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2.6.23 LS
Set-up Instructions for:
BR03LK – Lateral Murphy Desk Bed
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  • Page 1 2.6.23 LS Set-up Instructions for: BR03LK – Lateral Murphy Desk Bed Thank you so much for your purchase!!! If you need anything – please call us at: 714-455-7446 For Fast Service! Watch our helpful assembly video@ WallbedGallery.com/video...
  • Page 2 Murphy Bed Set-up Guide Congratulations and a Big Thank You for your purchase of a RoomAndLoft Murphy Bed! We sincerely appreciate your business! First – a few words of advice and caution: 1. Please do this job with two people. Attempting to do it alone, though heroic, could lead to product damage or injury because some things might be too heavy for just one person to safely handle.
  • Page 3: Preparation For Assembly

    PREPARATION FOR ASSEMBLY: Please locate and confirm that you have the following 5 boxes. Open the boxes in numerical order as called for in this guide HELPFUL HINT: Throughout the assembly of your Murphy Bed, you will find it helpful to refer to pages 30-34, where the contents of each bubble pack and hardware box are illustrated for easy reference.
  • Page 4: Other Notes

    TOOLS & THINGS YOU NEED TO SUPPLY: • A cordless drill • A #2 Phillips-head bit with a short extension • A 1/8” drill bit • An Electronic Stud Finder. • A step ladder that can safely hold your feet 20” off the floor •...
  • Page 5 Getting Started: Setting up the Bed Case – part A Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #1 for the bed case assembly Step 1: Open Box 1 & 2, and lay out the five panels as shown. Please keep the side panels separated by about 85” and placed 20” from the wall.
  • Page 6 Setting up the Bed Case – part B Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #1 for the bed case assembly Step 1: Roll up the bridge panel on edge with the face molding toward the padded floor as shown. Roll the side panels up and slide the crown molding underneath the panels.
  • Page 7 Setting up the Bed Case – part C Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #1 for the bed case assembly Step 1: Lift the top-back panel into position and connect it to the side panels and bridge panel with K110 bolts and K111 barrel nuts from bubble pack #1 as shown. K111 barrel nut K110 bolt...
  • Page 8 Setting up the Bed Case – part D Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #1 for the bed case assembly Step 1: Now lift the Headboard panel and join it to the side panels using guide dowels. K110 bolt Step 2: Use K110 bolts and K111 barrel nuts from bubble pack #1 to connect the headboard to the side panels as shown.
  • Page 9 Preparing the wall for the Murphy-bed Case Step 1: Identify the exact position you would like to set up your Murphy bed, and check the position of the nearby electrical outlets, if any. DANGER: Any electrical outlet must be at least 5” away in either direction from both Bed Case side panels. Step 2: Once you have Identified the desired position to install your Murphy Bed, remove any chair rail molding and/or quarter round molding, if any, for a width of 86”...
  • Page 10 Please Lift! Standing the Bed Case up and moving it into position DO NOT DRAG Step 2: Lift and move the bed case into position against the wall. Step 1: PLEASE lift and do not drag the bed case across the floor. With two people, take hold of the top corners of the bed case and safely lift Bed Case upright.
  • Page 11 Preparing to attatch the bed case to the wall Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #1 for the bed case assembly HOW TO USE SPACER BLOCKS – IF NEEDED A QUICK PRIMER ON WOOD-FRAMED HOMES. ① ② ③ ④ Use one of Top plate 1/4”...
  • Page 12 Marking Studs, measuring width one last time, and driving long screws into the base plate. Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #1 for the bed case assembly STEP 1: STEP 1 WITH YOUR STUD-FINDER, LOCATE AND USE A STEP LADDER MARK THE CENTER OF TWO STUDS THAT WILL SAFELY WITH A PENCIL.
  • Page 13 Setting up the Bed Tray – Part A Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: Open boxes #3A and #4A and lay out the contents as shown below with the wood face of the bed tray face-down on the carpet/blankets/etc. STEP @: Lay out the six K153 Bayonet Connectors as shown below.
  • Page 14 Setting up the Bed Tray – Part B Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: Insert the K153 Bayonets halfway into the metal frame of the top bed tray. On each side, you will install two bayonets. One will insert inside the metal bed frame, and one will be mounted on the outside of the metal frame Step 2: Insert a K105B bolt (use the 12mm wrench) with a K106 washer into the frame hole and wiggle the bayonet until the bolt to passes through the other side of...
  • Page 15 STEP 3: Now slide the left and right tray frames together while guiding the exposed end of the bayonets into the opposite frame. On the sides of the frame, there are two connector bayonets, only one bayonet can be inserted into the opposite side, the outer bayonet slides over the outer side of the opposing frame.
  • Page 16 Setting up the Bed Tray – Part C Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: Check that the tray panels are flush at the sides Step 2: Insert the K105B bolts with a K106 washers through the frame holes joining the left and right bed tray together. Now add one more K106 washer and the K143 lock nut and snug them up.
  • Page 17 Setting up the Bed Tray – Part D Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: On both sides of the bed tray frame, insert the K105B bolts with a K106 washers through the open hole on the K153 bayonet connection bars, add one more K106 washer and the K143 lock nut and snug them up.
  • Page 18 Installing Mattress Hoops STEP 1: Get both K154 mattress hoops from hardware boxes inside box 3A and 4A and insert them into the holes at the end of the bed tray frames that are closest to the wall. K173 mattress hoop...
