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• Be sure that the legs are screwed in tightly and checked each year or as required.
• If you are using a slat base or timber slatted bedframe with your new mattress, we
recommend that the slats are no more than 15cm apart, and have a centre support rail and
leg to ensure suitable support for your mattress. Flexible (convex arching) slats can lose
their resilience over time, becoming concave. They should be rotated from high load areas
(such as the centre third of your mattress) to low load areas (head/foot) and replaced
regularly. Failure to use a suitable foundation may result in quality issues that will not be
covered by your guarantee.
• If using a solid panel base, ensure that it has ventilation holes to allow adequate air circulation.
• If you have purchased an A.H. Beard base with drawers, please note that these drawers
have been designed to hold lightweight items only, with each drawer carrying a maximum
load of 30kg. Do not overload the drawers as this may cause damage.
Body impressions
• Most people tend to sleep in the same area of their
mattress each night, therefore you may notice visible
indentations over time. These indentations, sometimes
referred to as body signature or body impressions,
are the result of the comfort layers responding to your
body shape. Indentations of up to 40mm on a pillow-
top mattress, and 25mm on a non-pillow top mattress,
are considered a normal characteristic of mattress
performance.
• As the comfort materials settle and dip slightly in the
area where you sleep, this can leave a raised area in the
centre of the mattress. This will be more noticeable on
larger mattresses. This uneven wear on the mattress
surface is deemed “fair wear and tear” and is not
considered to be a fault under the conditions of the
mattress guarantee.
• To minimise the ridge in the middle of the mattress
ensure that you use the entire sleep surface. This will
help the mattress to settle evenly.
• To help minimise body impressions, we recommend
that you rotate your new mattress end-to-end every
two weeks during the first four months, and monthly
thereafter. This will help to even out the settling across
the surface of the mattress. Always get someone to
help you rotate the mattress to prevent personal injury
and damage to the mattress.
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Use the full surface of the mattress