Four recent projects, kept here because each raised a different question: a deadline set by a safety commission, a living environment to protect, a wall covering already in place, and a textile whose hand had to be preserved.
What a project involves, with us
A treated material is not judged on how it looks once dry. It is judged on what can be shown on the day of the inspection. Three conditions determine the classification obtained, and they have to be met together: the right substrate, the right method, the right quantity.
Two documents account for that. The classification test report establishes, on the basis of laboratory testing, what the product makes it possible to reach and on which substrates. The statement of application, completed by the company that carried out the work, records what was actually done to your materials: the product used, the quantity applied, the date. Without both, a treated material remains an unsubstantiated one. We hand them over at the end of every project.
This is also why the first step is never the treatment itself, but checking that the substrate falls within the scope of the test report. A 230 g/m² linen ribbon and a 70 g/m² polypropylene are not treated the same way, and not every weight is covered.
Our latest projects
Bondues retirement home (59) — 25 m² of artificial green walls
The Résidence Albert du Bosquiel had to bring its artificial green walls into compliance following a request from the safety commission. The home first considered buying new walls. Treatment proved faster and less expensive, and we collected the walls on site so that the establishment did not have to handle the transport.
Read the full account of the Bondues project
Sealife Blankenberge — planted décors in an aquatic environment
The Blankenberge aquarium needed its artificial plant décors brought up to the French M1 fire class without altering their natural look, and above all without any risk to the fish in the tanks. The complexity of the site justified a preliminary visit: the quotation was drawn up on site, once the real constraints had been measured.
Read the full account of the Sealife Blankenberge project
Paris — wallpaper treated in place
Bacha Coffee, on the Champs-Élysées, needed the wallpaper of its Paris café brought up to the French M1 fire class — a requirement for a space open to the public. The covering was already hung, so the work had to be done on site. Samples of the treatment were sent first, so that the client’s team could test the product on their own wallpaper and check how it took; the safety commission gave its agreement on the strength of those results before any work began.
Read the full account of the Paris wallpaper project
Design studio — textile ribbons for a luxury house
A studio specialising in textile architecture entrusted us with the fire-retardant treatment of ribbons intended for an exceptional project. The difficulty lay in the finish: the M1 class had to be reached without changing the hand of the textile. A series of tests on a sample preceded the treatment, once we had checked that the composition and weight of the ribbons fell within the scope of EUROTEXTIL’s LNE test report no. P258195-DEC/1.
Read the full account of the textile ribbons project
A project to have treated?
The method depends first on the substrate. The general principle is set out on our page about fire-retardant treatment of materials; the case of artificial plants, whose classification is renewed every year, has a page of its own. For a project, write to us stating the exact nature of the substrate: it is the first thing we ask, and it decides everything else.