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Sorry I don’t mean topper I meant ticking

Nonsense. This isn't rocket science.

@@brianmatthews4323 as they say pillows are way more complex than people think and if it was easy then everyone would do it. yes it is not a rocket but no one would sleep on a rocket so that does not make any sense !

@@thethinkingman- Watch a video and you will see that they are not complex at all. Better yet, open up one of your pillows and see how simple they are. We shouldn't encourage "learned helplessness", "tyranny of the experts", or dependency. My grandmother and great grandmother made pillows. The average person from those former generations were way more capable than the average person today because we have been conditioned to think what you just expressed. That everything is too hard for us, and we should leave it to the "experts". The "experts", of course, love this kind of mindset. The truth is that we are far more capable than many of us think, and many things aren't as hard as we've either imagined or been led to believe. Some things very well should be left to the experts, as they require very special skills and training, but not things like making a pillow. Also, you need to build the skill of risk assessment. You made it sound like there was some danger in trying to make your own pillow. Just what would that danger be? You might make an uncomfortable pillow? As for the idiom, "it's not rocket science", not making sense, sure it does. Have you never heard that expression before? I didn't make it up. It simply means "it's not as complicated as you're making it out to be." See, that makes perfect sense.

@@brianmatthews4323 as they say if it was easy everyone would do it ! i rest my case !

@@thethinkingman- What a foolish post. Why do you call yourself "the thinking man"? You're not thinking at all.

It was just down for a few hours. It is available again.

They do come with their own price sticker, BUT DIY is less expensive than many out other companies there AND natural and organic latex (not synthetic) has double the lifespan of a traditional coil mattress.

Tell me. How often do you get the chance to not only pick what goes into your mattress but also to assemble it yourself? That is DIY.

Wishing him much comfort!

Wool on a mattress can have two different functions. It can either function for comfort or for protection. Wool put only on the top of the latex would provide comfort, especially if it is double layered. A single layer is not very perceivable. Wool wrapped around the latex, both top and bottom now provides a barrier between the latex and elements that cause degradation, i.e. poor air quality, sunlight, heat (from a body or venting). A thick barrier, whether in loose wool like our batting wrap or stitched into ticking like in our Quilted Ticking, provides a filter, a darkness, a barrier between though elements and the latex and thus extends the life of the latex.

No to most people. Memory foam is hot to sleep on, however latex is still a foam and while it is the most breathable of all bedding foams, unlike a spring mattress, it does not consist of fabric surrounding inches of air, which takes a while to heat up. I wrote an article on memory foam vs.latex vs. spring mattresses here. www.diynaturalbedding.com/on-memory-foam-latex-and-spring-mattresses/

jenny....how much do you weigh lmfao...or maybe u gettin hella soft mattresses that sink ....got to get firmer ones...sorry but i dont buy ur sobe stories of good quality mattresses somehow just breaking after a few nights.......

@@misshiss4040 I don't care whether you 'buy' it or not, and don't appreciate the inference that I must be fat! It's happened many times, mostly with Harrison (now Harrison Spinks) beds. I thought I'd been unlucky until I recently read the reviews. I read a 'sob story' from a couple who bought a Vera Wang bed and mattress which lasted 2 nights before sagging. In general, the UK doesn't produce fit for purpose mattresses anymore. I've just bought a 2nd hand Relyon mattress from Ebay that's about 35 years old. It's the closest thing I could find to one of the decent mid-range ones from the same make that was bought in the early '90s (before mattress production went down the nick.) It's great - and has proved my theory about modern beds. Where in the UK do you buy your mattresses from, or are you just trolling?

@@misshiss4040 How rude. You woke up on the wrong side of the mattress.

Same here

So glad we can offer inspiration and options. The option of choice is in your hands.

Cotton batting could be wrapped around the latex to protect it from the elements. Yes, we are out of stock on the cotton batting (though not any of our cotton fabrics). There is a term for wool penetrating the fabric and that is migration. Yes, wool can migrate through fabrics with lower thread counts than 230. Not only do we not have a fabric with that low of a thread count, all of our fabrics have been tested with the wool and no migration is present.

When selecting depth of latex, the general rule of thumb is 3" per 90 lbs. The heavier you are the firmer you want to choose because it will softer to you than to a lighter person as you sink in farther. More information on choosing firmness is available here in The Banana Test www.diynaturalbedding.com/the-banana-test/. Yes, you could separate the wool from the latex with a cotton sheet, but then you have slippery wool. Either choose that you don't mind some wool fibers migrating into the latex or choose the quilted ticking which has the wool quilted into between two layers of fabric. The wool needs to either stick to the latex or be quilted or tufted to keep it from shifting. The Quilted Ticking is available here. www.diynaturalbedding.com/product/quilted-ticking/ One or two wraps of wool will not move around or shift. If you are making a topper with 3 or more layers of wool, you will want to tuft it. More info on that process here. www.diynaturalbedding.com/tuft-wool-mattress-or-topper/

@@Diynaturalbedding Thank you for reply.