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Does anyone know a good way to move the Daybed (with 3 drawers & it pulls open to a double bed) without taking it completely apart? 

Hemnes daybed

Thank you.

~ by Judy

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Hi Judy

Sheer muscle? 🙂

Anyone has any moving tricks for Judy?

Jules

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15 Responses

  1. Just turning it 90 degrees in a small room that is 7-8 foot square would probably require dis-assembly – frustrating but realistic

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  2. Hi all,
    had the problem myself (for moving the bed at times to clean under & beyond) and came up with a simple if unusual idea… but I’m not sure if I can translate or describe it properly (I’m not an english native speaker). If somebody can explain to me how to upload photos or a drawing here a f t e r I have sent this comment I may try to do so (an image telling more than 1.000 words and so on).
    Generally, you need a bed with no legs, i.e. whose smaller sides (= head and foot board) are completely resting on the ground in their full length. If this doesn’t apply to your bed you will have to work out a way to create this necessity else my hack won’t work. Of course, this (as well as the whole hack) is done much easier before assembling any bed…
    I went to a DIY store and bought two ready-made slim wooden ‘straps’ which are flat on one side but are cut out lengthwise a 1/4-circle (like a shallow ‘tunnel’) on the other side. These were cut to fit under the smaller boards and glued under their respective bottom edges, a two-faced glue strip for mirrors did that perfectly. Or, perhaps more precisely: The flat side of the wooden straps are glued to the length of the lower edge of each board so that the ‘tunnel’ on the underside is facing the floor.
    Then I visited a kid’s toy store and got myself a handful (6, for my single bed) big glass marbles that would fit into the ‘tunnel’ of the wooden strap.
    To move the bed, just lift the left and right front corners high enough to slide the first glass marble under each of them, fitting them into each wooden strap ‘tunnel’. Carefully pull the bed forward and let it roll over these marbles so that these stay in place but the bed moves over them on its ‘tunnelled’ foot/head boards. Add some more marbles at each side as you pull more forward. This can easily be done by a single person; but of course all under-the-bed drawers have to be out of the way beforehand else they would block the bed sliding forward. Don’t worry, the glass marbles will hold the weight of the bed (well, mine do).
    This hack can be used to pull and replace a bed in a back and forth movement; carefully done the bed will refit in it’s proper place perfectly. Just push it slowly back and remove the marbles one by one (always symmetrically on each side).
    I’ve never tried to ‘turn’ the bed (i.e. ‘drive’ a curve with it), but probably this might be done by only using only 1 marble under each side… ? Still, you’d need a lot of space around to do so.
    Hope I could convey the idea and it can be of help –
    best regards, Marion.

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  3. I’ll be moving mine soon & am looking for disassembly instructions. I can only find assembly instructions. Any tips? Is it pretty self explanatory/easy to figure out?

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  4. We moved ours some weeks ago and taking it apart was absolutely easy and a lot better than having to move it in one piece. It was reassembled without problem. To increase stability, I replaced the normal screws attaching the metal profile to the sides with four connecting screws/connecting bolts/binding screws (I don’t know the right english word for it, these ones here: https://www.obi.ch/moebelausstattung/m6-verbindungsschraube-mit-huelse-ganzmetall/p/3955358). looks like new.

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  5. We moved ours from a first floor flat (2 sets of stairs and narrow doorway) to a 2nd floor flat (thankfully with a lift).
    Drawers and mattress(es) taken first.
    The pullout section can then be taken out from under the edge rail (bit of tilting of the main bed (need to remove some screws to allow it to come out and requires 2 people).
    These two large pieces came across separately – the larger section needed some manoeuvring to get through the door (you can pull off the top edging if you need, but may damage the finish.
    This wasn’t a pleasant task, but is easier than trying to move the whole thing as one. I would have a copy of the manual handy (available from ikea website).
    Good luck!!!

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  6. What mattresses do people buy to treat it as a double bed? I’ve had one for years but the wrong mattress was bought.

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  7. I recently moved and had to have it taken apart, it was too big to get through the door. Smaller IKEA furniture was moved intact but the rest was mostly disassembled and I would recommend that for it not to be damaged. What I did learn however was that it is good to label the drawers and the positions they occupy in the furniture so that they run easily after you move. I know they are inanimate but they seem to like being in their original positions!

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  8. You can easily take the drawers out, that will less the load. But it is still a heavy bed to lift!

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  9. Ours would not fit through the door and it absolutely had to be taken apart. We left as many pieces fitted together as possible, but it was pretty much disassembled and moved out, then reassembled. The marriage survived this, but just barely.

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  10. The problem is that it is too big to go through any doors unless you have industrial double wide drawers. I was able to keep the bottom pull out part intact but taking the sides off was non-negotiable because otherwise you have something that is like 4.5 feet x 4.5 feet x 7 feet and there’s no way to maneuver it.

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  11. I have a bed that also needs to be moved and we thought about lifting each corner of the bed and slipping a furniture glide under. We haven’t done it yet so it’s unproven, but it might work on your floors better than on our carpet. Good luck.

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  12. Without more details of where you are going to move it or any obstructions etc it’s hard to really help. Given that maybe a furniture dolly or two would help, but it’s going to take 4 people with strong backs. Good luck.

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  13. Not enough information. Where are you moving it to? Does it have to go through a door? How big is the door opening? Does it have to go up or down stairs? Is this the Hemnes? This is way too vague.

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