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Construction adhesive, wood clamps and move the screws to another spot would be my vote. Since it would be connected the entire length of the board it would be much stronger even if connected to fake wood.

You can go with option 1, but glue the entire board to the frame. Let that set over night before sleeping on it again.

You can also try drilling through the frame and board and using something like a flat head bolt on the outside of the frame and tighten it down. Id still use glue though.

I second this idea of just moving the screws and adding glue. You could even add another support on the bottom and top rails if you want.

Option 3. Bolt the headboard to the new metal frame and sleep well.

I'd bolt and glue the board back on but bolt it through the side board and use washers to spread the pressure out on the outside.

Then but another frame soon. Mdf frame sounds like trash regardless

Go look up r/funny. A guy has just stuck a car jack under his bed after a similar frame failure.

LOL. Gosh. I want my bed to look nice but I did laugh.

Thanks, a few folks saying to clean it up, glue and screw new holes. I might do this to the other side as prevention also. I don’t mind buying clamps for this job, I need them anyway for a chair repair (thankfully we did not break the chair, it came that way in a set).

I see you pointing and gesturing, but there's no sound.

Thanks! This seems like the majority suggestion. I’ll go with this. Time to stop procrastinating buying clamps I guess!

Yeah, I was disappointed when it wasn’t wood - it wasn’t described as wood and mdf on the website - and at the time it wasn’t worth the hassle to return it.

I suppose longer term we could replace the long sides and short ends with wood that matches the actual wood feet, and stain the whole thing to match. It would just be the storage headboard that was MDF and that wouldn’t bother me.

We like the bed otherwise so ¯_(ツ)_/¯ lesson learnt

Sorry! I was explaining what I’ve written above - especially option 3. I don’t use Imgur at all so I obviously didn’t realise I needed to put the sound on 💀

I have a sleigh bed with a similar structure inside for supporting the cross pieces.

In addition to the support that runs the length of each side, they also glued and screwed small blocks of wood at several places just underneath the side pieces for a little extra support.

It also looks like the mdf is plastic wrapped, so glue might not hold much at all unless you cut the plastic wood look wrapping off. I think you might be ahead by finding a friend with some wood tools and making the side pieces out of maple or ash. I'd also shit all over the company because that need is made to fail.

Argh. Ok thank you - very helpful.

I have one acquaintance that may be able to help.

Guess I’ll have to fight with the seller!

Good thing clamps are cheap. And you would probably be good with wood glue, but switching to construction adhesive would be extra strong. If it’s good enough to hold your floor together, it’s good enough for your bed.

First, I would also clean-up and repair the existing holes as much as I could. IF you are working with particle board the holes can make it quite weaker. So, sand them down, fill with wood dowels and wood glue, let it all dry and sand it (again) smooth. Also, consider replacing the 2x2(?) that you currently have with something like a 2x4. Then you could make a few extra screw holes and have more surface area for the construction adhesive.

Thank you!

Thanks, yes someone else mentioned the plastic coating on the MDF means wood glue wouldn’t stick unless I remove the coating. If I don’t remove the coating will construction adhesive work ok?

If you are going to use the screws again with it then it probably doesn’t matter. Just move them to a new spot to get a good bite. I would use the construction adhesive (like liquid nails). It’s a cheap bed so I wouldn’t overthink it.

Cool. Yeah, it’s obviously not the quality we assumed. But we don’t have a casual £££ to throw at a new bed frame right now, so doing as good a repair as possible is worth it for me! Thank you.

You could probably get timber cut to length at any home improvement store, just measure the lengths you would need. Move the existing hardware over to the wood, using the mdf as a template. Extra wood blocks under the rails is a good idea, you could also get some prefab furniture legs at the home improvement store to go between the rail and floor to help carry the weight too

Buy one of these, then bolt your laminated MDF sides, footboard, and headboard to it if you want the same look as what you have. Then throw away what's left of the old frame.

Usually my first approach to failures like this is threaded inserts (example), but since you mentioned it being MDF I'd go with connector/cap/dowel/etc. nuts (example). In either case I pair them with furniture bolts (example) slightly shorter than the combined thickness of the wood pieces.

The flat, flared heads on the nut and screw provide clamping over a larger area than adding washers to standard fasteners, making a more stable joint even through damaged wood. The low, rounded head profiles also greatly reduce the possibility of their catching on anything such as bedding or body parts.

Here in the US I'd usually find them at most local hardware stores, or always at one of the big box stores. For thicker joints I've used a pair of nuts coupling a section of threaded rod.

I've a nice, old desk chair that unfortunately the wood frame has degraded that's been held together quite solidly for years with this type of repair.

If you can stand the look, using machine screws that go all the way through the rail would be a solid addition. With a counter sunk flat head on the exposed side and a nut and washer on the inside it would then almost not need clamps.

Why not just move the rail 2” min right or left and rescrew. All it does is support slats just make sure it’s reasonably level with the other side.

I would get a separate bed frame and insert it

Yes, that is option 1 above. I think it will just fail again.

Buy a metal bed frame to hold the mattress. Put it inside your “wood” frame, which would now just be decorative. If you want, you can attach this decorative frame to the metal frame. This would get all of the support off of the MDF. Add your slats or box spring, then mattress.

It shouldn’t if you use decent wood screws, max length, or you got too much going on on the top of the bed. Ha Ha Ha