How to Reverse a Mattress

Rotating the Mattress

• 1

  Remove all of the bedding and the mattress pad after the first month of sleeping on your new mattress set.

• 2

  Place one person at the head of the mattress and one person at the foot of the mattress.

• 3

  Pull the mattress about a foot away from the headboard.

• 4

  Have the person at the bottom of the mattress pull it sideways to the right on the box spring. The person at the top of the mattress should push his end towards the bottom of the box spring.

• 5

  Both people should rotate the ends of the mattress into place on the box spring until the top end of the mattress now rests at the bottom end of the box spring. Adjust the mattress until it rests securely on the box spring.

Flipping a Mattress

• 6

  Remove all of the bedding and the mattress pad after the second month of sleeping on your new mattress set.

• 7

  Pull the bed away from the wall so that you and another person have enough room to stand at the head and foot of the bed on the left side as you face the headboard.

• 8

  Each person should pull on her corner of the mattress, lifting it until the mattress stands upright on the box spring.

• 9

  Hang onto the mattress while each person moves from the left to the right side of the bed.

• 10

  Slowly let the mattress down until the side that was face down on the box spring is now face up. Move the mattress into place so that it rests securely on the box spring.