I am a 115 pound 41 year old woman. I bought this twin for myself because our house has a very odd layout and the only expandable space is upwards.
The package arrived, and I was able to assemble the bed, by myself, in about 2 hours. You really need to have a second person towards the end when its time to connect the two sides, but it CAN be done by one person if you have good spatial reasoning.
I left the upper front rail off, as the ladder doesnt give me enough clearance to clamber over the rails. The bed should definitely be anchored to the wall; if you have drywall or protruding baseboards, youll need to procure your own wall anchors, which is totally acceptable.
The bed is pretty sturdy even without the anchors (which I am getting today). I have it positioned over a full sized bed, both facing the same way. I just slid the over the top of the bed; the back rail mid/way up is the same height as the full bed I have underneath.
The only concern I have is the mattress rails and the little plastic toggles that go along the center of them. They seem to be a little flimsy. As stated above, Im 115 pounds, and I got up there after I positioned the in order to put the back rail on. The bed held my weight, but the little plastic toggles would slip off. Theyre shaped to fit into one another; one end has one hook, the other end has 2 with a space between them. The weak spots seem to be the end with only one hook. Im going to look into getting something to reinforce the slats better.
Overall, this is a good and I had absolute no problems understanding the instructions. Just pay attention to the pictures, and look ahead if you dont understand something, but I highly recommend this .
One of the easiest assemblies Ive done
I am a 115 pound 41 year old woman. I bought this twin for myself because our house has a very odd layout and the only expandable space is upwards. The package arrived, and I was able to assemble the bed, by myself, in about 2 hours. You really need to have a second person towards the end when its time to connect the two sides, but it CAN be done by one person if you have good spatial reasoning. I left the upper front rail off, as the ladder doesnt give me enough clearance to clamber over the rails. The bed should definitely be anchored to the wall; if you have drywall or protruding baseboards, youll need to procure your own wall anchors, which is totally acceptable. The bed is pretty sturdy even without the anchors (which I am getting today). I have it positioned over a full sized bed, both facing the same way. I just slid the over the top of the bed; the back rail mid/way up is the same height as the full bed I have underneath. The only concern I have is the mattress rails and the little plastic toggles that go along the center of them. They seem to be a little flimsy. As stated above, Im 115 pounds, and I got up there after I positioned the in order to put the back rail on. The bed held my weight, but the little plastic toggles would slip off. Theyre shaped to fit into one another; one end has one hook, the other end has 2 with a space between them. The weak spots seem to be the end with only one hook. Im going to look into getting something to reinforce the slats better. Overall, this is a good and I had absolute no problems understanding the instructions. Just pay attention to the pictures, and look ahead if you dont understand something, but I highly recommend this .