How often SHOULD you turn them ?

My Gram us to get the post man to come in and help her turn her mattress once a month.

Originally posted by poppins
How often SHOULD you turn them ?

My Gram us to get the post man to come in and help her turn her mattress once a month.

That was HER story, and she stuck to it! :heyhey:

K x

Originally posted by Kristian
That was HER story, and she stuck to it! :heyhey:

K x

You could be right,maybe she had something going with the post man and it needed to be turned after he left.

rotate it 180 degrees every time we change the sheets

flip it over twice a year!

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
rotate it 180 degrees every time we change the sheets

flip it over twice a year!

How disciplined Phan!

Do you iron tea towels too? :hihi:

K x

Originally posted by Kristian
Do you iron tea towels too? :hihi:

Nothing wrong with ironing teatowels ! :blush:

Oh god, I'm turning into my mum! :help:

I did resist ironing a duster last week though!

I just bought a matress and allegedly it doesn't need turning.

Probably will do anyway.

Originally posted by Kristian
How disciplined Phan!

Do you iron tea towels too? :hihi:

K x
You have no idea how far off the mark that is. :hihi:

Although the 'crumpled' look went out with Sonny & Tubs, I like to think I'm keeping that era alive in my own way (without the mint green suits and white moccasins that is).

Frank Zappa was once in an episode of Miami Vice too...

I turn mine every week when I change the sheets - I alternate flipping it from top to toe with a side to side flip. I draw the curtains when I do it though as it takes full on body wrestling to turn it over & I don't want to scare the neighbours:gag:

I flip my matress every time I change my bottom sheet. Every week or 10 days. I understood that you have to do this for hygene to stop build up of bugs, and to stop the springs and matress from sagging into one position too much. The matress is still quite lively after a decade.

Originally posted by mikey
I just bought a matress and allegedly it doesn't need turning.

Probably will do anyway.

Dosen't need turning ? must be the BLOW UP KIND !

Every 2 weeks. Top to bottom, followed by bottom to top then flip the mattress over and the same that side.

I used to work with a girl who was dead obsessive about her mattress. She used to vacuum it every week to get rid of dead skin cells.

I don't know where people find the time to do things like that? :confused:

K x

I used to work with a girl who was dead obsessive about her mattress. She used to vacuum it every week to get rid of dead skin cells.

I've got a friend with a dust allergy who was advised to do this by her doctor

Originally posted by Siân
I've got a friend with a dust allergy who was advised to do this by her doctor

I tried cleaning it with the dyson...never again, it was disgusting the stuff I had been sleeping in :gag: sod it ignorance is bliss :P

Why do you turn your mattresses?

:lol: :hihi:

Originally posted by IanMitchell
Why do you turn your mattresses?

:lol: :hihi:

So that it gets worn evenly and you don't end up with lumps and bumps in it where you have laid for 10 plus years.

Originally posted by Mo
So that it gets worn evenly and you don't end up with lumps and bumps in it where you have laid for 10 plus years.

lol I was kidding, I just rarely flip mine :P

Arn't modern mattresses designed to not need turning ?

Once a year maybe - but I hoover it probably twice.

Originally posted by nick2
Aren't modern mattresses designed to not need turning ?
About as much as so called "self cleaning cookers" clean themselves. If you want your matress to last...
.... turn it.

Never to be honest, might put it on the things to do list sometime.

Or not.

Everytime I'm incontinent. :gag:

Turn my mattress? Well, I might be able to make it go bi, but going gay is a whole other ballgame...

Sorry, couldn't help self... Thanks to Family Guy for this joke!!!

Is there any point in turning a memory foam mattress considering most are comprised of a hard foam base with x-amount of inches of memory foam, down one side only?

i sleep on straw how do i turn that:help:

i sleep on straw how do i turn that:help:

one straw at a time.

ever tried moving a horse when its layed down

I used to work with a girl who was dead obsessive about her mattress. She used to vacuum it every week to get rid of dead skin cells.

I don't know where people find the time to do things like that? :confused:

K x

Not a bad idea. It also reduces the number of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:House_Dust_Mite.jpg) (which feed on the dead skin cells) and removes their faeces (which can cause severe allergic reactions.)

People here often put their mattresses and bedding outside (particularly in wintertime) for a quarter of an hour or so to 'air' it and to kill the bugs.

Vac every time I change the bed. Turning it is a different story. It is so heavy, it takes THREE to turn it, top to bottom, and to flip it over!!! I have to wait until I have some volunteers, usually you, you and you!!!!!!

you should rotate it on months that have 30 days, and flip it on months that have 31. February is to let your back recover.

(Don't flip it if it has an attached pillow top)

Ours is memory foam it doesn't need turning.