Let me preface this with the fact that I am great at building and fixing things. I originally offered to build a loft bed for my daughter and my wife said that she wanted to buy a pretty, white, girly loft with a built/in closet and desk. We ended up going with this one, which was the right call, but man was it a pain in the butt to build.
First off, it arrived 6 days earlier than the estimated delivery date. The bed came in 3 separate boxes that weighed 125/150 pounds each. Getting them up the stairs sucked. There are so many darned parts that are not easily identified in the diagram. There are roughly 60 locking cams that are all the same size with 4 that are longer for a specific purpose. We couldnt tell what they were for until the very end when we figure out where they went. If youre reading this before building the bed, they go on the ladder. Youre welcome!
All in all, it took us 7 hours to complete. Maybe it was the 12 pack we each drank or maybe it was too many parts. its a good bed and my daughter loves it, but Im planning on leaving it in the room someday when we sell the house as a surprise to the future owners because I can only imagine it will be a living Hell to remove the thing!
Suggestions for the company to make things easier:
1) Print the instruction booklet in color. It will help to identify and differentiate the various parts and where they go.
2) Have a bag of parts for each page in the booklet. Instead of having 2 bags of 30 locking cams each, a single bag with everything needed on a page by page basis would make a night and day difference in completing this build. Great price and somewhat durable.
Great Bed. Pain in the A to build.
Let me preface this with the fact that I am great at building and fixing things. I originally offered to build a loft bed for my daughter and my wife said that she wanted to buy a pretty, white, girly loft with a built/in closet and desk. We ended up going with this one, which was the right call, but man was it a pain in the butt to build. First off, it arrived 6 days earlier than the estimated delivery date. The bed came in 3 separate boxes that weighed 125/150 pounds each. Getting them up the stairs sucked. There are so many darned parts that are not easily identified in the diagram. There are roughly 60 locking cams that are all the same size with 4 that are longer for a specific purpose. We couldnt tell what they were for until the very end when we figure out where they went. If youre reading this before building the bed, they go on the ladder. Youre welcome! All in all, it took us 7 hours to complete. Maybe it was the 12 pack we each drank or maybe it was too many parts. its a good bed and my daughter loves it, but Im planning on leaving it in the room someday when we sell the house as a surprise to the future owners because I can only imagine it will be a living Hell to remove the thing! Suggestions for the company to make things easier: 1) Print the instruction booklet in color. It will help to identify and differentiate the various parts and where they go. 2) Have a bag of parts for each page in the booklet. Instead of having 2 bags of 30 locking cams each, a single bag with everything needed on a page by page basis would make a night and day difference in completing this build. Great price and somewhat durable.