  • Page 19 Attaching the gas springs to the side frame. Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: Remove from the hardware boxes, located in BOX 3A and BOX 4A, both K114C gas springs. With the larger, barrel end, upward, slide them onto the gas spring post on the metal side frame located on each of the side panels of the bed case.
  • Page 20 Lifting the Bed Tray Bearing Posts onto the Bearing Saddles and installing the Bearing Captures Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly Step 1: With one person on each side of the bed about in the middle, carefully lift the bed tray and set the Bearing posts into the saddle on each side of the bed.
  • Page 21 Attaching the Tray Handles Step 1: Prop up the foot end of the bed tray with some books or pillows or something to give you easy access to the bed tray face. Step 2: Install the MDHL handles to the bed tray using four K118B screws from the hardware boxes found in boxes 3A and 4A. Insert the screws through the pre-drilled holes on the face of the bed tray and snug them up.
  • Page 22 Complete the connection of the Gas Springs – Part A The purpose of the Gas Spring is to “counter-balance” the weight of the mattress by applying upward force, and thereby making the bed tray “feel lighter” when you lift it to close the bed. It is IMPERATIVE that you follow the instructions on page 26 carefully, and that you NEVER remove the mattress without two people –...
  • Page 23 Complete the connection of the Gas Springs – Part B Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: Reach under the bed tray through the open space at the bottom and connect the eyelet on the gas spring onto the gas spring post on the bed tray frame.
  • Page 24 Complete the connection of the Gas Springs – Part C STEP 1 WITHOUT DELAY! NOW, WHILE ONE PERSON HOLDS THE BED DOWN, THE OTHER PERSON MUST FULLY TIGHTEN THE LOCK NUT YOU HAND TIGHTENED EARLIER ON THE TOP GAS SPRING POST. USE A ½” WRENCH OR THE K161A WRENCH SUPPLIED IN BUBBLE PACK #2 ½”...
  • Page 25 Installing the flip-over Foot Rod Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly HELPFUL HINT: The flip-over legs are in the Hardware box found inside Box #3A and 4A and the foot rod was held aside from Box #2. STEP 1: Connect the flip-over feet to the foot rod.
  • Page 26 Installing the Mattress Decks and Mattress – Part A Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly USE THE K101 PLASTIC FASTENERS TO ATTACH THE MATTRESS DECK PANELS AS SHOWN. PLEASE STEP 1: PUT THE SIDES WITH “DO NOT STAND” STICKER UP AND ABIDE BY THE STICKER WARNING. K101 FOOT ON FOOT ROD...
  • Page 27 Installing the Mattress Decks and Mattress – Part B STEP 1: With the bed tray continuing to be held down, one person maneuvers the mattress into a position where both people can lift it and place it onto the mattress deck.
  • Page 28 Completing Bed Tray Set-up and Squaring Bed Case Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #2 for the bed tray assembly STEP 1: STEP 3A: Now you are ready to attach both bed tray bumpers, found inside the hardware Tilt the Bed up and place a folded piece of cardboard between boxes in box 3A &...
  • Page 29 Attaching the Pivot Rods to Kick Plate & hooking the Kick Plate to the Bed Case Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #3 for the bed tray assembly Attach the Desk Pivot Rod Plates to the kickplate by screwing them on with K123 screws. Note that there are “left”...
  • Page 30 Set up the Desk Tray and Connect to the Bed Face Hinges and the Desk Pivot Rods Use Assembly parts from Bubble Pack #3 for the DESK TRAY assembly STEP 3: While one person lifts & holds the desk tray in place, use the K160 STEP 1: Allen wrench to insert and snug up the K121B bolts connecting the 4 Desk A) Lay out the Desk Tray Parts...
  • Page 31 BR03LK-S BOX-#1 VERTICAL SIDE PANELS...
  • Page 32 BR03LK-H BOX-#2 HORIZONTAL PANELS ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS HARDWARE BOX #2 K156B Foot rod BUBBLE PACK BUBBLE PACK...
  • Page 33 BR03LK-TTL BOX-#3A DESK BED-LEFT BED TRAY HARDWARE MDHL Handle K173 Mattress hoop #1 of 2 K155 Flip over leg K142 Wood Plug K162 Bed Tray Bumper K153 K114C Gas Springs Bayonet connector...
  • Page 34 BR03LK-BTL BOX-#4A DESK BED-RIGHT BED TRAY HARDWARE MDHL Handle K173 Mattress hoop #1 of 2 K155 Flip over leg K142 Wood Plug K162 Bed Tray Bumper K153 K114C Gas Springs Bayonet connector...
  • Page 35 BR03LK-DSK BOX-#5 DESK TRAY HARDWARE BOX #3...
  • Page 36 APPENDIX 1 – Mounting your Murphy Bed to a concrete wall (such as is often found in a basement). If you have either brick or masonry WITHOUT DRYWALL - We recommend the TAPCON Concrete Screw System, model 3/16” x 2.1/4” flat-head screw.
  • Page 37 Care & Maintenance Tips It is surprisingly simple to protect and enhance the real wood surfaces on your new RoomAndLoft furniture. All that is required is some tender, loving care. Here are a few tips to keep your furniture looking good: •...