We received this bed with and upon assembling the bed, we found that the foot rail had a huge crack in it where a knot in the wood relieved stress, it was probably 6 inches in length at the time. We did not want to take the bed back apart just to replace the this piece, so I decided I would glue it. Thats not the main issue however, weve had this bed for a couple years now and it hasnt aged gracefully. We just have one boy (this is his bunk bed) and one girl (she sleeps in the bunk sometimes). If we had more than once boy this bed would have been destroyed a long time ago. But with just the one boy, the finish on the bed is worn everywhere. The ladder rungs arent holding together well and I wonder with the peg connection(s) will fail and Ill need to come up with a solution. Overall the bed is very shaky after these few years. I would have thought it would hold up better given the price point, but it hasnt. To be fair, it is still being used and I dont foresee having to get rid of it soon. But it will get worse and we will eventually throw this in the dump, because there is no resale value here. Wouldnt purchase again.
Time tested and not approved
We received this bed with and upon assembling the bed, we found that the foot rail had a huge crack in it where a knot in the wood relieved stress, it was probably 6 inches in length at the time. We did not want to take the bed back apart just to replace the this piece, so I decided I would glue it. Thats not the main issue however, weve had this bed for a couple years now and it hasnt aged gracefully. We just have one boy (this is his bunk bed) and one girl (she sleeps in the bunk sometimes). If we had more than once boy this bed would have been destroyed a long time ago. But with just the one boy, the finish on the bed is worn everywhere. The ladder rungs arent holding together well and I wonder with the peg connection(s) will fail and Ill need to come up with a solution. Overall the bed is very shaky after these few years. I would have thought it would hold up better given the price point, but it hasnt. To be fair, it is still being used and I dont foresee having to get rid of it soon. But it will get worse and we will eventually throw this in the dump, because there is no resale value here. Wouldnt purchase again.