Making A Bed Frame For A Van

Unfortunately i didn t take pictures as i was building my camper van bed frame back in 2015.

Making a bed frame for a van.

Building a bed frame for your sprinter van in this post we will cover the basics of building a wooden bed frame with simple lumber construction in our sprinter campervan. Materials needed to build a van conversion bed frame 2 3 s wood screws 2 sheets of 1 2 plywood depending on the size of the bed circular saw miter saw kregjig pocket hole triangle straight edge measuring tape. The platform is created from three rectangular frames with supports. Dimensions of inside your van.

We tried to make the bed as high off the ground to maximize storage space underneath it. Before you do anything else you need to determine what size your bed platform will be. I chose to have the bed frame slightly smaller than the mattress because it doesn t need 100 percent support to stay up. This post is about our first sprinter van which we bought in may 2016 converted lived traveled in and sold may 2018.

1 sheet of plywood 4 feet by 8 feet 1 piece of 2x6 lumber 84 inches in length used for the pillars. I had 260 x 80 x 150 cm of space in total for the bed frame. Make pocket holes and assemble. But with a simple bed frame all you need is straight cuts.

Designing the bed frame. Each support frame consists of a crossbar that runs across the width of the van with two legs holding it up from underneath. The support frames are 24 tall which matches the height of our kitchen unit. Home depot only makes straight cuts not fancy cuts.

The first step to build a bed frame for a van is to see what s possible with your van s size and design. We attached the legs to the support frame using pocket holes on one side and 1 angle brackets on the other side. It was a rush deal and some of my van build didn t happen until i actually moved in to my home on wheels. 3 pieces of 2x4 lumber 84 inches in length used for the bottom platform ribs.

I made the bed frame itself 180 x 121 x 50 cm.