FAQ

Take a deep breath, you’ve got this!

Building your own mattress should be exciting, not stressful.

Our motto? KEEP IT SIMPLE.

When you lie down, the closer you are to the 8" QuadCoil unit, the better it’ll perform, so try not to pile on too many extra comfort layers.

Finally the golden rule: always choose high-quality, durable components. A solid build today means sweet dreams for years to come.

Coil density is a good thing for a pocket coil unit, however be weary of manipulated units that have a high coil count, but the majority of the coils are "pencil thin" coils on the sides of the unit that increase the overall coil count but on the main sleeping surface leave you sleeping on around 660ish coils (very wide coils=less stable)

In our case we use all the same size coils and the same coil geometry. So all coils are equal in our units. There are no pencil coils or tricks to increase our coil counts.

• Twin XL: 648
• Full: 884
• Queen: 1008
• King: 1224
• Cal King: 1254

• Twin XL: 1152
• Full: 1654
• Queen: 1900
• King: 2208
• Cal King: 2208

Very boring for most people, but if you care....

Firstly these are shipping directly from TPS's factory in Alvarado, Texas. From what I understand if you buy other pockets they are being sold by middle men. These companies buy compressed rolls with six units directly from the coil manufacturer, unroll them and then roll each individual unit again to ship to the consumer. FOLDING and rolling Queen and Kings, which in our opinion folding is a no no and will definitely compromise the performance and longevity of the coil. Think about it, your folding steel wire....

• The belt around the girth of the QuadCoil®, ensures that all coils are held in an upright position, eliminating
  leaning coils, allowing each coil to perform 100% efficiently
• The QuadCoil® eliminates the
  potential of layers of foam or other insulators from falling between the
  coils.  Therefore, it is not necessary
  to have a scrim sheet on top of the innerspring which creates noise and a trampoline effect.
• The belted QuadCoil® creates a
  very stable innerspring unit that will keep its form and shape, both in the manufacturing process and in normal to severe mattress use.
• The QuadCoil® eliminates hitching
  coils where adjacent coils hitch onto each other.
• Our patented technology eliminates the need to turn the coil in its pocket. (The conventional way of producing a pocketed coil turns the coil in its pocket) We can therefore use a softer more pliable and less noisy fabric to create the pockets.
• Belted QuadCoil® Technology prevents the migration of coils, ensuring a totally functional innerspring for the life of the mattress.
• Texas Pocket Springs only uses mechanically descaled wire vs wire that has been chemically descaled. so no borax ever touches our wire.
• Made with 100% virgin spundbond
  polypropylene form the USA
• MADE WITH USA 98% RECYCLED STEEL

In most situations, you don't need a layer under the coils. If your slats are more than 3" apart, you'll need to do something to keep the coils from bulging between the slats. Here are a couple suggestions:

1. Buy some 1"x2" boards that you set in between the existing slats (Home Depot or Lowes should both be willing to cut them to length for a nominal charge).
2. Put a sheet of peg board down on top of your slats.

Putting a layer of 1" firm foam under the coils will work as well, might just no have the airflow that the first two options would offer.

Yes.

Nope! Putting a layer of foam or latex between the coils will change the coil performance. We don't recommend it. That said... it's DIY, so You do You!

LESS IS MORE with a pocket coil mattress.

You don’t need 18 layers on top of your pocket coil unit. Keep it simple and let the coils work in the way they were designed to.

The more layers you add, the more you take away from the isolated support. We tested and liked the following build 8” Unit either 15.5 gauge or 14.75 guage / 3” QuadMini / 2” latex / a cover with stretch. We've heard from some customers that they like up to 3" of latex/foam on top of the QuadMini, but anything more than that and you're probably wasting your money.

Due to the coil density and the QuadCoil design, our units run on the firmer side. 

I typically recommend a 15.5G unit for for most people. Its the "workhorse" and most popular especially if you are a side sleeper.

If you are 220ish pounds you're between a 15.5 and 14.75. If you need a bit of guidance, that's what I'm here for.

We of course also offer our units in 13.5G which is extremely firm. Its teh gauge we make our firm sides out of.

Keep in mind you can always soften a build with the comfort layers, but its difficult to make a build with a softer pocket unit firmer.

We compress and roll our units for shipping. We do not compress, fold and roll. We realize there are companies who sell single units and do this, but we believe folding a single pocket coil unit will damage the coil and compromise the integrity of the coil.

Not folding the units raises our shipping costs a bit, but it's worth it. The fold and roll machines were made for finished mattresses, not individual pocket coil units.

The units can stay in the compressed state for months without damaging the coils, so don't worry if they arrive before you're ready to use them.

Yes, we are the ONLY official single unit store for Texas Pocket Springs units.

Most people will find our coils last 15+ years. If you find that you're the type that wears out normal mattresses quickly, they should still last you 10+ years. These coils will outlast your other layers 2-3x.

And no, you never need to flip the coils. When a coil compresses, it both sides of the spring experience the same amount of tension. Flipping mattresses has more to do with extending the life of the foam/latex comfort layers, not the springs.

We never put two firm sides on a TwinXL. The firm sides are about 4" wide, so two firm sides would be a combined 8" of width. The total width of a TwinXL is 38", so if you got two firm sides, more than 20% of the mattress would have 13.5g coils.

A TwinXL with one firm side is designed to be used as part of a Split King setup, where only the outside edge has firm coils.

Well of course ours! Just kidding, there are some great covers available. Our Cotton cover is a very nice simple cover made with a nice thick cotton. Its very soft to the touch.

Our Premium Cover is more of a traditional cover with a mid side panel zipper which makes it truly unique for a DIY build, as the zipper helps hug the coils or whatever base component you use in place.

Our covers are all cut and sewn once we receive you order. This is why is takes 7-10 days for the covers. They are sized without a lot of slack. Its not a bad idea to buy a cover 1" taller than your finished build.

If the pocket units you ordered are in stock, we get them shipped within 2-3 business days. Once Fedex has your order, it can take 1-5 days to deliver it to you based on where in the country you live.

ALL covers are cut and sewn to order. This means they take a bit longer to ship. Covers will take 7-10 days.

There is some variation in the rollpack process, so sizes may vary slightly, but below are the average sizes. The low end of weight range is the 15.5g and the high end of the range is the 13.5g. The 14.75 will be half way between those two numbers.

The Quad 8" rolls are all 14" in diameter and the QuadMini rolls are 12" in diameter.

Quad 8":

• King: 82" long, 88-110lbs
• California King: 77" long, 88-110lbs
• Queen: 66" long, 71-90lbs
• Full: 62" long, 56-79lbs
• Twin XL: 45" long, 42-55lbs

QuadMini:

• King: 82" long, 49lbs
• California King: 77" long, 49lbs
• Queen: 66" long, 40lbs
• Full: 62" long, 34lbs
• TwinXL: 45" long, 21lbs

Yes. Additional shipping charges apply. Please contact us before placing your order if you live in Hawaii.

The short answer is "no" because of the complexities around customs on imports. We've heard from some Canadian customers that there are US based companies that can provide a you a US address for us to use, then they take care of getting the packages to your address in Canada. We don't have any specific recommendations on companies to use, but you're a DIYer, so with a bit of research and Reddit, you'll figure it out :)

There are NO returns. We stand behind our product 100%. If it arrives damaged, we will replace it or send you the material to guarantee your complete satisfaction. Unfortunately we do not refund or replace units after they have been used. There is too much variability in how someone constructs their DIY build.

You can contact us through our contact page! We will be happy to assist you.