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Your Mattress Is Making You Sick: 7 Signs You Need a New One Tonight
From the sleep experts at St James Bed Centre, 119 Norfolk Street, Kings Lynn - Kings Lynn's trusted bed and furniture store.
Be honest. How old is your mattress?
If you have to think about it, it is too old. The average Brit keeps their mattress for over 10 years. In that time it can double in weight from sweat, dead skin, dust mites and allergens. No wonder 1 in 3 people in the UK wake up exhausted.
We see it every day in our showroom on Norfolk Street. Customers come in with back pain, allergies and bad sleep who think it is stress. It is not stress. It is their bed.
7 SIGNS YOU NEED TO REPLACE YOUR MATTRESS RIGHT NOW
1. You Wake Up Sore But Went To Bed Fine
If your back, neck or hips hurt in the morning and ease during the day, your mattress has lost its support. An old open coil mattress sags and pushes your spine out of alignment. A pocket sprung mattress with 1000 plus independent springs supports you where you need it.
2. You Can See or Feel a Dip
If your body sinks and does not spring back, the springs have failed. Place a broom handle across it. If you can see daylight under it in the middle, it is done.
3. Your Allergies Are Worse at Night
An old mattress can house up to 10 MILLION dust mites. Their droppings trigger sneezing, itchy eyes and asthma. If you are worse in bed than anywhere else, your mattress is the culprit. Look for hypoallergenic fillings like cotton and gel-tex.
4. You Have Had It 7 Plus Years
Even the best mattress only has a true comfort life of 7 to 8 years. After that support drops by up to 70 percent. Check the law label. If you cannot remember buying it, it is time.
5. You Sleep Better in a Hotel
This is the biggest clue we hear: "I slept amazing at the Premier Inn!" That is not because the hotel mattress is better than ours. It is because it is NEW and supportive. You can have that every night.
6. You and Your Partner Roll Into The Middle
That roll-together feeling means zero edge support and failed springs. A modern pocket sprung mattress with edge-to-edge support stops you disturbing each other.
7. It Is Noisy, Lumpy or Smells
Creaks, lumps and a musty smell that will not go are signs of internal breakdown and bacteria. You would not wear the same shoes for 10 years. Do not sleep on the same mattress.
THE REAL COST OF A BAD MATTRESS
A 400 pound mattress divided by 8 years divided by 365 nights = 13 pence per night for perfect sleep.
Bad sleep costs you 1.5 hours of productivity a day. That is 547 hours a year. It is the cheapest health investment you will ever make.
WHY KINGS LYNN LOCALS ARE DITCHING ONLINE BED-IN-A-BOX GIANTS
Online looks cheap but here is what they do not tell you:
- You cannot try it before you buy it. 30 percent of online mattresses get returned.
- You have to build it yourself and take your old one to the tip.
- When it goes wrong you are on hold to a call centre.
At St James Bed Centre we do it differently:
- FREE Delivery across Kings Lynn, Downham Market, Hunstanton, Wisbech, Swaffham, Fakenham, Dersingham and all PE30 to PE34 postcodes.
- FREE Assembly in your room of choice
