Your mattress is an important financial investment you make that guarantees your comfort and peaceful sleep every night. The average lifespan of a mattress is 8 to 10 years, after which they stop providing adequate support. However, we’ve listed some tips that you can do to extend your mattress’s lifespan and protect this investment.
Here are a few things you can do:
1. Change Your Sheets Every Week
Yourbedsheets are a breeding ground for dirt and dust mites that seep into your mattress and cause allergies and breathing problems. Washing them weekly with warm water helps killthe bacteria that has accumulated over the week. Once washed, be sure to air them outproperly; keeping them in sunlight would be a plus. Placing damp sheets on your bed can increase the risk of mould and bacteria.2. Invest in a Mattress Pad
Think of amattress pad as an insurance policy. Unlike mattress sheets, these pads are thicker. This helps prevents sweat from seeping through the sheet to the mattress. Like sheets, your mattress pad requires frequent washing to prevent the spread of dust mites and their faecal remains.
3. Rotate and Flip Your Mattress Every Six Months
Rotating and flipping your mattress allows you to sleep on different parts, which evens the pressure leading to reduced backaches and a longer mattress lifespan.
Rotating means turning the section, so that’s its foot is at the head or vice versa. Flipping meansturning it over to the other side.
Your body weight can put pressure on the mattress’s internal structure. This can be permanently deformed if there’s no restoration time given.
When a groove begins to form in your sleeping spot, that’s when you know it’s time to flip. This will ensure even weight distributing and allows the internal structure to revive.