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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Helen on March 06, 2008, 10:03:20 am

Title: Fireproofing curtains
Post by: Helen on March 06, 2008, 10:03:20 am

Customer needs to have curtains fire proofed for a commercial property, anyone know if he can have existing ones treated or whether he has to purchase new already proofed?

Title: Re: Fireproofing curtains
Post by: Straker Cleaning on March 06, 2008, 10:13:16 am

Asbestos curtains not a good idea ............. understand you can treat fabric with flame retardant but that is not FIRE PROOF  :)

Title: Re: Fireproofing curtains
Post by: John Kelly on March 06, 2008, 03:11:19 pm

You can treat fabrics with flame retardent. The product used depends on the actual material. Flame retardents evaporate and leave a salt behind which hinders flame spread. They will still burn as Chris says but at a slower rate.
They would probably want a certificate which you could only really issue if you had the items tested by the fire brigade. The way round that is to issue a notice stating that the fabric has been treated with such & such which complies with BS blah blah (there are a whole list of regulations which will be listed on the product data).

Title: Re: Fireproofing curtains
Post by: Helen on March 06, 2008, 03:50:29 pm

cheers guys

Title: Re: Fireproofing curtains
Post by: Gerry Styles on March 06, 2008, 09:54:00 pm

Check out www.flameshield.co.uk