Any advice on repairing this bed?

[gareth h]

My makeshift repair (a stack of Evo magazines) isn’t really appreciated, any thoughts on a repair?
The top and bottom holes are for locating dowels, the centre hole had a nut set into it which pulled out, the headboard seems to be chipboard so I’m not very confident I could just glue the nut back in.

[Belle427]

Long screw or two in through back of the headboard?

[Monkeylegend]

Belle427 said:

Long screw or two in through back of the headboard?

That's how it got broken in the first place, too many long screws.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

screwed to the headboard then sit the side on and screw from below ?

[allegro]

Worse "me and the missus are rampant in bed" post ever

[Huzzah]

Nail it to the wall.

[craigthecoupe]

Drill, glue, dowel?
Or brackets as above if it needs to come apart again?

[InitialDave]

You probably need a plate or really large washer to spread the load and stop it pulling through.

[Jap90s]

Block of wood in the corner, screwed to both

[miniman]

[JoshSm]

Make a bigger hole, make a bit of solid wood to fit, glue it in with a decent D3 glue or a D4 PU wood glue, put the nut into the new bit of wood.

Ideally you'd bore a nice round hole & cut a plug to match.

The right glue and enough of it will hold it together at least as strongly as the original chip board.

[mgtony]

A long bolt with a washer through from the back of the headboard into the original round hole and fix with nut and half moon washer. Could also add a very small 'L' bracket top and bottom of the inside face to stop any twisting.

[JoshSm]

Or just glue the nut in with some of the D4 PU gel glue. It won't be coming back out easily. That stuff is a bit flexible and expands and bonds all sorts.

This stuff https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soudal-Wood-Adhesive-Minu... or this https://www.wickes.co.uk/STS-Mega-Strength-PU-Adhe... which is basically the exact same stuff. Bonds more than just wood, use it to bond in a wall plug and it'll stay put even if the brick splits.