National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1725:2023. It supersedes BS EN 1725:1998, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FW/0/2, Domestic and Contract Furniture.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2023.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 October 2023.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 1725:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by month May 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2024.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 1725:1998.

In comparison with the previous edition EN 1725:1998, the following technical modifications have been made:

addition of horizontal test methods;
addition of test method for durability of electrically operated bed mechanism;
reference to the test methods of ISO 19833:2018;
introduction of requirements for guest beds;
introduction of requirement for non-domestic use;
introduction of information for use;
addition of requirements for strength and durability;
addition of entanglement hazards.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document specifies requirements on safety, strength and durability for all types of fully assembled beds used by adults in domestic and non-domestic environments including their components, such as bed frames, bed bases, mattresses and mattress pads (when they form a unit with the mattress) and, when supplied with the bed base, mattresses and mattress pads.

The tests are based on use by persons weighing up to 110 kg.

With the exception of sleeping functions, it does not apply to foldaway beds.

It does not apply to bunk beds, high beds and medical beds where separate standards exist, as well as waterbeds and air beds.

Additional requirements can be applicable to items that have additional functions, e.g. storage features, day beds and convertible sofa-beds.

The durability test, 6.6.1, test 11, applies only to electrically operated beds.

It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation, flammability and electrical safety.

Annex A (normative) specifies test methods for finger entrapment.

Annex B (informative) gives a rationale.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Test procedures and tolerances

4.1 General

4.2 Sequence of testing

4.3 Tolerances

5 Test apparatus

5.1 Adult test mattress

5.2 Test dummy

6 Safety requirements

6.1 General requirements

6.2 Holes in tubular or rigid components

6.3 Shear and compression points

6.4 Entanglement hazards

6.5 Durability of electrically operated bed mechanism

6.6 Stability, strength and durability

7 Information for use

8 Test report

Bibliography

BS EN 1725:2023

Furniture. Beds. Requirements for safety, strength and durability

Current

Published:

31 Dec 2023