Home Furnishings, Furniture and Fire safety

Careless use of smoking products is the leading cause of deaths associated in home fires. Most of these fires involve smoking material ignition of upholstered furniture or mattresses and bedding. Choose your home furnishings in order to significantly reduce the risk of a fire that can be caused by cigarette, cigars, pipes, matches, lighters, candles and other sources of heat and flame in your home. If you use those products, be extremely careful to keep ignition sources away from ignitable materials and make sure they are properly extinguished, disposed of, and cooled before discarding them.

Upholstered Furniture

When purchasing furniture, you should look for items that are designed to reduce the likelihood of ignition by smoking materials.

Fabrics made from predominantly thermoplastic fibers, such as nylon, polyester and olefin, exhibit good resistance to ignition from smoldering cigarettes. Some leathers, wool and vinyl fabrics also exhibit good cigarette ignition resistance. Generally, the higher the synthetic fiber content of the fabric the more it resists ignition from smoldering sources such as cigarettes. Fabrics such as cotton, rayon, linen and acetate have lower cigarette ignition resistance.

Upholstered furniture is also susceptible to ignition by small open flames, such as from lighters, matches and candles. There is no guarantee that a furniture product resistant to cigarette ignition will resist small flame ignition, so be extremely careful with the use of small flames near upholstered furniture.

Mattresses and Bedding

You should consider replacing your old mattress with a new one if the mattress is not fire resistant.

It is not a good idea to store unused mattresses, since these products can add to the household's fire load. Keep all ignition sources away from these products to reduce the risk of these types of fires.

Other Furnishings

When purchasing furniture, you should look for items that are designed to reduce the likelihood of ignition by smoking materials.  

Studio Leather Corner Sofa - Please note that the leather colour in the picture is not available at the moment. Please choose from the colours shown above. There are few items of living room furniture more desirable than the corner sofa. With double the lounging space of your average sofa, and double the style, the Studio sofa fits perfectly into the corner of your room, but there's no danger of it fading into the background!The Studio corner sofa is handmade in the UK and has a simple, modern design, fabulously deep cushions and luxurious leather upholstery. Just right for a late night lounge in front of your favourite TV show. Each cushion cover also has the advantage of being individually zipped to allow changing of the interiors if ever required. For details of other furniture that will compliment this sofa, please see the related items below. Overall Size: W244cm x D167.5cm x H91.5cm Seat depth: 94cm Please note: this item can be made to order in various sizes. If you would like to purchase this sofa in a specific size, please contact our Customer Services department on 0845 062 2233.

Clarence Corner Display Unit - Good looking and timeless, the Clarence collection is sensitively designed to enhance the warm, mellow tones of teak. The collection enjoys many fine quality features and will continue to delight for many years to come.This distinctive range offers a versatile selection of co-ordinating pieces that will help transform your home into a well thought out and styled retreat. This includes: dining tables in a range of shapes and sizes to suit all homes; classic solutions to modern storage problems; wall cabinets with crystal cut glass doors and mirrored backs to add an elegant sparkle. With elegant touches such as handles and knobs in an exquisite antique bronze finish, the Clarence range will enhance any home.This stylish display cabinet will be a perfect addition to any bare corner of your home, adding colour, focus and most importantly extra storage. It has a top glass fronted section with three shelves which is ideal for showing off a range of items. The bottom half is the ideal place for stowing away the items you'd rather not have on display, with a large cupboard.Please see the related items below for other items from the Clarence range.Finish: Teak finish veneerSize: W58.3cm x D38.5cm x H186.4cm

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