Bathroom Lighting Guide

Welcome to our Bathroom Lighting Lens!

Bathroom Lighting needs to be the most flexible lighting in the home, it should be vivid enough to allow you to put on make-up or shave in the morning, yet subtle enough for a relaxing chill out bath in the evening whilst primarily being safe.

Here at litecraft we have created this lens especially on bathroom lighting showing some of best lighting available along with tips and help with IP safety ratings.

Contents at a Glance

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The different types of lighting for the bathroom
Introduction to the bathroom lighting guide

Bathroom lighting guide
Bathroom Mirror Lights
Bathroom lighting guide continued

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The different types of lighting for the bathroom

Bathroom Ceiling Lights: Bathroom Ceiling Lights are completely encased to avoid shorting and the risk of electric shocks and meet stringent European safety regulations.
Bathroom Mirror Lights: Bathroom Mirror Lights have the light bulbs built into the mirrors themselves. This is a very effective way of generating an evenly balanced light ideal for highlighting close up areas of the face.
Bathroom Spotlights: Bathroom Spotlights are completely encased to avoid shorting then double insulated with the light bulbs and all metal parts covered to meet stringent European safety regulations.
Bathroom Wall Lights: Bathroom Wall Lights are the pefect accompaniment for wall mirrors and completely encased to meet stringent European safety regulations.

Introduction to the bathroom lighting guide

Great lighting ideas for the bathroom!

To help you find the best lighting solutions for your bathroom, we have made this easy to use informative lighting guide including a help section on IP safety ratings.

Bathroom lighting guide

Lighting tips for the bathroom

The most important area of any bathroom is the mirror. Its the place we all start the day, either brushing our teeth, combing our hair or putting on our make up. With this in mind its equaly important to provide adequate lighting to perform these tasks, we don't want to face the world not looking our best do we!

To achieve this it is recommended to place wall lights on both sides of the mirror as this reduces the shadows on the face or alternately use a halogen strip light above the mirror.

This exquisitely designed Horizontal wall light fitting is ideal for use as a bathroom wall light

It is recommended to use halogen lighting whenever possible in the bathroom, as halogen lighting provides the most accurate light source available making sure that your skin tone and makeup colours are truly represented in the mirror.

Bathroom Mirror Lights

Illuminated Mirrored Bathroom Cabinet
Small Round Bathroom Mirror Wall Light
Rectangular Bathroom Mirror Wall Light

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More lighting tips for the bathroom

For general illumination for the rest of the bathroom it is considered best to use halogen down lights for their refreshing lighting, or a high output flush ceiling light that would suite the décor of your bathroom, alternately as portable lighting is not permitted in the bathroom a mounted directional spotlight can add atmosphere or interest to a specific feature.

Top 5 ceiling lights for the bathroom

Aqua Large 3 Lamp Bathroom Ceiling Light: This exquisitely designed 3 lamp Aqua ceiling light fitting is ideal for use as a bathroom ceiling light.
Aqua 2 Lamp Bathroom Ceiling Light: 2 lamp Aqua ceiling light fitting with a fantastic polished chrome finish
Round Glass Bathroom Ceiling Light: This ceiling light fitting enjoys an understated polished chrome finish that will not fail to impress in the bathroom.
Round Splash Bathroom Ceiling Light: This timelessly designed ceiling light fitting is ideal for usage as a bathroom ceiling light and it may also be mounted as a wall light to match your requirements.
Medium Porthole Bathroom Ceiling Light: This contemporary porthole ceiling light features a striking contrast between the glass and matt chrome. This medium sized ceiling light fitting can alo be wall mounted to match your requirements around the bathroom.

Introduction to IP safety ratings

As with any lighting equipment in or near a wet environment it is paramount to abide by the safety regulations.

The following guide is to help you understand where what lighting fittings can be placed where.

This is not an installation guide and reference should be made to the IEE Wirings Regulations (16th Edition) or to a qualified electrician.

IP Rating safety guide

Safety guide for IP ratings

Most bathroom lighting is IP rated. IP ratings are used where water is present near a light source. IP stands for Ingress Protection and consist of two digits, the fist value is between 0-6, the second 0-8.

The first digit represents protection against particles or foreign objects, the second digit represents protection against ingress of liquids and moisture.

Here is a list of all IP ratings and what they mean.

1st digit - protection from solid objects

0= no protection
1= protected against objects greater than 50mm
2= protected against objects greater than 12mm
3= protected against objects greater than 2.5mm
4= protected against objects greater than 1.0mm
5= protected against Limited dust ingress
6= protected against Total dust ingress

2nd digit - protection from moisture

1= Protected against condensation
2= Protected against water spray when tilted 15º
3= Protected against water spray when tilted 60º
4= Protected against water spray all directions
5= protected against weter jets
6= Protected against high pressure water jets all directions
7= Protected against immersion between 15cm and 1m depth
8= Protected against long term immersion to a specified pressure

For example this Titanium Flush Bathroom Ceiling Light is IP44 rated.

That means its protected against objects greater than 1.0mm and against water spray all directions.

Top 5 wall lights for the bathroom

Horizontal Glass Bathroom Wall Light: This exquisitely designed Horizontal wall light fitting is ideal for use as a bathroom wall light.
Horizon Chrome Bathroom Wall Light: The Horizon lighting range is destined to become a design classic. This contemporary bathroom wall light design is proving very popular.
Favourite Chrome Bathroom Wall Light: This stylish Favourite wall light fittings modern day design evokes memories of the art deco period
Glass Tube 3 Lamp Bathroom Wall Light: The polished chrome finish is beautifully contemporary and it has an IP21 standard rating for your safety and peace of mind.
Square C 1 Lamp Bathroom Wall Light: This exquisitely designed Square C wall light fitting features a polished chrome finish.

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Bathroom safety zones

Zones 0
zone 0 is inside the bath or shower itself. Any light fitting used in this zone must rated at least IP67 which is total immersion proof.

Zones 1 and 2
lighting should carry a minimum IP rating of IPx4 or IPx5 Protected against water spray all directions and protected against weter jets

Zone 3
there is no requirement for lighting in this zone, again an IP rating of IPx5 is required if the area is cleaned with water jets.

Top 5 spotlights for the bathroom

Pack of 3 Chrome Recessed Downlights: This pack of 3 polished chrome and glass fronted Recessed Downlights is available at an unbelievable online web price.
Roma Brushed Aluminium 12 Volt MR11 Fixed Downlight: Roma brushed aluminium 35 watt downlight. This downlight utilises a 12 volt MR11 Lamp.
Recessed Chrome and Glass Downlight: Beautiful individual recessed downlight presented in polished chrome and clear glass that is also ideal for use as a bathroom light.
Cassola Chrome Bathroom GU10 Downlight: Cassola chrome bathroom downlight. IP65 rated against total dust ingress and protection against low pressure water jets from any direction.
Bolano Brushed Aluminium 12 volt MR11 Downlight: Bolano brushed aluminium 35 watt downlight. This downlight utilises a 12 volt MR11 Lamp.

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