Standard Drapery Specifications

Drapery Fabrication
Drapery are to be French Pleated (a three fold pleat), straight needled and bat tacked 1/2" from bottom of buckram using a #25 monofilament thread. Standard fullness will be 250%, with 7 pleats per 54" width of fabric. Construction elements to include a 4" washable buckram in the heading, a doubled 1 1/2" side hem, and 4" doubled bottom hem, blind stitched. Widths of face fabric to be overlocked using true safety stitches, pattern matched, pleat marked and seams to be hidden behind the pleats. Widths of lining fabric to be overlocked using a true safety stitch, turned over and single needled to prevent light leakage, attached at header at side hems, and the finished length to be approximately 1 1/2" above face bottom hem. A 3/4" square, fabric covered weight to be sewn into each seam and corner of face fabric. All drapery widths will be tabled and be fabricated to finish 1/2" AFF. All overlaps will be made to the industry standard of 3 1/2", be punched with grommets and have Kirsch style #94145 overlap stiffener sewn into the heading at the overlap, to accommodate a bolt-thru baton.

Drapery Fabrics and Linings
All fabrics will meet or exceed NFPA 701 for Flame Retardancy.

Drapery Hardware
Only Kirsch style #94373 assembled rod sets will be used, unless otherwise requested. The track will be electro-statically painted white. Batons will be either 30" or 36" in length, depending upon finished length of drapery. Track may be mounted onto the wall or into the ceiling, depending upon building configuration and site survey.