Most moving companies require the customer (you) to
remove water from waterbeds
All water should be removed prior to shipping
Water left in mattresses can cause several problems and
make mattresses too heavy to move
Advice: If you plan on putting the bed in storage
for a number of months, you should put fresh treatment in
the mattress several days prior to draining. This will
help keep the inside of the mattress from souring. How
long a mattress can last in storage depends on how well it
is put away and what the warehouse conditions are. There
are several ways of removing the water.
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With tube type waterbed mattress, you can
simply pick it up and carry it to the sink, tub, or
outside. Open the fill valve and let it drain while
maneuvering the tube for best drainage.
Full motion mattresses on the second
floor can let gravity do the work by running the hose down
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With one and two piece mattresses that have fiber or are
baffled you need a device to remove the water.
One low cost option is the Venturi pump . These are
acceptable for full motion mattresses although relatively
slow.
They are acceptable for mattresses with a single fiber
layer, but are not recommended for mattresses with several
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For mattresses with baffles or fiber layers, you really
should get an electric pump which can be rented from many
waterbed mattress stores.
Many larger rental companies that have moving trucks and
other rental items often have electric pumps to rent out. A
larger pump can drain a waterbed mattress in minutes.
You need to stay there while it pumps. Running a pump dry
for more than a minute can burn up the pump head.
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