Idea
Use removable and washable mattress covers and pillow encasements that zip all the way around, to help protect your mattress from dust, bed bugs and other allergens.
Routine Care
Flip mattresses
Similar to the way that the useful life of your car’s tires can be extended by rotating them, you can prolong the life of your mattress by rotating it.
Regular rotation of your mattress allows it to recuperate from the constant pressure of your body, and helps prevent creating a groove in your mattress, which can be uncomfortable to sleep on.
Timing: Every 6 months: May, November (yearly)
Rotate mattresses
Similar to the way that the useful life of your car’s tires can be extended by rotating them, you can prolong the life of your mattress by rotating it.
Regular rotation of your mattress allows it to recuperate from the constant pressure of your body, and helps prevent creating a groove in your mattress, which can be uncomfortable to sleep on.
Timing: Every 6 months: February, September (yearly)
How To
Rotate mattresses 180° so that the head of the mattress ends up at the foot of the bed
Benefits
Maintaining Value
Health & Safety
Comfort & Convenience
Appearance
The benefits of this task are moderately high in that it helps to extend the useful life of your mattresses.
Costs
The cost of this task is very low. It is estimated that this task should only take about 30 minutes to complete, depending on how many mattresses you have and how strong your are.
Originally posted at http://www.petermuehlbronner.home-wizard.com/idea/MAT_10