weird one - how to stop mattres sheet rolling up

unwashed potato! · 27 Jul 2007 at 01:53

getting very annoyed with my bed as the matress keeps rolling up every time i plunk my butt on the bed which makes it very uncomfortab;e when igo to sleep.

my mum seems to think there is something i can get to stop it doing it but neither of us know the name of it. I have searched for matress sheet ties with no luck so turning here to my bestest pals to help me out.

anyone know of anything that i can use to keep my mattress nice and tightly tied down?

btw i dont tihnk it will make a difference but i have a circle bed

Jono · 27 Jul 2007 at 07:49

what exactly is a mattress sheet? One that goes directly on the mattress? I thought they had elasticated corners for lazy people like me.

Or is it an incontinence sheet, to keep the mattress dry?

Darkwave · 27 Jul 2007 at 07:50

Tuck it in under the mattress.

Jotun · 27 Jul 2007 at 08:08

Have you tried turning it over?

V4NT0M · 27 Jul 2007 at 08:14

I'm lost

eXor · 27 Jul 2007 at 08:20

Get the next size down.

Anewbe4u · 27 Jul 2007 at 08:23

Safteypins in the corners.

knip · 27 Jul 2007 at 08:24

You can buy special clips that hold in place....hang on *goes off to google*

edit:- heres the link to the sort of thing I was on about
http://www.mattress-factory.com/sheetholders.shtml
Might be worth trying a baby shop, because some people have them on their babies cots to stop the sheet moving when the baby wriggles.

k3v · 27 Jul 2007 at 09:18

the same happens to me every night. I have a fitted sheet with elasticated corners but it never stops in place

Mat · 27 Jul 2007 at 10:22

Heh, sheets with elasticated corners always remind me of those 'comfortable' trousers "with elasticated waist!" aimed at more mature people in the back of newspaper magazines

InvaderGIR · 27 Jul 2007 at 10:25

Mat said:
Heh, sheets with elasticated corners always remind me of those 'comfortable' trousers "with elasticated waist!" aimed at more mature people in the back of newspaper magazines

Hehehe....

*goes and changes his sheets to real sheets that need tucking in.*

Just don't wriggle at night/get someone to tie you down at night, that wya you won't wriggle and it won't move....or just sleep on the floor.

InvG

pitchfork · 27 Jul 2007 at 10:35

*takes the belt off his bed and puts elasticated sheets on*

Ha ha, i've honestly never had a problem with sheets, it's a kingsize memory foam matress I bought some oversized elastic sheets and I tuck them under the matress, never really come off.

InvaderGIR · 27 Jul 2007 at 10:36

pitchfork said:
never really come off.

I hope the get washed!

I've never had a problem with any type of sheets.

InvG

Andelusion · 27 Jul 2007 at 10:39

Oh my LAWD this annoys the hell out of me too!

I'm in student accomodation and I'm sure the matress we have is a strange size as my sheet only just fits over it.

Every single night it will pop up and I'll have to feel the horrible rough matress material on my skin

It's a right effort doing a movement that looks like a mating seal to get it back again, and by then you're out of breath and fully awake!

Very annoying but also quite amusing at the same time

unwashed potato! · 27 Jul 2007 at 10:56

Ulfhedjinn said:
Tuck it in under the mattress.

you can tuck it under the top mattress bit but that actually makes it worse as the sheet is too big to tuck under the amtress but not big enough to tuck under the base.

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knip said:
You can buy special clips that hold in place....hang on *goes off to google*

edit:- heres the link to the sort of thing I was on about
http://www.mattress-factory.com/sheetholders.shtml
Might be worth trying a baby shop, because some people have them on their babies cots to stop the sheet moving when the baby wriggles.

thanks for the link not too sure if it will work but you helped me with the word to search for, sheet straps so thanks for that.

this is what i got, love the bed but it actually isn't that great for more then one person.

Paul -C- · 27 Jul 2007 at 11:37

I use little elastic clips on the corners of my sheets. I think I got them from Betterware or somewhere.

Mat · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:07

Paul -C- said:
I use little elastic clips on the corners of my sheets. I think I got them from Betterware or somewhere.

Everyone slates those magazines but there is *always* something in there that you didnt realise you needed, like slip on shoe covers. I mean, where would we be without those??? with dirty carpets, thats where!

matthew_o50 · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:43

I believe you can get clips which hold the sheets tight but I think you could probably use nappy pins (the big safety pins). Put one on each corner on the underside of the mattress to hold the sheet in place.