water bed

[migoplumber]

about 2 years ago, i splashed out on a super king size water bed 2200 quid !
the bed is lovely and have never looked back. however soon i will be moving house.
apparently the individual "matress's" have baffles in them to stop the water from slopping about like the old water beds.
the manufacturer will send his teckie guy to drain and refill the matress costing about 400 quid. (mad face on)
has anybody ever done this before.
my plan is to use a hose and drain down the matress syphoning the water out, carefully roll up the thing, transport it, and refill within 4 hours.
i dont want to mess up the baffle system, ime a tight bottom so dont want to fork out 400 quid ( still makes me mad thinking about it )
some enlightening views required.
ta. x

 

[Barry98]

never done it but will gladly come video i mean help you out

 

[turnpin]

No techie specie on tinternt? Manufacturers website maybe regards turnpin:willy_nilly:

 

[REDSAW]

i was talking to a mate about a month ago whilst squeezing a cp12 fee from him.

he has the same bed and he told me how he did it but cant remember now as i was more interested in the story about when it sprung a leak and looked like his missus had wet herself.lol

i will ask when i see him again, when you moving shaun?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

here you go draining your waterbeds - YouTube

 

[Whn1]

It's a horrible situ....
Probably be simple like you say, then again it's a £2200 mattress.

As painfull as it sounds I think id Pay the £400 mate.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

you need to find a silver braided filling loop pressure to 1 bar:smiley2: LOL

 

[TomLane]

It's a horrible situ....
Probably be simple like you say, then again it's a £2200 mattress.

As painfull as it sounds I think id Pay the £400 mate.

Is that with the money you saved buying cheap tools on Amazon?!?!? :13:

What can go wrong, surely it can't be that difficult........... can it?!!?

 

[dancinplumba]

Is the pressure in the bed relative to how heavy the people who sleep on it are ??
curious 🙂

 

[Keefy]

Did they fill the bed for you when it got delivered or did you fill it yourself? Struggling to justify £400 for a drain down.

 

[SimonG]

There's water bed engineers all over the country cringing at this 🙂

I take it the price you paid included the original commissioning as such.

 

[Whn1]

Is that with the money you saved buying cheap tools on Amazon?!?!? :13:

What can go wrong, surely it can't be that difficult........... can it?!!?

Will I ever live this down?

 

[dancinplumba]

Will I ever live this down?

nope 😉 😉 bit like zeeb now, your'e tagged 😉 😉

 

[Roger Welton]

Croppie will be along shortly to lock this thread, are u 'water bed safe registered'

 

[Resolute]

£400 to drain and refill a mattress?! I'm gonna retrain, might even set up a training college whilst I'm at it and flood the market!

 

[villa_tom]

We can not give such answers out to the genera public on an open forum.


You need a water bed technician in to look at your water be. We cannot and will not give advice on the installation or repair of water beds for your own safety.


Please go to Water bed Register | Ensure your water bed technician is registered. or post a thread in the 'I'm looking for a plumber / water bed technician' section of these forums remembering to include your location. I'm looking for a Plumber or Water bed technician


If you are water bed technician please increase your post count to 5000+ then send a pm to either Gas man or Redsaw who will then check you and then give you access to the water bed technician private forum.


Thank you.


http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/ce...ed-advice.html (notice water bed related advice)

 

[TomLane]

We can not give such answers out to the genera public on an open forum.


You need a water bed technician in to look at your water be. We cannot and will not give advice on the installation or repair of water beds for your own safety.


Please go to Water bed Register | Ensure your water bed technician is registered. or post a thread in the 'I'm looking for a plumber / water bed technician' section of these forums remembering to include your location. I'm looking for a Plumber or Water bed technician


If you are water bed technician please increase your post count to 5000+ then send a pm to either Gas man or Redsaw who will then check you and then give you access to the water bed technician private forum.


Thank you.


http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/ce...ed-advice.html (notice water bed related advice)

Far too much time on your hands!!!!

Do something constructive!:smiley2:

 

[on31ll]

I think if its water bed gas man should change his name to bed man ? Or h2o man ?

 

[REDSAW]

its got an electric heater element in it too.

i could p.flush n refill for £250 migo?
ex-colonic irrigation dude, as i dont have my rods.lol

 

[Tap dancer]

The electric heater just sits under the mattress (mine does, anyway).

When mine was filled (from new) they just filled up the bath (several times) so the water was the right temp, then ran a hose to the bed and used a small electric pump to fill up the matress (with the heater under it).

They then used a heavy cardboard tube (from a carpet roll) to squeegee out excess air,

The baffles in mine are only vinyl, the matress was rolled up when it was new so I can't see any problems.

You should be able to siphon or pump the water out easily.

 

[Reg Man]

My Wife and I had a water bed once, it did our relationship no good what so ever because we started drifting apart. Boom Boom:cry_smile:

 

[migoplumber]

you know, i thought i might possibly regret posting this thread. now i know i do.
seriously was after some nice advice. you are all tools in your own world !!!!
would swear at this point but no point, imagine me guys now mouthing words at screen to you.
ive always been nice to everybody, but now emotionally shattered
i willl drain down my bed of my own accord and risk consequences.
these waterbeds of nowdays arnt like the old ones with the undulations and such. and if you have never slept on one you dont know what your missing
especially if you have back or neck jobbies to deal with !
they are really annoying nice in the making babies dept. but that was not the reason it was bought !
annoying men. thanks for utube video it helps.
x

 

[REDSAW]

£3.50????lol

will a wet n dry vac do it?