First off - not because of what you were thinking, you one-track minds !
We had a party the other day and a half-dozen tweens and teens sat on the lower bunk in the kids' room at the same time, and of course it broke.
As you can see, it was pine, but it broke right at the weakest spot - with two knots.
Fixing it is easy - just replace with a similar sized (76" x 4") piece. But I'm thinking, will it be strong enough if I use pine again, as long as I avoid knotty pieces? Or should I put in an oak piece?
Oak will look out of place, and cost more, so am wondering if it'd be worth it. This one stood for 7 years, and with both girls in double digit ages, we may not need this bunk bed for too long, so the pine from HD is tempting.
Whaddya say?
We had a party the other day and a half-dozen tweens and teens sat on the lower bunk in the kids' room at the same time, and of course it broke.
As you can see, it was pine, but it broke right at the weakest spot - with two knots.
Fixing it is easy - just replace with a similar sized (76" x 4") piece. But I'm thinking, will it be strong enough if I use pine again, as long as I avoid knotty pieces? Or should I put in an oak piece?
Oak will look out of place, and cost more, so am wondering if it'd be worth it. This one stood for 7 years, and with both girls in double digit ages, we may not need this bunk bed for too long, so the pine from HD is tempting.
Whaddya say?
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