On this page you will find answers to some of the most
frequently asked questions about our Guest Beds and Wallbeds:
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- Unlike most other UK guest bed and wall bed
suppliers, who simply import products designed for domestic use in
other countries, or supply really basic, cheap, locally
manufactured products, with no track record, GP Contracts have over 25 years' experience of
designing and supplying heavy-duty, space-saving beds,
specifically to provide rest facilities/overnight accommodation, in
contract applications, where space is at a premium. All our products
comply with current health and safety, manual handling and infection
control requirements and are designed to give years of trouble-free
service, even in the most gruelling of situations.
Our products are additionally supported by a FREE in-house
advisory service to help you select the right product for the job, a
full five year guarantee and a comprehensive after-sales service, to
help ensure that your beds continue to perform year-after-year.
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- Will GP Contracts'
products stand up to the
kind of 'punishment' they can expect from heavy-duty contract
applications?
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- YES. There is nothing temporary, or makeshift
about our space-saving guest beds and wall beds. They are designed
to withstand years of regular use and will sleep even overweight
adults (up to 200Kg), for extended periods, in total comfort. Our
contract customers include
hostels, colleges, the fire services, the MOD and the NHS.
The
secret is the heavy-duty, all-steel, welded-frame,
epoxy-coated construction of our
'Glideaway'® and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds and our 'Wiskaway'®
Wallbeds, combined with a unique,
pre-tensioned, woven steel mesh base, which is guaranteed never to
sag and allows air to circulate freely around the mattress
and bedding. All our products are guaranteed for five years
against defective materials and workmanship and will give many more
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- Are GP Contracts' products
safe and easy to operate?
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- YES. Strong, yet lightweight, tubular steel
construction, automatically opening and retracting legs (on most models)
and the absence of
sharp edges on our 'Glideaway', 'Rollaway' and 'Wiskaway'
ranges and full
counterbalancing on our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds make for safe,
smooth and easy
operation. In addition, all our space-savers are supplied complete with
permanently-fixed, laminated, step-by-step, operating instructions.
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- Do GP Contracts' products
comply with current health & safety, manual handling and infection control requirements?
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- YES. All GP Contracts products comply fully with current
health & safety, manual handling and infection control requirements. The heavy-duty epoxy-coated all-steel bed frames
of our 'Glideaway' and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds and 'Wiskaway'
Wallbeds can be cleaned and
disinfected just like hospital beds. All our
melamine-faced and plastic-laminate-faced wall bed housings can be wiped clean, as can the wipe-clean/'waterproof' covers on
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- Do GP Contracts offer an
after-sales service?
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- YES. GP Contracts are able to offer a full nationwide after-sales service on
their products
and will additionally be pleased to quote for periodic
maintenance/servicing visits. All our products are guaranteed for a
full five years against defective materials and workmanship.
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- Does GP Contracts offer an
installation service?
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- YES. GP Contracts will be pleased to quote for
the supply and installation (where required) of their products. Our
skilled fitters have extensive experience of working in various
different situations, including, for instance, on active hospital wards and on major
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- What are 'Wiskaway'® Wallbeds?
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'Wiskaway' Wallbeds (the original Wentelbeds®)
are single and double beds, which are designed to be fixed in one
location and pivot away flat
against the wall, either on end ('Vertical') or sideways ('Horizontal').
'Wiskaway' Wallbeds offer all the comfort, convenience and durability of
good quality firm-based divan beds, but stow away fully made-up, when not required,
freeing-up extra space in which to work, study, play, entertain or just
stretch out!
All 'Wiskaway'
Wallbeds come with the following features:
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They will take a proper interior sprung mattress and
standard bedding.
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They pivot away permanently made up, for REGULAR
NIGHTLY USE.
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They are easy to handle and are ready to use in seconds.
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They have strong welded-steel frames with firm,
non-sag woven steel mesh bases and a tough, easy-clean epoxy finish.
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They are supplied complete with flexible hook-on
bedding retaining straps, to hold all the bedding - including the
pillows - in place, when folded away.
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They are guaranteed for five years against defective
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- What are 'Glideaway'®
and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds?
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Our 'Glideaway' and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds are single
beds, which can be folded up when not in use and moved effortlessly,
from one location to another, on heavy-duty hospital wheels. They
share many features with our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds, including the same
heavy-duty, welded-frame, all-steel construction, tough epoxy finish,
non-sag woven-steel mesh base and five year guarantee. Both beds are
very easy to handle and are suitable for REGULAR NIGHTLY USE.
The 'Glideaway' and 'Rollaway' differ as follows:
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The 'Glideaway' is equipped with automatically
opening and retracting legs and comes complete with a lightweight,
high-specification, wipe-clean/'waterproof' mattress. The 'Glideaway
folds in half when not required, can be used virtually anywhere in a room and will
fit into most spaces. Apart from a fitted sheet, it cannot however be
left made-up when folded, although the XH version comes complete with a
bedding tray and all models can be supplied with a flat-packed,
self-assembly cabinet,
with a shelf to store the bedding.
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The 'Rollaway' is basically a 'Horizontal' wall bed
on wheels, will take a proper interior sprung mattress and can be folded
up with all the bedding - including the pillows. The (manual) leg action on this
model has been combined with a locking device, to ensure that the bed
stays folded up during storage/transit. Unlike the 'Glideaway', the
'Rollaway' cannot be used anywhere in a room and is
designed to be used with one long side against a wall.
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- How comfortable are GP
Contracts' space-savers?
