Comments on: Moving, Draining and Refilling Your Waterbed http://www.stlbeds.com/articles/2007/10/27/moving-draining-refilling-waterbed/ Tips, Techniques and Articles that Lead to a Better Night's Sleep Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://www.stlbeds.com/articles/2007/10/27/moving-draining-refilling-waterbed/#comment-18 Doug Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:39:52 +0000 http://www.stlbeds.com/articles/2007/10/27/moving-draining-and-refilling-your-waterbed/#comment-18 Thanks for the help and thanks for sharing your story. Cats and waterbeds, a tough combination without a good thick mattress pad to protect it. If you don’t burp the waterbed it can be really noisy and uncomfortable. One more way to burp or bleed the air out of a waterbed is to lay crossways on the waterbed. Then roll slowly toward the valve. Carefully take off the cap and plug and lift the valve slightly. Do not lie directly on the valve area, the water can shoot out and make a mess, otherwise there is no pressure on the mattress valve. Rolling on the waterbed is the best way plus it’s fun and it seems to get more of the air out that way. I would recommend keeping a hand towel with in reach, you might loose a few drops of water if there is a lot of air in the mattress. Thanks for the help and thanks for sharing your story. Cats and waterbeds, a tough combination without a good thick mattress pad to protect it.

If you don’t burp the waterbed it can be really noisy and uncomfortable.
One more way to burp or bleed the air out of a waterbed is to lay crossways on the waterbed. Then roll slowly toward the valve. Carefully take off the cap and plug and lift the valve slightly. Do not lie directly on the valve area, the water can shoot out and make a mess, otherwise there is no pressure on the mattress valve. Rolling on the waterbed is the best way plus it’s fun and it seems to get more of the air out that way. I would recommend keeping a hand towel with in reach, you might loose a few drops of water if there is a lot of air in the mattress.

]]> By: Jenny Gerald http://www.stlbeds.com/articles/2007/10/27/moving-draining-refilling-waterbed/#comment-17 Jenny Gerald Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:54:37 +0000 http://www.stlbeds.com/articles/2007/10/27/moving-draining-and-refilling-your-waterbed/#comment-17 I have had to repair mine because if I don’t get the air bubbles out the cat attacks them. Something I like to do that makes getting the air bubbles out easier, is to take off one of my padded bumper rails and slide it across the top to force out the air. It makes waterbed less sloshy. I have had to repair mine because if I don’t get the air bubbles out the cat attacks them.
Something I like to do that makes getting the air bubbles out easier, is to take off one of my padded bumper rails and slide it across the top to force out the air. It makes waterbed less sloshy.

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