorm for 2 years, even after the fact that they had to move after first year to a second year dorm. They were very different, and did not get friends in 2 years living in a very small room. However, there were many cases of kids having a great toruble with the roomates, so not everything is so rosy as to count on some social relations based on your living arrangements (which in amny cases is actually complete social disaster), it did not happen to my D. and her friends (very many), they got together based on their common interests and personalities. Then, in 3rd year they have a chance to move together with whoever they wish. </p>
<p>Plywood works along with the egg toppers and mattress pads.<br>
You can ask them to replace the mattress but you’ll probably get a really hard mattress. </p>
<p>I never said they shouldn’t try to get another bed. I’m just saying that it’s not the be-all and end-all to the freshen dorm experience. </p>
<p>A kid who keeps a messy dorm room is not going to change their habits because they move off campus. And people who live in apartments can also get beds that sag. Moving off campus is not always the answer to freshman dorm angst. I’ve seen just as many ugly apartments, as I have dorm rooms. And you don’t have to be friends with your roommates; a lot about living successfully with a roommate is learning how to compromise and negotiate - skills that bode well for moving into adulthood. It doesn’t mean you have to be friends… just be adults. The majority of freshman accomplish this everyday. </p>