Im giving 4 stars simply because the instructions are terrible. None of the parts come labeled and unfortunately, several pieces have specific places they need to be placed in order to build the bed to standard. For instance, out of the 4 bed rails, one has a slightly different drilled hole patter which is for the ladder. Unfortunately for me, I had to take both beds apart after putting them together because I had the wrong rail on the wrong bed.
Other than that issue, things were fairly simple to put together and the bed, when fully assembled, is very sturdy.
I would recommend using a bunkie board instead of the slats......only because the slats are a pain in the rear to screw every one of them down on each side.
Kids love it, few minor assembly issues.
Im giving 4 stars simply because the instructions are terrible. None of the parts come labeled and unfortunately, several pieces have specific places they need to be placed in order to build the bed to standard. For instance, out of the 4 bed rails, one has a slightly different drilled hole patter which is for the ladder. Unfortunately for me, I had to take both beds apart after putting them together because I had the wrong rail on the wrong bed. Other than that issue, things were fairly simple to put together and the bed, when fully assembled, is very sturdy. I would recommend using a bunkie board instead of the slats......only because the slats are a pain in the rear to screw every one of them down on each side.