Bed width in Side conversion

[mercurykev]

I'm considering making the plunge and buying a bongo but not sure what kind I should go for -side, rear, part conversion???

Does anyone know of the top of your heads the width of the bed in a standard side conversion? Also do any of you sleep in the roof area or do you tend to use that for kids?

[dave_aber]

Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a "standard" side conversion.

If you fit a Smev 8322/8323 style sink/hob, and you have full-height vertical face (i.e. no under-cut) then you will have room for a bed around 1m wide. Perhaps 1.1m at a push. Basically, a little wider than a standard single bed.

The trick to getting 2 adults in a bed so narrow is use a double duvet. Myself and Mrs_Aber can manage without feeling cramped - and neither of us are racing snakes.

You can increase the space for a bed if you let the countertop stick out and have an under-cut front face, or you use a narrower sink/hob. To make the most of a slim conversion, you'll probably have to lose the rear heater to allow the fridge to move to teh side as far as possible (assuming a Vitrifrigo C42L or similar)

HTH
DA

[Michael1308]

I've got a side conversion. Me and the Mrs sleep in the roof so we get the whole width to sleep in. Plus it saves having to rearrange downstairs twice a day. Got a mattress that lives up there with the roof down so it's never in the way when travelling too.

[Mrs Muppet]

We sleep in our roof. We have the JAL skylift roof (not mushroom type).
We originally left one of the roof panels out so we could easily get up and down.
This meant that we had to sleep a bit curled up. Not ideal.
Then decided to put the third one back in but prop it back up against the open roof, using little metal props. This makes it easy to get up and down as needed and when ready to sleep, we just drop the propped board down. Loads of space and very comfy.
We put a small canvas handle on it so it is easy to lift it up again when needed.
I love having the downstairs to use for living space

[mercurykev]

Thanks for the helpful responses. I wasn't sure if people used the roof bed or just left it for their kids.

[Jim the Box]

If you have not fitted the kitchen you can buy an extra wide R&R bed with a slimmed down kitchen fitted,
I have one in mine, not ideal cupboard space wise, but the extra width bed is something I'm glad I had fitted. People say it is a bit colder up top in the roof.