In the United Kingdom a hotel interior is judged on documents before anyone judges it on taste. Upholstered furniture in hospitality falls under BS 7176 medium hazard, which combines the cigarette and match tests of EN 1021-1 and 1021-2 with the Crib 5 ignition source of BS 5852; mattresses answer to BS 7177. Above both sit the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988, amended in 2010, and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes a written fire risk assessment the duty of the responsible person rather than a favour from the supplier.
The mistake is almost always the same, and it is expensive because it surfaces at handover: a fabric is chosen from a swatch card that carries its own rating, and nobody asks what that rating was measured on. It belongs to the composite — foam, interliner and cover as assembled — so the same cloth over a different foam is a different result. The second trap is import: a piece perfectly compliant where it was made is not automatically BS 7176, and the only certificate that counts is the one issued for the article being bought.
Our part begins where the paperwork does. For every requirement we name the collections whose manufacturer has declared and documented conformity, original test reports attached, and anything a particular project demands is checked against that documentation instead of being promised. The specification then carries what tends to go missing: a fire certificate per upholstered component, composite samples rather than loose cloth, Martindale figures split between bedrooms and public areas, a replacement programme with prices held, and a mock-up room signed off before production. Finish samples are charged and the amount is credited in full on order confirmation; delivery dates are confirmed in writing at order confirmation.
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