Fire-Safe Contract Curtains for Hotels & Airbnbs in London & SE
Specialist manufacturing for Hotels, Guest Houses, and Short-Term Lets (Airbnbs) across London and the South East. We ensure every window is optimized for professional compliance and high-end aesthetics.
Track & Size Optimisation
Independent Sourcing
Certified Safety
Widest Fabric Selection
We are untied to any one fabric supplier and access the whole fabric market to find your perfect specification. Choose Treated Naturals (Type B) for the prestige of real velvet and silk, or Inherently FR (Type C) for durable luxury that never needs re-proofing.
Golden Thread Compliance
For every project, we issue a Digital Golden Record. This document pack links your specific room numbers to the Fire Test Certificates (BS 5867 & BS 7176) for both drapery and softs. You are audit-ready instantly.
Batch Replacement & Matching Fabrics
We offer Batch Replacement Programs. We replace curtains, cushions, and runners simultaneously with matching fabrics. This ensures a cohesive, high-end look and unlocks volume pricing to lower your cost-per-room.
We collaborate with your maintenance team to optimise your window hardware. We can replace and reposition tracks to the correct length, then manufacture custom curtains for a perfect, guaranteed fit. This ensures a professional finish that standard suppliers can't achieve.
We help you select the ideal materials from the entire UK market—or work with your pre-chosen fabrics—to ensure your curtains are made from the exact fabrics you need.
We manufacture your order in our Brighton studio. Every item is fitted with a permanent compliance label. Upon completion, we issue a Certificate of Conformity for the batch, ready for your fire logbook.
We support you with repairs for accidental guest damage and sun damage to lining. For replacements, we ensure visual continuity using the original fabric (where available) or a closely matched alternative to maintain your room's aesthetic standards.
Choose the right fabrics from across the whole market
Aesthetics with Durability
Why our high-end tailoring background makes us the essential partner for design-led hospitality. Standard contract curtains often look utilitarian—stiff, generic, and purely functional.
At TailorBox, we approach commercial manufacturing with the mindset of a High-End Tailoring Studio.
Statement Pieces: We don't just cover windows; we create design features. From complex pattern matching to bespoke headers and hand-finished detailing, we create curtains that elevate your room's interior design.
The Perfect Hang: Our tailoring roots mean we understand drape and weight. We use superior interlinings and weighted hems to ensure your curtains hang perfectly straight, giving that crisp, 5-star finish that mass production misses.
The "Design-Match" Service
You don't have to compromise your vision for fire safety.
Inspiration: Send us your mood boards, Pinterest images, or a photo of a non-compliant fabric you love.
Sourcing: We scour the market to find a BS 5867 compliant match. We work with specialist mills to find FR fabrics that mimic the texture, print, and weave of your inspiration.
Result: You get the unique aesthetic you want, with the fire certification you legally need.
Compliance Made Simple: The "Golden Record" System
For Hotel Managers, Student Accommodation & AirBnB Hosts
Fire safety administration shouldn't be your full-time job. At Tailorbox, we have digitized the compliance process to make your inspections stress-free and your paperwork effortless.
We don't just make curtains; we provide a "Compliance in a Box" handover that satisfies Fire Officers and Insurance Auditors instantly.
How We Protect You: The 4-Step Safety Workflow
1. Verified Sourcing We strictly use fabrics with valid, UKAS-accredited fire test reports (BS 5867). We vet every certificate so you never have to worry about the validity of your materials.
2. The "Smart" Traceability Label Every curtain we manufacture features a permanently sewn-in compliance label. This is your first line of defence during a spot check. It includes:
The Standard: Explicitly states "Complies with BS 5867 Part 2 Type B" (or C).
Care Instructions: Critical washing rules to ensure cleaners don't damage the fire-retardant finish.
Batch ID: A unique code linking the physical curtain back to the original laboratory test report.
3. Digital Production Log We maintain a secure digital archive linking your specific Order ID to the fabric manufacturing batch. If a mill ever issues a safety recall, we can tell you instantly if your building is affected.
4. The One-Click Handover On completion, we email you a single Audit-Ready PDF containing your Declaration of Conformity and the Original Fire Test Reports. Simply save this file to your digital Fire Safety Logbook, and your administration is done.
