Sacramento State Housing Community Guide 2025-2026 - Flipbook - Page 42
Mattress Pad/Topper:
A mattress pad or mattress topper is a product that students may purchase to serve as both protection for the mattress and to enhance comfort. Mattress pads
generally add softness, while mattress toppers, depending on the thickness, can significantly change the height and firmness level of your mattress. If a student
selects to add a mattress topper or mattress pad, they must adhere to the following safety guidelines :
• Mattress pads and/or toppers may not be thicker than two (2) inches. Mattress pads or toppers that are thicker than 2 inches reduce or eliminate the fire
safety features of university-provided mattresses. Our mattresses are equipped with.
• Occupants who are sleeping on a lofted or top bunk bed may not possess a mattress pad or topper that reduces the safety guardrail clearance by less than 5
inches from the top of the safety guardrail (as shown in images below). Anything that reduces the safety guardrail clearance by less than 5 inches will void
the manufacturer’s safety features of the installed safety guardrail.
Safety Guardrails:
The University shall install a safety guardrail on lofted and top bunked beds. Safety guardrails will be installed on the side of the bed facing the center of the room.
Removal of the safety guardrail is not permitted, nor shall the bed be flipped around in an effort to have the safety guardrail against a wall and/or away from the
center of the room.
Stabilizer Panel:
The stabilizer panel/bar must be installed when beds are in high loft or bunk configurations. When beds are bunked, the bottom bed serves as the bed spring and
stabilizer panel. The Stabilizer panel must be placed based on the type of bed setup being installed. When a bed is lofted, a stabilizer panel shall be installed using
the top 4 pins and shall be located on the bed frame facing the wall.
Due to safety, the university policy prohibits residents from self-constructing a lofted or bunked bed. Attempts to bunk or loft beds without proper and authorized
training, instructions, equipment, and parts may endanger bed occupants, risking severe injury. Only bunk beds and lofting equipment owned, installed, and provided
by the University may be used in on-campus residential facilities. Upon the official start of the license agreement, the University shall notify students of furniture
policies and guidelines..
Residents may not repair, replace, alter, adjust, reconfigure, or change furniture, nor shall a resident permit anyone other than the University to do so. Residents must
enter service requests for loft or bunk beds. Bed guard rails and ladders cannot be removed from lofted or bunked beds as they are a required safety feature.
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