phenrichs
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Wondering what some have come up with for a solution for a safety rail for the bunk beds for young kids. My kids are ok for bunk beds but all the ones you get for the stick house have rails. None of the TT bunks have rails. I would like to find a nice solution. I have considered building my own but I was hoping someone may have already come up with a good solution.
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phenrichs wrote:Wondering what some have come up with for a solution for a safety rail for the bunk beds for young kids. My kids are ok for bunk beds but all the ones you get for the stick house have rails. None of the TT bunks have rails. I would like to find a nice solution. I have considered building my own but I was hoping someone may have already come up with a good solution.
I just went with the walmart solution in the baby section. It goes under the mattress for the support.
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We used children's bed rails, the kind that have the legs that go under the mattress. They can be flipped down when needed.
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I bought a piece of 1 x 6 maple, trimmed it down, rounded the corners and secured it to the existing short bedrail with wood screws. It provides an additional 3" of freeboard. I also stained it to match the other wood. It is durable and looks factory.
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steeleshark wrote:phenrichs wrote:Wondering what some have come up with for a solution for a safety rail for the bunk beds for young kids. My kids are ok for bunk beds but all the ones you get for the stick house have rails. None of the TT bunks have rails. I would like to find a nice solution. I have considered building my own but I was hoping someone may have already come up with a good solution.
I just went with the walmart solution in the baby section. It goes under the mattress for the support.
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usmc616 wrote:steeleshark wrote:phenrichs wrote:Wondering what some have come up with for a solution for a safety rail for the bunk beds for young kids. My kids are ok for bunk beds but all the ones you get for the stick house have rails. None of the TT bunks have rails. I would like to find a nice solution. I have considered building my own but I was hoping someone may have already come up with a good solution.
I just went with the walmart solution in the baby section. It goes under the mattress for the support.
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This one worked fine for our toddler nephew. Click here
Used it on the bottom bunk
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phenrichs
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thanks all. That is what I was leaning toward but wanted to see what others had found to be a good solution. Now I have to figure out what to use for a ladder on the flip up bunk. the one from campingworld looks good, found the same ladder on ebay for a little less. will have to see. We pick up the new TT next saturday form the dealer. Pretty exciting although I don't think I am half as excited as my kids. They are totally revved up for bunk beds.
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We picked up our first TT a little over a month ago. My kids seemed excited about it. We've been looking for almost three years. We've been out twice so far and they've loved it. They keep asking where were going next and when.
That said - I've been wondering about the rail as well. My oldest that sleeps on the top bunk is 9 so I'm not sure he would be a fan of the toddler rail. We have "safety stairs" so those would break his fall (ouch) 
Congrats on the new TT!
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When we were sailing a lot we used "lee cloths" on our bunks to keep the sleeper in; trust me, it was necessary as sometimes you'd wake up with your hands clutching the mattress just to keep you down. LOL
What we did was take a piece of canvas about 4' lont and 3' wide. We secured the bottom under the edge of the mattress back about 4" using screws with wide washers. We installed grommets on the corners of the cloth and had small lines (ropes) leading to secure tiedowns wherever we could find them. Usually screwed stainless steel tie downs in.
We tried to set them up so that the lee cloth top edge was closer to the sleeper than the bottom so that the sleeper could "snuggle" up to the cloth and put pillows between his/her body and the bulkhead to make it even more secure.
When we didn't need them the canvas lee cloths stowed flat under the mattress out of sight and out of the way.
Many thousands of miles with this system. Cheap and easy.
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