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- EXTREMELY. A firm, non-sag,
woven-steel mesh base ensures proper
anatomical support, similar to continental-style slatted beds, but many
times stronger - (no wooden slats, or 'foundations' to break). To
complement our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds and 'Rollaway' Guest Bed, we offer a range of quality,
interior sprung mattresses,
some with wipe-clean/'waterproof' covers and a De Luxe
lightweight, wipe-clean/'waterproof' foam mattress. Alternatively, customers can supply their own mattresses.
The 'Glideaway' comes complete with a lightweight,
high-specification, wipe-clean/'waterproof' foam mattress.
(All our mattresses are flame retardant to Ignition Source 5. Some
models are available to Ignition Source 7).
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- Are GP Contracts'
space-savers easy and convenient to use?
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- VERY. The welded, all-steel construction of our
'Wiskaway' Wallbed frames, makes for maximum strength. For ease of operation,
our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds feature automatic leg action and are additionally counterbalanced, by means of
heavy-duty steel springs, or pneumatic cylinders, depending on the model.
This makes lifting the beds up and down 'a piece of cake'. Since 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds can be stowed away fully made up, they can be 'down'
and ready to use in literally seconds! Flexible bedding retaining
straps, supplied with the beds, attach permanently to one end or side
and are simply hooked across, before the bed is folded away, to hold the
mattress and bedding, including the pillows, in place. Nothing
could be simpler!
Our 'Glideaway' and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds
boast many of the features of our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds and have been
specifically designed, not just for strength and durability, but
also for maximum ease of handling and flexibility of use.
All our products are
supplied complete with permanently attached, laminated, step-by-step
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- Do GP Contracts'
space-savers need special bedding?
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- NO. Our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds and
'Rollaway' Guest Bed are designed to be used and folded
away, with a
standard sized spring interior (or foam) mattress and either ordinary
sheets and blankets, or fitted sheets and duvets. Our
'Vertical' 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds can additionally
be used with a valance, a bedspread and a (wall mounted) headboard. Our
'Glideaway' Guest Bed will also take standard bedding (but cannot be
left made-up, when folded).
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- What sizes do
GP Contracts' space-savers come in?
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- Our 'Glideaway' and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds come in a variety of
single sizes (please see product pages for details), whilst our 'Wiskaway'
Wallbeds come in 'Horizontal' (sideways folding), or 'Vertical'
versions, in a choice of standard single and double (not models 9000 and 10000) and
in
made-to-measure sizes (please see product pages for details). Back to top
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- What finishes do
GP Contracts' space-savers come in?
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- Our 'Glideaway', 'Rollaway' and 'Wiskaway'
1000 and 2000 models come finished in a choice of
sixteen tough, easy-clean, epoxy colours (see product pages for
details).
Our other 'Wiskaway' Wallbed models (those with integral
housings) are available, with epoxy-coated frames and with housings in a wide choice of finishes,
ranging from wipe-clean MFC and plastic laminates, to real veneers.
In addition to a choice of standard finishes, special finishes can be
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- How would one choose between
GP Contracts' 'Glideaway'/'Rollaway' Guest Beds and 'Wiskaway'
Wallbeds?
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- Our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds provide the ultimate solution
in terms of safety, durability, comfort, convenience and
space-efficiency, to providing
rest/overnight facilities, in contract situations where space is at a premium, or
where the room in question needs to have a second daytime function. This
is because they are counterbalanced and can be folded away
effortlessly, in just seconds, complete with all the bedding, including
the pillows, for regular nightly use. They are also available in a range
of double, as well as single sizes (except models 9000 and
10000).
As our 'Wiskaway' Wallbeds are designed to be fixed permanently in
position, however, they do not always fit into existing situations
and are therefore more frequently
specified for new-build and refurbishment projects.
Our 'Glideaway'
and 'Rollaway' Guest Beds only come in single sizes,
but have the advantage that they can be
folded up when not in use and moved easily from one location to
another, or into storage. A fitted sheet
can be left on the 'Glideaway' when it is folded up: the rest of the
bedding has to be stored elsewhere, except on the 'Glideaway' XH, which
has an integral bedding tray. The 'Rollaway', on the other hand, can be
folded up and stored fully made-up. Because it is compact and extremely mobile,
the 'Glideaway' will generally integrate well into most existing spaces,
whilst the 'Rollaway' needs to be used with one long side against
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- We are unsure which model is best
suited to our needs. Can you provide further advice?
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- YES. GP Contracts offers a FREE in-house consultancy
service, to prospective customers and architects, to help determine the best model(s) and size(s) for the
job in-hand and the available budget. On larger projects, we are also
able to make site visits, to measure-up, attend design meetings, etc. Please
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- We cannot find exactly what we
want on your website. Can you still help?
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- QUITE POSSIBLY! In addition to the standard
sizes featured on this website, we are able to offer most of our
products in special made-to-measure sizes. Other
modifications are
also available on larger projects, to suit customers'
requirements. Examples include extra high/low beds, beds to fit into
odd shaped spaces, etc.
We are also able to provide a larger range
of wall beds, than is featured on this website. We have featured
here, the
models which have proved the most popular over the years, but we
can supply others. We are also able to supply free-standing,
all-steel divan bases and bunk beds, featuring the same heavy-duty,
all-steel, welded-frame, epoxy-coated construction and non-sag,
woven-steel mesh base, as our wall beds and guest beds. So,
if you can't find what you're looking for on this website, do ask
us! Please
contact us for
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