How to Fix a Squeaky Platform Bed

Locate exactly where the squeaks are coming from. Push on the mattress with both hands, using steady but firm pressure. Continue to push in all areas until you isolate a specific location.

Feel around with your hands on the surface of the mattress in the area where you heard the squeaking. Search for any possible problems with the coils inside of the mattress. Search for a coil that feels unwound, bent, crooked or sticking out of place.

Flip the mattress over and check the same location on the underside of the mattress.

Make a mental note of where on the bed the squeaking is coming from before removing the mattress. Set the mattress aside.

Inspect both the surface and the underside of the platform bed frame in the area where you noticed the squeaking on the mattress.

Check to make sure that there are no loose bolts or screws on any area of the platform bed frame and legs.

Remove any screws that connect the wooden platform bed frame to the legs. Scrape the screws across a bar of soap, filling the screw grooves with the soap.

Screw the screws back into the wooden frame and reattach the legs. Check to make sure that the screws are tightening all the way. Remove loose screws and wrap them with sealant tape, then screw back into the frame.

Place the mattress back on the platform frame and check to see if the squeaking continues.

Remove the mattress and set aside if squeaking continues. Disassemble the platform bed frame by again removing the legs.

Cut out four pieces of small cloth, slightly larger than the legs where they attach to the platform frame. Place a piece of cloth between the leg and the platform frame and reattach the leg. Repeat for other three legs.

Place the mattress back on the platform frame and check to see if the squeaking continues.

Slide the mattress around on the platform frame. Test for squeaking when mattress is in different areas, as placing too much pressure on either the top or bottom of the bed can result in friction that causes squeaking.

Remove the mattress and set it on the floor. Sit on the platform bed frame and get on your hands and knees. Crawl around on the platform frame, pushing with your hands to try to locate any squeaking sound. Consider purchasing a new mattress if you do not find any squeaking on the platform itself yet the squeaking resumes when the mattress is returned to the platform frame.