How To Fix a Sagging Mattress

I think the majority of people who sleep on mattresses have the same problem. That’s right…a sagging mattress. Many people think the cure for what ails them is to purchase a new mattress. But what do you do when your mattress is less than a year old?

Last year, we bought a brand new king sized Sleep To Live mattress from Sleepys. It is the 200 series and its firmness was determined by Sleepys’ mattress firmness what-cha-ma-call-it thing. Basically it’s a bed in the store that figures out what firmness of mattress you should buy based on your height, weight, etc…We thought it was great.

Let’s fast forward to less than a year in the future. Our mattress is sagging. Unfortunately, since I am longer and more dense than my partner, the mattress mainly sags on my side. She doesn’t seem to have a problem. We have rotated this mattress many a time to no avail.

Now, I am not one to return a mattress. The reason for this is that I am well aware that all mattresses sag as they are broken in. The problem is, that once these things start sagging and you try to sleep on your stomach, it feels like someone is ripping your spine out. Uggg. Waking up to that is no fun. Oh well. I guess we could have saved $1800 and gone with a cheaper model. I will admit that the first few months were wonderful.

So, what did I do to help my little issue? Well, it’s not too difficult and it really works. I learned it from my parents a long time ago. To fix a sagging mattress, you basically need to identify where exactly it is sagging. Once you do that, you need to determine how much the sag is. A half inch? An inch? Whatever it is, all you need to do is to neatly fold some old beach towels and place them under the sagging part of the mattress. That’s right, under the mattress. This will boost the mattress up to where it used to be. I did this a few nights ago and my sleep has improved greatly. The best part of this method is that things are completely customizable.

My lady keeps asking why we don’t just return the mattress for a new one. She is an optimist. I have no doubts that if we head down this path, we will be returning mattresses for the rest of our lives. I would rather just fix it my way and move on.