With the increasing height of mattresses manufacturers now make box springs in different heights so that the mattress and box spring pair maintain a standard height.
Standard box spring and mattress height.
Decide what you want your overall bed height to be.
Plan for your desired bed height.
Typical mattress pocket depths vary from 8 to 18 inches and box springs usually measure 8 to 12 inches deep.
Choose between split and standard box springs.
A benefit of a box spring is the added height to your bed.
Box springs add additional height to your bed.
Bunkie boards allow for a lower bed height since they measure only 1 1 2 to 2 1.
Mattresses have gotten taller than they used to be so one way to offset that is to use a low profile box spring usually 5 inches in height on the other hand if you re looking to make your bed taller a standard box spring is 9 inches in height.
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However this means you need to take into account the total height of both the box spring and mattress.