Making A Bed Frame For A Van

Before you do anything else you need to determine what size your bed platform will be.

Making a bed frame for a van.

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 tried to make the bed as high off the ground to maximize storage space underneath it. 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.

It was a rush deal and some of my van build didn t happen until i actually moved in to my home on wheels. I chose to have the bed frame slightly smaller than the mattress because it doesn t need 100 percent support to stay up. Home depot only makes straight cuts not fancy cuts. I made the bed frame itself 180 x 121 x 50 cm.

Bunch of wood screws about 2 inches long. 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. 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. The platform is created from three rectangular frames with supports.

Each support frame consists of a crossbar that runs across the width of the van with two legs holding it up from underneath. The frame consists of a long 2 2 which the skorva brackets are attached to supported by three. Building our removable bed frame for camper van conversion height of the bed. The support frames are 24 tall which matches the height of our kitchen unit.

This post is about our first sprinter van which we bought in may 2016 converted lived traveled in and sold may 2018. Make pocket holes and assemble. We attached the legs to the support frame using pocket holes on one side and 1 angle brackets on the other side. But with a simple bed frame all you need is straight cuts.

3 pieces of 2x4 lumber 84 inches in length used for the bottom platform ribs.