Very sturdy bed, and it looks great when its all set up. There are literally over 50 pieces to this bed, not including the bolts, screws, spacers etcetera. Its not terribly difficult to put together. My 8 year old put it together in 4.5 hours with minimal help from me to assemble the bottom frame. He just need me to hold up an end so he could thread the screws by hand to start, and I gave everything a final tightening when he was finished. Beware, it is extremely easy to cross thread the hex head bolts, so hand thread them before you take a power tool to assemble it. The hex head bolts are somewhat inconsistent in depth and shape, so the Allan wrench will slip out and strip the head if you arent careful. My best advice is take your time, and dont try to rush putting this together, or you absolutely will damage either the threads or bolt heads. The bed comes with exactly the number of bolts and screws you need, there are no extra parts. If you lose a bolt in the carpet, or if it rolls into a floor vent, you are done. Finally, there is no way to get this bed through a doorway, and there is no way to disassemble it partially if you need to move it to another home or room without disassembling the entire bed down to the last bolt. Once the bed was assembled, I gave it a good shake. Im a big man, I couldnt get the frame to squeak or rattle. I figured if it could hold up to a guy my size manhandling it, there isnt really anything the average child can do to it that would cause it to fall apart. The beds are rated to support 200 pounds. I couldnt sleep on it, but an average adult could if they needed too. Love the color and it was very comfortable
Very Sturdy, Nice Bed
Very sturdy bed, and it looks great when its all set up. There are literally over 50 pieces to this bed, not including the bolts, screws, spacers etcetera. Its not terribly difficult to put together. My 8 year old put it together in 4.5 hours with minimal help from me to assemble the bottom frame. He just need me to hold up an end so he could thread the screws by hand to start, and I gave everything a final tightening when he was finished. Beware, it is extremely easy to cross thread the hex head bolts, so hand thread them before you take a power tool to assemble it. The hex head bolts are somewhat inconsistent in depth and shape, so the Allan wrench will slip out and strip the head if you arent careful. My best advice is take your time, and dont try to rush putting this together, or you absolutely will damage either the threads or bolt heads. The bed comes with exactly the number of bolts and screws you need, there are no extra parts. If you lose a bolt in the carpet, or if it rolls into a floor vent, you are done. Finally, there is no way to get this bed through a doorway, and there is no way to disassemble it partially if you need to move it to another home or room without disassembling the entire bed down to the last bolt. Once the bed was assembled, I gave it a good shake. Im a big man, I couldnt get the frame to squeak or rattle. I figured if it could hold up to a guy my size manhandling it, there isnt really anything the average child can do to it that would cause it to fall apart. The beds are rated to support 200 pounds. I couldnt sleep on it, but an average adult could if they needed too. Love the color and it was very comfortable