murphy bed info..

Randal Stevenson;357001 Also for those that have done this said:
You don't have much of a choice do you. At first you mentioned using a vintage unit, and now you're talking about building one. You could make a scribed edge along the wall for the whole unit...setting it forward enough to use a plug in extension cord. The standoff amount can be a minimum...like an inch or so. The unit can still be attached to the wall. If you are building it, install the outlet where needed, and connect it as a plug in.


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No, I never mentioned using an existing one, I mentioned having experience with an existing one. (moving two of them, actually, both antiques with feather beds). Those are what has inspired my niece to ask about one for college use, hence the original question of accessing a electrical outlet behind one. (I thought it was a simple enough question, as it was what I needed to know, not how to rewire a wll:doh:)

With great difficulty you can reach most outlets in the wall behind the Create-A-Bed Murphy Bed. You wouldn't want to do it for routine use, but you can probably plug in an extension cord if you forgot before installing the bed.

There is not room to install a duplex wall outlet in the side of the bed - the bed comes very close to the side when it pivots closed. I finally found a place I can cut a hole for a wire, but not much more.

In practice, I recommend building a cabinet on each side of the Murphy Bed - you will see it in all the pictures on my web site. You need an aisle to get into the bed (queen size usually means an aisle on each side), and 18 inches is a good minimum. There is no nightstand, so in that cabinet I include a pull-out shelf at about mattress height - now you have a nightstand available at night to place your glasses and whatever. That pull out is often below a regular shelf for lights, Kleenex, books, and other "permanent" nightstand items. Doors below the pull out are a great place for extra blankets, pillows, etc. although the basic bedding can be closed into the bed.

Since there are often lights in the nightstands, I usually run that extension cord hidden behind the bed into the base of the side cabinets. Many of my customers have added the little sliding dimmer switches that sit on a counter for the in-bed lighting, or for the night-stand lights - those sliders are placed on the pull-out night table (come up through a wiring hole on the regular shelf.) and can be moved to the nightstand shelf when it is out.

If you decide to put puck lights in the top of the Murphy bed, I suggest increasing the height a couple inches so the lights are not against the mattress - they can get hot. I also add a "closet light switch" - the kind that comes on when you open the closet door - to turn the light off when the bed is closed. All that wiring can be above the bed, except for one power cord, and for that I cut a small groove in the back of one of the plywood sides, so it doesn't show.
Thank you Charlie.

Will see if anyone else answers if they could plug in behind one of these, instead of relocate the outlet.:rofl:
 
(I thought it was a simple enough question, as it was what I needed to know, not how to rewire a wll:doh:)



Will see if anyone else answers if they could plug in behind one of these, instead of relocate the outlet.:rofl:

Is there something funny? If so, I missed it. Your question wasn't too clear...Asking "behind it". If you asked more specifically, with some systems, the wall is exposed when the bed is down, and there's plenty of room to plug something in. Or, so you don't have wires hanging all over, a previous suggestion of creating a "relocated" outlet, where any mods to the cabinet next to the bed (not to the bed frame) wouldn't really be that obvious. Does that help?


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