Fire Safety Category
Carpeting
Tile and Flooring
Draperies
Fun Facts
100

How does fire spread?

Vertically

100

 What is the general width of carpet?

 12ft

100

Which stone is second hardest to diamonds?

Granite

100

 When draperies overlap this is called?

Overlap

100

 The most versatile and inexpensive wall finish is?

Paint

200

What percentage of fires are put out with the first sprinkler head?

99%

200

How is carpet tile sold?

By the Carton

200

When replacing a tile what method should you use?

Butter-backing

200

How much extra fabric should be added for overlaps and returns on a two way draw drapery?

7"

200

This is a bi-product of the meat industry

Leather

300

 During a fire, what is most likely to cause death?

Smoke Inhalation

300

What carpet takes up about 65% of the total market? 

Nylon

300

What percent does cork occupy in the flooring industry?

1%

300

This term is used to explain that a drapery is able to move in and out?

Traversing

300

Some features of this product are that is it seamless, no-porous , thermo-formable, easily repairable?

Solid surfacing

400

What test tests smoke inhalation?

There is no test

400

 Which type of carpeting would be best suitable for a marina or boat?

Olefin

400

What is the hardest type of wood flooring in the market?

Moso Bamboo

400

The measurement used when calculating a stackback with drapery?

1/3

400

What is the softest wood used in making furniture?

Pine

500
  1. When doors have a push handle that swings out, what kind of hardware is it called?

Panic hardware

500

Which of the following is the most expensive fiber used in carpeting?

Crypton

500

What is the weakest part of a tile installation?

Grout lines

500

This term is used when explaining that a fabric roll is turned so that the pattern is parallel to the ground?

Railroad

500

 What is the plastic resin used to make bottles for soda and is sometimes used to make carpeting for homes?

Polyethylene Terephthalate  (PET)

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