Use a pencil to mark the length on a 1 4 ft wooden board and use a hand saw to cut off the excess wood.
Broken metal bed frame.
How to fix a broken bed frame cracks and splits.
The legs on a metal frame may be snapped in place or attached with screws or a wing nut.
Measure the inner width of the bed frame to figure out how long you need your new slats to be.
Get a screwdriver and insert that into the crack.
Fixing splits and cracks of a wooden bed frame step 1.
With 12 dollars and a trip to the hardware store i show you in this video how i reinforced my slats on my new bedframe.
Cracks and splits one of the most common problems develop if the bed frame doesn t have adequate.
Locate the crack exactly.
Repeat steps one and two to come up with another wood slat or if you aren t the best handyman.
Mortise and tenon joints typically used on antique beds can loosen and are sometimes reinforced with metal.
Check this first sometimes the leg that s come off can be reattached pretty easily and may only require a new fastener screw bolt nut to hold it in place.