BEDS AND MATTRESSES

Essential part of hotels

Important for comfort

Look attractive

Beds

Mattresses

Beddings include bedcovers, quilts, pillows

GUESTROOM BEDS

Comfortable and healthy

Firmness should maintain correct posture

Other such as cribs, sofabed, rollaway

Following parts

Frame

Base

Mattress

Headboard

Footboard

Bed frame

provide support

wooden, metal, bamboo,

Platform/Box made of wood, frames rest on floor/

above floor

Metal frame 4 legs of iron, crossbars for support

Bed base

Made of Wood, plywood, Bamboo, springs

Base springs add resiliency and durability

Coil springs or wire springs with a padding

Headboard

Wall mounted or bedmounted

Protect wall from oil from guestshead

3 to 4 feet above bed

Different materials

Footboard

To keep mattress in place

Till level of mattress

Bedboards

large piece of plywood to enlarge bed, can be

kept between twinbeds

EXTRABEDS

Crib For infant or child, can be folded

Rollaway

Zedbed

3 part folded frame like Z

Has rollers or castors

Has mattress fixed

Sofa Bed Seating by day and bed by night

Wooden base with a mattress

Murphy / Sico

bed

Fold into wall like a wardrobe

CARE AND CLEANING OF BEDS

Dust and brush periodically

Wipe with rag

Check loose headboard and footboard

Use vaccum or soft brush to remove dust from

bottom

Periodically polish the wood / metal

Wheels / castors service

MATTRESSES

Medium firm / extra firm or super firm

Give support and comfort to body

Mattress Size in feet and inches

Single 3ft * 6ft 3 in

Single XL 3ft 3in * 6ft 6 in

Double 4ft 6in * 6ft 3in

Queen 5ft 6 in * 6ft 6in

King 6ft *6ft 6in

California king 6ft *6ft 10in

Crib 2ft 4in * 3ft 3in

1. Interior sprung : Wire coils sandwiched between

wireframes

2. Latex / foam/ rubber : thick layers of foam, 10 cm

in width

3. Solid stuffed : have filling of cotton, animal hair,

coir, wool,

4. Plastic: made of PVC and foam

5. Water bed

SELECTION OF MATTRESS

Firmness

Construction

Size

Softness

Support

Appearance

Ticking ( Top Layer)

Quliting, top/ middle / insulated padding

Coil count

Coil configurations

Handles

Box spring

BEDDING

Pillows and bolsters

Filled with cotton / feathers / foam

Bolsters are kept on divan , are elongated

Blankets

Made of wool, soft, give warmth,

Cotton blankets have less warmth then woolem

Rayon/ mixed/ acrylic also available

Duvet, quilts

Cotton/ feather/ down are filled in 2 layers of cloth

CARE AND CLEANING OF BEDDINGS

Mend any tear

Woolen blankets are drycleaned

Cover should be made which can be removed and

washed

Should be kept neatly folded and in safe place in

summers