Mattress Experts Share 7 Ways To Effectively Maintain Your Bed

You’ve just spent thousands of dollars on a new, premium mattress to elevate your sleep experience, the last thing you want is for it to sink and fail to give you the comfort and support you crave. To maximise your investment, it’s crucial that you adopt effective maintenance practices that ensure your mattress remains cushy for years to come. Below, our mattress experts will share some tips for caring for your bed so that you can enhance its longevity and enjoy a more rejuvenating sleep. 

1. Use a Mattress Protector

Ever heard of the phrase “prevention is better than cure”? That applies to mattress care too. Especially if you have infants or pets, a mattress protector is the best way to protect your bed. Not only does it shield your mattress from spills, stains, and odours, it also acts as a barrier against dust mites and allergens to promote a healthier sleep environment. In a hot and humid climate like Singapore, a mattress protector can be the key to prolonging its lifespan, preventing moisture from easily affecting your mattress and shortening its life. 

2. Rotate Your Mattress Every Three Months

Besides safeguarding your mattress from external elements with a protector, it’s also important to rotate it regularly every three months to allow weight and pressure from your body to distribute evenly across the surface. This can help with preventing sagging and indentations in specific areas. If you tend to favour one side of the bed or have specific sleep patterns that will apply excess pressure to only a part of your mattress, this practice can maintain the structural integrity of your mattress and enhance its longevity. 

3. Invest in a Quality Bed Frame

Did you know that your bed frame can significantly affect the quality of your mattress? One that’s of good calibre not only ensures proper support to your mattress and your body, but also plays a vital role in preventing damages. Besides, inadequate support or the lack of a bed frame can invalidate your mattress warranty and prevent you from getting both a good sleep and compensation for a broken-down mattress. You’ll want to invest in bed frames with solid panels instead of those with slatted bases because those have the tendency to damage the mattress’ spring structure. 

4. Avoid Jumping on the Mattress

Kids tend to love turning the bed into a makeshift trampoline, and many parents often turn a blind eye to this seemingly normal child behaviour. The truth is, such jumping isn’t good for your bed as it can damage the springs in your mattress and void its warranty coverage too. When this happens, the support your mattress can offer will greatly decrease and affect your sleep comfort. 

You must be wondering, “how would the mattress store know?” Well, as a person sleeps, the mattress will experience balanced compression depending on its size and the springs used. However, if a child jumps on the bed, the impact can cause just one or two springs in a specific spot to collapse entirely; such problems can be easily detected with a simple check. 

5. Regularly Change and Wash Bedding Linens

Maintaining a clean sleep environment is key to mattress longevity. And changing and washing your bedding linens every fortnight is a simple yet effective way to remove bacteria and prevent the buildup of allergens. By keeping your sheets clean, you not only contribute to a healthier sleeping space, but also enhance the overall hygiene and lifespan of your bed and mattress. 

6. Limit Exposure to Sunlight

If your mattress comes with special features like cooling fabrics, you’ll want to limit its exposure to sunlight. The heat coming from direct sun rays can degrade certain materials and affect your mattress’s performance. To protect these features and extend the lifespan of your mattress, position it in a cool and shady area and consider using curtains or blinds. 

7. Steam and Vacuum Your Mattress

Our mattress can harbour lots of dust mites, allergens, and stains that will affect sleep quality and health. And taking proactive steps to maintain hygiene by regularly vacuuming your mattress can be helpful in extending your mattress’s life. However, as these are also substances that are tough to remove on your own, you may require the services of a mattress cleaning specialist. It’s important to engage a professional to prevent improper techniques or excessive heat and moisture from harming the mattress.

Mattress maintenance is an investment that will pay off in restful nights and long-lasting comfort as time passes. If you’d like to enjoy rejuvenating sleep for the nights that follow, we encourage you to follow our recommendations. 

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