There are no screws or nails use in the construction of this piece. However, there are screws used for attaching the cast iron fasteners to the framework of the bed. No screwing or bolting is needed to assemble/disassemble this piece. The bed rails are attached using historic style solid cast iron male/female bed rail fasteners. This is not an area to overlook or skimp on in any way. These four connection points are a huge part of how solid the bed is. Each female part of the fasteners are hand routed into the headboard and foot board to a precise depth. This ensures a tight connection between the head/foot-boards and the side rails of the bed.

Most mattress support slatting is made of solid wood running face up from bedrail to bedrail. Solid wood planks are not meant to support a load in that orientation due to the nature of the material. It gives and bows in this orientation, and that allows for movement of the mattress when shifting in bed. The proper way to support a mattress is to run the slats on edge and have each slat be at least 3" wide. My slatting system creates an ultra rigid platform for the mattress to eliminate any movement within the bed.