How to Build a Sturdy Bunk Bed | DIY Woodworking

This is my sturdy, strong, beefy, diy, bunk bed design; it can easily support an adult sleeping on it. This was all made with construction grade lumber available from your local home center. This is a great diy build that you could do with moderate woodworking experience. The bed will be used every night for years to come and it's something you too can build for your home. The diy bunk bed can be disassembled if you need to move rooms or houses and the rails make it very safe.

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[Premiumbikes]

Dude wicked looking bed! Anything to get them to want to go to bed! Haha

[gregorydavis]

I purchased the plans. They were very detailed. This was an enjoyable project. I missed a few steps but it still came out great. The grandkids love it. I finished it with a polyurethane stain. It did great with only 2 coats. I chose to glue the spacers in as opposed to nailing them - I’m glad I did. Ran out of time to do the corner post caps so I will do them later.
Thanks!

[ronaldwalters]

i bought the plans and built this bunkbed absolutely great build.... kids been using it the last two months... my wife wants me to build one more of these and as i built the first one i was thinking i could cut costs by modifying it a bit theres a lot of modifications that could be made to make the bed cost efficient without taking away from the structural integrity!

[couchlandcoffee]

Your kids' faces was enough to convince me to build something like this. Thanks for the inspiration!

[BorisMitendorfer]

Very good build! Strong, how for two boys has to be!

[BigJohnEOD]

I have to do this using simple tools. Other than a table saw, the rest of my tools fit in tubs. Circular saw, drills, sanders, etc. My "shop" is also my unheated/uncooled garage where I work on my truck. Like some of the work but I will take this and turn it into a twin over twin that I can seperated into two twins.

[leemontgomery]

Great build! Follow up video should be of you changing the sheets!!

[axlent]

Nice bunk bed! Looks like quality to me! I just built a queen futon loft bed.. but it needs reinforcement.. still wobbles.. trying to figure out if horizontal 2" x 3" s will suffice or if I should up it to 2" x 4"s. Currently. each of the three sides (below the actual mattress box) have 2 2" x 3"s screwed into the legs with 2 screws side by side horizontally. 1 board for the base, on the floor, and 1 more board halfway up. I am thinking that I need one more screw on each connection to create a triangle of screws, at the very least. Maybe add a diagonal board on each corner connecting the upper legs to the mattress box.. that might also help with wobble.. Not sure how much more build out I need to do to make it more rigid... still, your ideas are helpful...

[usmcramirez]

What other method do you recommend when notching the ends of the bed support rails if no band saw is available?

[Leon-svqe]

do you use pine wood for this bunk bed?

[lindoramoran]

I bought Jay Bates' bunk bed plans, but I am going to use your design instead because it is so nice-looking. Great job, and thanks for sharing!

[maheshbikki]

Hey can you please post me the list of materials required for the bed...

[gavinsunnassee]

Hi! Great video ! I didn't really get the railings part though( English is not my first language😅). How did you make them hold ? Thanks !

[markjr]

What size lag bolt do you use? Also do they stay in the wood or stick out?

[ronaldwalters]

Hi I ordered your plans but the cost of this build was not included in them what was the cost that you paid for the build material wise?

[djrebar]

What length 2x6, 2x4, etc. did you start with and what screws did you use?

[satnamsatt]

This looks awesome dude but I wouldn’t call it DIY if you have a garage full of tools lol