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  • Contract Curtains & Blind Supplied for Large Apartment Block

    Rental Apartment Flame Retardant Roller Blinds & Curtains for Landlords –75 flats 355 Windows

    Direct fabrics was approached by a large property manager who was in the process of renovating a large number of flats in a modern tower block in London. The client was looking to renovated 166 apartments using both roller blinds and curtains, in this case study we are going to be looking at the flame retardant roller blinds that were manufactured and installed by Direct Fabrics.

    Phases of the project

    As the job was so vast in size. Direct fabrics commenced by doing an initial site visit to see what was feasible for the project. Whether roller blinds could be installed or whether another shading system would be required. Upon viewing the window the recess above the windows were smaller than required to fit roller blinds as an overlap would happen over the window and as they pivoted inwards it would not work effectively for ventilation.

    Initial Quotation for 355 windows

    To offer the client a guide price for the project from the initial site inspection an overview of 3 rooms was completed a 1,2,3 bedroom selection. This allowed for a starting point quote to be provided and allow the client to decide whether to go ahead with a full site survey. A survey of this magnitude with ceiling to floor curtains was going take a significant amount of time. Once approved our full site survey of c400 windows was undertaken by our trained professionals. After completing this we were able to provide a detailed quote within 24hrs of completing the initial measures, this allowed time for checking for typos and other logical mistakes when comparing measurements to other floors.

    Time Frame & Manufacturing of Curtains

    The client had an ambitious target for the release of flats being 2 -3 weeks for release for the curtains in the bedrooms and slightly over for the lounges if necessary. As Direct Fabrics has a team of over 20 seamstresses and the fabrics are kept in stock it meant that we were able to offer an extremely quick turn around on these curtains and blinds. The planning for the release for these flats meant that the production facility was stretched to manufacture over 1200 widths of material plus the blinds.

    Fitting the curtain Tracks & Curtains

    A hotel grade quality curtain track was decided upon for the project, approximately 750m of curtain track was required for this project which would be installed immediately as for making up the track in the warehouse meant there was a 3 day lead time before getting the first batch to site.

    Commencement of curtain track installation began 1 week after being awarded the contract with the first batch of curtains being delivered on the same day.

    Completion of the curtains and blinds was completed within 3 weeks with 1 week for snagging. Where rooms were not completed by the builders who were located on site.

    The project went exceedingly well and the second phase will be completed in the next 3 weeks.

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  • BS7175 Flame Retardant Bedding for Bedcovers and Sheets

    Introduction to BS7175:1980

    In this article, we are going to provide the details of what BS7175C requires and why as a business owner you should be using flame retardant fabrics that fits this standard.

    What is the standard BS7175 1989 in relating to Bedding, Pillows, Quilts, Sheets (bed), Pillow slips, Blankets, Bedspreads, Bed linen, Ignitability, Fire tests, Test equipment, Testing conditions, Test specimens, Specimen preparation

     

    Who BS7175 effects

    If you own a business and want to reduce the fire risk, then it is important that you are mitigating the risk of fire. So you should be abiding and using products certified by BS7175. It is crucial that when working with people when you are in a position of care to abide by the fire safety rules. You fire officer will be able to confirm whether BS7175 is required by your business. The most common business where flame retardant standards such as BS7175 are applicable are;

    Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Youth Hostels and other similar environments.

    It is the responsibility of the business owner to ensure that they are using products that are certified for use in the business environment, they can get this information by speaking to their fire officer or local fire departments.

    All flame retardant fabrics supplied by Direct Fabrics which are in the flame retardant section are certified to BS5867 and BS5852 and have certification to show this. Another supplier might not have the necessary information but we can assure you that our products are certified. Please speak with the team to confirm that the designs you have chosen are certified to this level

     

    Business Owners

    Need to specify the requirements for their projects to ensure that their fabrics are suitable for business use and that the Direct Fabrics team can supply the necessary flame retardant fabrics

    Fabrics are available that are inherently flame retardant, these include polyester fabrics and other man-made material this means they are suited to the required level and the purpose of bedding products

    Test method

    The materials to be tested and the ignition sources shall be conditioned immediately before the test for 72 h in indoor ambient conditions and then for at least 16 h in an atmosphere having a temperature of 20 ± 5 °C and a relative humidity of 65 ± 5 %.

    BS 7175, for the testing, a draught-free environment having a temperature of 15 °C to 30 °C and a relative humidity of 55 ± 20° shall be used. If the test is not carried out immediately after conditioning, place the conditioned specimens in a sealed container until the start of the test. Begin testing each specimen within 10 min of removing it from either the conditioning atmosphere or the sealed container.

    Conclusion

    BS7175 Flame retardant bedding

    BS7175 flame retardant bedding

    Speak with the Direct Fabrics team to ensure that your fabrics are to the requirements required.

    Where to Buy Flame Retardant Bedding

    You can buy your range of flame retardant bedding directly from direct-fabrics. Please see our full range of BS7175 approved bedding here. Flame Retardant Bedding

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