Track Refitting
Property developers often install tracks low and narrow to save on fabric. This compromises the room's aesthetic and limits natural light. Replacing curtains is the most cost-effective time to correct track placement and upgrade your spaces. Contact us to discuss the process.
Optimising Curtain Tracks & Placement
Here' is where TailorBox excels. We move tracks to the ceiling line and extend the width to create a professional, architectural finish. This makes a dramatic difference.
Ceiling-to-Floor: We raise the track to the ceiling line. This draws the eye up, making classrooms feel larger and more airy.
Optimized Stack-Back: We extend tracks by 30-60% of the window width. This ensures curtains pull back completely clear of the glazing, maximizing natural light.
Correct Projection: We fit brackets with a 40mm - 60mm projection. This allows for airflow behind the curtain (preventing mold) and clears protruding window handles.
Heritage Craftsmanship
Standard factory curtains fail in historic buildings. Our high-end tailoring background ensures a perfect fit for complex glazing and listed properties.
Custom Design
Standard contract curtains are utilitarian and generic. At TailorBox, we approach school refurbishment with the mindset of a High-End Tailoring Studio.
Statement Pieces: We create design features that impress prospective parents. From complex pattern matching to bespoke headers (Goblet or Triple Pinch Pleat) and hand-finished trims, we create curtains that respect the architectural grandeur of your Main House.
The Perfect Hang: Our tailoring roots mean we understand drape and weight. We use superior interlinings and weighted hems to ensure massive stage drapes or tall library curtains hang perfectly, giving a crisp, prestigious finish that mass production misses.
The "Heritage-Match" Service
You don't have to compromise history for fire safety.
Inspiration: Show us the original 19th-century drapes or the school colours you need to match.
Sourcing: We access the whole fabric market to find a BS 5867 compliant match. We work with specialist mills to find modern FR velvets and damasks that mimic the texture and weight of traditional textiles.
Result: You restore the visual history of the room while satisfying the modern Fire Officer.
Optimising Curtain Dimensions
Luxury curtains achieve a premium look through a combination of architectural scale and material density. By manipulating height, width, and depth, they transform a standard window into a focal point that feels intentional rather than utilitarian.
1. Height: The Illusion of Scale
In high-end settings, curtains are typically ceiling-mounted or installed as close to the ceiling as possible.
The Look: By eliminating the visual gap between the top of the window and the ceiling, the curtains draw the eye upward, making the room feel significantly taller than its actual dimensions.
The Finish: Floor-to-ceiling coverage stop between 0 and 1 cm above the floor for a "clean" architectural finish or use "pooling" (adding 5 cm or more) to create a soft, opulent look that hides uneven floors.
2. Width: Volume and Frame Enlargement
Luxury curtains use a high "fullness ratio," meaning the amount of fabric used is 2.5 to 3.0 times the width of the track.
The Look: This ensures the curtains have deep, consistent gathers even when fully closed, rather than appearing as a flat, stretched sheet.
The Illusion: By extending the track significantly past the window frame (stack-back), the curtains "park" entirely on the wall when open. This makes the window appear much wider and ensures 100% of the glass is clear to maximize natural light.
3. Depth: Preventing "Crushing"
Premium installations account for "projection depth"—the space between the wall and the fabric.
The Technical Detail: For modern Wave headings, a minimum fitting depth of 160 mm (16 cm) is required so the "S" folds can hang freely without touching the glass or wall.
The Result: Properly projected curtains have a three-dimensional, sculptural quality. When the depth is too shallow, the folds crush against the window, ruining the uniform rhythm of the fabric and making the installation look amateur.
Bottom Line
Luxury curtains look superior because they behave as part of the architecture. The combination of floor-to-ceiling height and generous width provides superior acoustic dampening by acting as a giant fabric "baffle" that softens echoes. The density of the fabric (especially when interlined) provides a visual "weight" that signals quality, while the seamless integration from wall-to-wall or floor-to-ceiling hides the "messy" hardware and corners of the window frame.
We’d love to help. Get in touch to begin:
📧 tailorbox@brightonalterations.com
📞 07955 751896