Do Your Triple Bunk Beds Comply With the US Consumer Product Safety Associations Recommendations?
Make sure that you as parent comply with the recommendations of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission with regards to children’s bunk beds. This advice applies to all bunk beds, including but not limited to, double or triple bunk beds. In fact the CPSA classifies a bunk bed as any bed with the bottom of its mattress foundation more than 30 inches above the floor. First and foremost the CPSA advises that no child under the age of six years old ever be allowed on the top bunk of any bunk bed. It is compulsory for all manufacturers to permanently affix this warning to all bunk beds made in the United States. Secondly the CPSA recommends that the space between the upper edge of the bed frame and the lower edge of the guard rail be a maximum of 3 and a half inches. If the gap is greater than this it is recommended that it be adjusted to three and a half inches or less. In accordance with a ruling of the CPSA the top bunk must have guardrails on both sides. Only in cases where the low
