Ceiling lights in the bathroom

Have you ever encountered a situation when due to the dim light in the bathroom, you can not see all the details of your face in the mirror, or you can not relax in the bath because the light is too bright, which intrusively hits your eyes. The cause of these situations is inappropriate lighting.

You should start planning with the organization of space in the bathroom. In this case, it is taken into account, what furniture, sanitary ware, household appliances will be present here. In order not to make a mistake, you can draw a plan, where the location of lighting fixtures will be indicated. Such a plan will save you from the need to lay new wiring after laying tiles because of one small oversight.

Based on the common European norms adopted in 2002, the illumination of the bathroom should be 200 lux per square meter of the room area. Knowing this, you can easily calculate the optimal number of luminaires in your case. If you are talking about a room that is six square meters, you will need 1,200 lux.

There is a direct correlation between the type of luminaire and its wattage, which makes it possible to calculate how many ceiling lights you will need for your room. The luminous fluxes you get from 25W, 40W and 60W incandescent bulbs correspond to 220, 420 and 710 lux respectively. Consequently, 1200 lux for 6 meters square must be divided by the illuminance index of each luminaire.

If you plan to use incandescent bulbs with 40W and 60W wattage, you will need, for example, three 40W and two 60W bulbs.

It is the ceiling types of fixtures more often chosen to illuminate such a room as a bathroom. They in turn can be mounted in a suspended ceiling made of plasterboard, rack and pinion or a stretch ceiling. The light from them is uniform and suitable for lighting even large rooms. The outer part of these types of lights can be movable, which gives an opportunity to direct the rays of light in the direction you want. Another advantage of such fixtures - a wide range of opportunities for designers who work on creating an interior.

What you should pay attention to when going to buy light fixtures:

• Safety. This is due to the fact that the bathroom - an area of high humidity, so when buying a light fixture, check how it is protected against dust and moisture. Especially for this purpose there is an IP code. If you do not find it on the lamp, you can safely put it aside and look for another. The level of security is indicated by the second digit in the product marking. The higher it is, the closer to the water source it can be placed.
• Brightness. The quality of your shave or makeup will depend on it. To ensure that the lighting does not let you down, consider the power of the lamps. Standard bulbs have a wattage of 20-30 W/m2. For halogen lamps it is 23-28 W/m2. But in the lamps of daylight it is not more than 6-9 W/m2.
• Design. The choice of lamp should be based on the style in which your room is designed.

In the market today you can find a huge range of all kinds of ceiling lights. But often the buyer is lost, which of them is better to choose?

Plafonni lamps..Such lamps can be different in shape, color and material from which they are made. For them, not only familiar to us incandescent lamps, but also energy-saving lamps are used.

These lights are compact and inexpensive. Halogen bulbs have a warranty life or luminescence time of four thousand hours.

Do not install halogen lamps more than 35 watts in the bathroom.

Light fixtures that use an LED can emit white or yellow soft light, and lighting can also be made multicolored. Usually, they are not used as the main source of light, but are used as a supplement. Designers love to highlight with LED lights and tapes in different areas of the room or various accessories. Often, LED strips are placed under the bathroom, what creates the effect of floating. You can highlight in this way shelves, mirrors, or the perimeter of the ceiling.

To work, you like the lamp, was safe, recommend using lights with a capacity not exceeding 12-24 watts. This is due to the fact that they even if they short-circuit, they will not be able to harm your health. You should also pay attention to the IP index, which is written directly on the lamp or on the packaging. This index consists of two numbers: 1 - degree of protection of the lamp against ingress and influence of small and solid particles (the index can be between 0 and 6), 2 - level of protection against moisture (is between 0-8).

So the higher the figures of the index, the more reliable protection of a given lamp from the effects of various factors.

If your interior design calls for the use of sconces in the bathroom, you cannot place them directly above the bathtub, as a red-hot lamp can explode if it comes into contact with water or steam, and condensation can build up on it.

Wiring that leads to the lamp should not be open. And it is undesirable to use in the bathroom adapters, extension cords and other similar devices. And if you need to make a socket, then move it as far as possible from the sources of moisture. All electrical circuitry should be grounded.

Deciding to make stretch ceilings in the bathroom, you can use in this room any of the many types of fixtures. The main thing is to accurately determine the distance from the device to the film. Because the heat can damage the tensioned canvas. When installing spot models, which are recessed into the ceiling, a special bracket designed for mounting is used. It is fastened to the base ceiling and the lamp is installed directly on top.

You should also pay attention to the thermal ring, which will protect the film from overheating. Thermal ring should be double and be installed around the perimeter of the hole in the PVC film. Thermal ring does not only perform the function of protection from overheating, but also ensures the strength of the edges of the fabric and does not allow the material to deteriorate and change its appearance under the influence of high temperatures.

An important role in the saturation of lighting have reflective properties of surfaces. For example, a white glossy ceiling will reflect the light perfectly and help you save a lot of money on your energy bills.

If you decide to make a PVC film ceiling in the bathroom, then you should, plan the lighting and install wiring for the lights even at the stage of erection of the frame. In this case, all electrical are led along the crate.

The light fixture, which you build into the suspended ceiling, is first connected to electricity and only then inserted into the hole made in the drywall. If you use a suspended model of the light, you need to fix it directly to the drywall with self-tapping screws. In this case, you need to put profiles under your light fixture, on which the fixing will go.

Also pay attention to the fact that the recessed part of the light fixture after installation does not reach the base surface of the ceiling. It is necessary to leave a gap of at least one and a half centimeters. This recommendation is especially important when using halogen lamps.

Buying fixtures, pay attention to transformers. Deciding on a suitable model is simple enough. To do this, you need to multiply the power by the number of lamps used. The result will indicate the required power that your transformer will have. It is very common to use a new transformer for each new group of bulbs. This solution will help to prevent the possible negative consequences of transformer breakdowns, when the light can disappear at any time. And with multiple transformers, even if one fails, the others will work fine.