Bed Head advice sought.

[devonwoody]

The missus has got me off boxmaking again.

I am going to fit a headboard to our bedroom wall, using a veneer flush door which will be attached to the wall and not the bed.

Anyone done this?

I thought I would use a batten at the bottom edge of the headboard to hold it up, battens at the sides & top (Cherry) with moulded edges.

I am particularly requesting advice on the headboard lamp I am considering to fit. It has G9 halolgen bulbs (2x40watts), knowing the changes that are coming with regard to bulbs and the push towards low energy types, do you think it would be a mistake to fit, perhaps no replacement bulbs in the future?

Is there a tool (power) that chases out a cable channel into a solid wall with plaster these days?

 

[George_N]

DW, how about mounting the bedhead on the wall with a couple of sets of these. I've used them for heavy mirrors so they should be plenty strong enough.

Wall chasers like this Metabo are a bit pricey for a one-off job. A bolster and lump hammer is the cheapest option or maybe a cheap grinder and stone cutting blade (very dusty for a bedroom job)

 

[devonwoody]

DW, how about mounting the bedhead on the wall with a couple of sets of these. I've used them for heavy mirrors so they should be plenty strong enough.

Thanks
That sounds a good idea, if the wall bracket was mounted on to a thin wood block I might not need to chase the wall to run the cable up behind the head board, would still need a moulding to hide the gap.

Anymore good ideas coming?

 

[WellsWood]

How about a french cleat behind the top edge, then all you need is to screw it to the wall at the bottom where it will be hidden by the bed.

 

[devonwoody]

Yes MarkW, thats on as well.

 

[Hitch]

Ive used them clip things for fitting headbaords in the past. They are okay, but if the wall is sort, its quite hard to get a decent fix with small screws like they require. I vote a short french cleat at the top, so you have a shadow line around it, and at the bottom, a strip fixed to the wall with a couple of t-nuts, and machine screws to hold it in place.
Easy to remove should you want to decorate, dust behind etc.