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.  

Maxine Leather 3 Seater Sofa - Fast Delivery - The Maxine Collection features an elegantly, voluptuous, modem look, with generously filled fibre back cushions, soft arm pads and supportive reflex seat cushions. This model with its luxurious comfort and rounded appearance simply oozes the promise of sumptuous relaxation for the future. The Maxine forms part of a range of leather furniture from Steinhoff UK Furniture, one of Europe's leading furniture manufacturers. Manufactured with quality hardwood frames from seasoned timbers and with all joints glued, pinned and doweled for triple strength and rigidity, this piece is built to last. Designed, built and tested with the latest technology, Steinhoff UK Furniture pride themselves on producing furniture of the future, today.Please see the related items below for the rest of the Maxine range and other furniture that will compliment this sofa. Finish: Napetta leather Size: W206cm x D100cm x H100cmPlease check the measurements of the access points into your home (doors, staircases, sharp corners) against the dimensions of this item, to ensure it is not too large, before purchasing.Steinhoff recommend the use of genuine leather upholstery care kits supplied by major warranty providers such as Regency, Multimaster and Guardsman. Tests have shown that such treatments are suitable for their corrected grain leathers when used correctly. Steinhoff do not recommend the use of other "Leather Treatments" and will not uphold Warranty claims for damage when such treatments are used. To get the best from your Steinhoff product our own Leather Upholstery Care Kit (supplied by Regency) is available below.

Segusino Alpes Bar - With storage for 16 wine bottles, glasses and bar equipment the Alpes Bar is hand-crafted using old reclaimed wood some 50 to 250 years old and kilndried pinewood from certified managed woods. All fittings and handles are hand forged.Size: W105cm x D48cm x H195.5cm Finish: Hand waxed finished

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