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Turning a double mattress

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phoenix Sat 29-Jun-19 16:36:45

Hello all, and good wishes.

I seem to get into a bit of a pickle over this! Not the physical turning, but which direction confused

I end up doing a sort of "diagram" on paper, something like this:

Mr P Head. Phoenix Head

Mr P Feet. Phoenix Feet

Then I turn the paper over and sort of do the reverse........blush

My parents had a set of beds that had labels on the mattresses, top and bottom on each side (if you know what I mean) that showed the month and position, i.e head end, foot end (well, that's Harrods for you)

Anyway, I'm turning the mattress today, so, do I just turn over, making what was underneath now on top, do I also turn side to side, so what was on the left is now on the right, do I turn top to bottom, or what combination of any of the above? confused

Makesc my brain ache!

(And yes, just to pre empt any comments, I do have other things to worry about)

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rubysong Sat 29-Jun-19 20:14:16

We do the turning of the mattress each time the clocks change.

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glammanana Sat 29-Jun-19 20:24:55

We turn ours top to bottom every couple of months,it can't be turned over as such as there is a memory foam topper on the top side so we have to top to toe it in reverse (if that makes sense)

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Urmstongran Sat 29-Jun-19 20:27:25

Every now and again we remember to flip or turn the mattress! No set routine, but hey, it gets done ... occasionally.
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Urmstongran Sat 29-Jun-19 20:29:24

P.s. slightly risqué ... but it’s a hot Saturday night... who cares so long as you’re having a good time on top of it!

Sorry.
Just lowered the tone here completely.
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phoenix Sat 29-Jun-19 20:33:37

Thank you all for responding, but still no further forward on the best turn!

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Jane10 Sat 29-Jun-19 20:38:59

Gosh. You turn mattresses. ?

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Jessity Sat 29-Jun-19 20:56:48

We had one which helpfully came with arrows on top. One side had an arrow pointing to the bottom, so we turned it end over end, the arrow on the ‘new’ side then pointed to the side for the next turn.

Now have one which thankfully says Do Not Turn which we’re delighted to obey!

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Bordersgirl57 Sat 29-Jun-19 22:00:41

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

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phoenix Sat 29-Jun-19 22:09:34

anno I'm probably being a bear of very little brain, but how can it only be turned top to bottom? confused

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