Replacement bed slats

I have a bad habit of diving on to my bed, and unfortunately, most times I do this I end up snapping one of the wooden slats that supports the mattress. After I had snapped about 4 of them I thought I should order some replacements, but that turned out to be more difficult than I would have expected.

First I wrote to my bed’s manufacturer, Limelight beds. They completely ignored me! So then, I phoned Bedstar, which is the website where I ordered the bed from. They promised to send some replacement slats out free of charge, but they must have forgotten as none ever arrived.

So in the end, after a bit of searching around the web, I found a forum post where a lady called Wendy from Bishop Beds, had said that she could supply replacement wooden sprung slats. A quick call to them (Wendy even answered on a Sunday) and I found out that they sold the slats for £3 each, and if you order 10 you get free delivery.

I think this is a great example of how companies can use the Internet to get leads. Wendy has been pro-active with helping people answer their bed related queries on a forum, and now her company is going to get another sale as a reward for her efforts. OK so it’s only £30 this time, but I will definitely consider them next time I need a bed!

Great work Bishops Beds.

24 thoughts on “Replacement bed slats”

  1. I do the exact same. Whenever I need a spare part or anything for a old piece of equipment I always check online. It beats spending the whole day driving around to find no one has it.

  2. Hi Paul

    Thank you so much for the above blog. It’s good to know we’re doing something right.

    If it’s ok with you, I have used your blog as a testimonial on our current website.

    Once again, thank you for oyur feedback.

    Hapy to help

    Wendy
    Bishops Beds

  4. I’ve had exactly the same trouble!! But found 16 Sprung slats for £22!!! Including P&P, Bargain or what.

    🙂

  5. To Wendy.

    Hello saw the blog about bed slats.
    We have a bed woth wooded sprung slats would it be possible for you guys to supply us with sum and a price please.
    Thank you very much. :>

  8. Have same bed as one pictured in above blog.My problem isnt the slats but the supporting wooden bar running down the middle.It has snapped and we are using a mixture of home made supports and duct tape.lol.Have to laugh or would cry(:-(.Does anyone no how or where we could get replacement from?

  9. I have a mahogany sleighbed 4′ 6 that used to have hard wood slats that fitted in a groove running down each side with two cross bars , same wood bolted at each end. Long lost in house moves and now use divan within frame. Want to restore but no idea where to start other than finding wood merchant and get cut to size. The ones in here would not suit – I think, any other ideas? It does not have to be exact match as will not be seen but has to fit frame.
    Thanks

  10. saw your blog about sprung slats and Bishop Beds, need some for my 6ft bed, but cant find their website, can you advise me of it or a phone number, they sound very good.
    Thanks

  12. Hello Paul,

    On Sunday I read your blog about Bishop’s Beds, followed the link, ordered some suspension cups for slats – just 30p each – and they arrived Tuesday, fabulous service.

    Thank you for your help it was invaluable.

    Lx

  13. Good evening,

    I have ordered sprung bed slats and a memory foam mattress from Bishops beds and must say the service they provided has been absolutley fantastic.

    Many thanks to this forum as I discovered Bishops from here.

  14. Hi Paul,

    Hope you’re keeping well. We’ve had a lot of leads and sales from your blog and just want to thank you again.
    To answer a couple of questions from above –

    Charlotte – Your best and cheapest bet is to get it from a local DIY store but spend a few pound more to get hardwood if you can as it will last a lot longer and is very unlikely to snap.

    Chris – To get like for like slats you will have to go to either a timber merchant or good DIY store but you could have sprung slats in a frame which just sits into your bed. Get in touch if you’d like more information.

    If anyone would like to contact us at Bishops Beds then you can get us on the following –

    Tel: 0191 5860010
    Email: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.bishopsbeds.co.uk

    And thank you to everyone who has left to nice comments above, we look forward to continue offering the same service to any future customers, new and old!!

    Thanks

    Wendy

  15. No problem Wendy – Your company provides great products and customer service, so I am more than happy to be recommending you on my blog!

  16. i will be calling bishops first thing in the morning 🙂
    my fiance also likes to dive on the bed from the door. and we also have 4 broken slats AND COUNTING 😉
    i think i’ll get the 10 pack in advance lol

    great blog, thank you!
    jan

    my last comment here 🙂
    “it must be a ‘man thing’ the slats don’t break when i get in”
    lol 🙂

  17. after finding this great blog page by paul ‘thanks paul’
    i cant reccomend bishops beds enough
    its so hard to find replacement curved slats for my leather bed
    but not a problem with bishops beds
    i bought some new slats to replace the damaged ones and all the plastic clips for the entire bed
    now my bed frame is like new again ahhhh good nights sleep in store
    you might have to cut the wood down to the correct size but that only takes a short time with a small saw
    plus the replacement wooden slats and clips seem better quality than the original ones that came with the bed
    now i have kept some spare parts under my bed in case i break another slat in the future
    thank wendy you really made my day ( :
    10 out of 10 for bishops
    julian (worthing/w sussex)

  18. even if your wooden slats are not broken you should buy some more to fill in the gaps as this will prolong the life of your mattress especially if you have a spring coil mattress as the springs eventually will push through the gaps.

  19. Wow – coincidence.

    Paul I just read your iPad first impressions post, then saw this post at the same time my son came and said that another slat had broken on his bed.

    Thanks to you I’ve just ordered some from Bishop beds as well 🙂

    Dan.

  20. I think we must be dealing with different companies. I emailed a question two days ago, no reply! I decided to place an order anyway and have not recieved an ackowledgement.

  21. bill

    Don’t u think u may have used the wrong addy.
    If you have not had any response at all,maybe,just maybe you are doing something wrong.

    Ron

  23. Hi there, I have the same bed as the picture above. One of my slats is broken but I can’t actually work out how to get the slats out? Any tips?? Thanks!

  24. 3 slats have broken on my son’s bed I can’t work out how to fit the replacements. Also for one, the slat is intact but the plastic lugs at either end are broken. Any ideas please?

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