6 contemporary floor lighting options

Before we look at the most interesting ideas on covering the floor in an apartment, you need to talk about what requirements should be followed.

Thus, the basic requirements for floor lighting are:

1. Lamps must be qualitatively protected from moisture, sincewhen wet cleaning there is a high likelihood that water gets inside the product.It is best to buy sealed luminaire with a degree of protection IP 67. Otherwise, take care of their own quality seal.
2. housing lighting elements must be protected against mechanical damage.Most lamps are fragile base, so you need to make sure that it does not accidentally broke.
3. light from the products shall not dazzle the eye.Most often hidden floor lights in the apartment and the house is used for the night could easily navigate in the room with the lights off.If the lights are bright, of no comfort will not be considered.
4. Do not forget about the energy savings.Prefer energy-saving LED lamps.
5. device material must be fireproof.Some light sources may be heated to melt and moldings, as a result it can cause autoignition.

Basic lighting options

We provide to you an overview of the most popular choices of lamps to illuminate the floor in the apartment and the house.

Spotlights

simplest and most popular is installing spotlights on the floor.They are mounted in specially designed holes in the floor tiles and laminate.Most often used for installation of perimeter of the room.The advantage of spotlighting the fact that the housing is sealed and shockproof luminaires to the same power consumption at a minimum light bulbs, and long service life.

Based on the water-resistant properties should be noted that most often this option is used when creating the lighting in the bathroom.In addition, LEDs have proven themselves to illuminate the floor in the bedroom and hallway, asyou can create a decorative ambience.

Neon lamps

more classic version of the hidden lighting - use of neon lights.They are beautiful, "poured" floor and also have a soft light output.A complete set consists of wires, tubes and special convectors.All items must be hidden in a special niche, fixed along a contour of the room.

The advantages of this method is the long lamp life (over 10 years) and a wide range of lighting colors (more than 100).The main disadvantages are considered flasks brittleness and high production costs.It should also be noted that the installation of neon lamps in the floor require mandatory assistance specialist, who will also have to work squandered.

LED Strip

more modern alternative to neon lamps - energy-efficient LED tape.They are easy to install their own hands, have a wide range of shades, have energy-saving properties and also work for a long period of time.To date, gender diode lighting in the apartment is the most popular and suitable option.These products are also used during the installation of the ceiling hidden lighting.

The set includes the ribbon and power supply unit (PSU), which individually chosen based on the length of the entire line and the number of glowing LEDs.As in the case of neon tubes, LED-PD tape together must be concealed in a niche specially prepared (for example, polyurethane cornice).

way instead cornice moldings can also be used, having a cable channel.In this case, the tape is laid into the channel and thereby illuminates the room along its perimeter, as shown in the above photo.

LED Rope

Another alternative to neon lights and LED-tape it Rope.This product is a transparent PVC pipe, in which at the same distance from each other are set small leds.Rope also has a lot of colors that give the interior apartments soft, but high-quality floor lighting.

design includes electrical plug that plugs into a wall outlet to the product lit up.Be sure to choose the wire rope light, becausethree-wire connection has a complicated scheme that only by the master.

Flexible neon

What is a cross between the LED and neon lamp tape - flexible neon.Its structure is represented PVC cord, wherein the diodes installed.The only difference is that the lamps emit neon light (!).The advantage compared with a neon lamp is that the flexible cord is not necessarily routed along a rectilinear portion (as is the case with the lamp).Besides sex neon lighting in the apartment, you can easily install their own hands.

manufacturers offer a guarantee on the continuous operation of the tape for 100,000 hours, but this figure could be reduced significantly with the improper use and installation.

Flexible neon is recommended to install a special ledge to make the hidden floor lighting.

Luminous floor

This idea is a bright LED modules that can be installed not only on the perimeter, but throughout the area of ​​the room.In the interior of apartments and houses a backlight option is rarely used, but it is not an exception.

floor light Advantage is high mechanical and waterproofing properties, so this option is often the backlight is used in night clubs and other public places, with special attention to the interior.As you can see, self-leveling squares can do some light composition in the form of a chessboard or a rectangular path that is very original look in the hallway.

Useful tips

Finally would like to spend some of your attention some tips that will help to choose the right lighting and make the floor in the apartment:

1. Choose a modern device with dimmers (one of the types of light switches).These tools allow you to adjust the intensity of light that not only saves electricity, but also to create a certain atmosphere in the room.
2. At the bottom floor illuminated wall organize and hidden stairs lighting.In this case, you can install the LED strip under the rails or on the steps (as shown in the picture).Remember that the ladder is less secure for the movement in the night, so more attention to her.
3. alternative installation of special moldings can serve as mounting tapes under the front part of the furniture or inside the floor, if you select a transparent tiles of high-strength glass (eg picture).
   
   
4. Remember that to install lighting floor must be perfectly flat, or immediately displays all the curvature of the surface, when the lamp is turned on.
5. to create a bright light, use the cords and the small diameter of the tape, but high power.To create a more diffused lighting products use a larger diameter.
6. During installation, be sure to refer to the wiring diagram.If you connect the wrong contacts, the device can immediately fail at startup.The fact that at the time of wiring is necessary to turn off the electricity to the apartment, I think, not worth talking about.
7. All LED strip, flexible neon are special places for shortening the line, check with them before you start cutting off the desired length.For information on how to cut the LED strip, we were told in the corresponding article.
8. Prefer only quality products.Cheap Chinese products of dubious quality - it is not just short-term pleasure, but also often the cause of the fire.

Photo examples

Well, in the end, I would like to provide to you the most original photos highlighting the floor in the apartment:

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