KNOW YOUR TECH TUES: Taptile wireless lighting

Each Tuesday, we’re going to put under the microscope just one piece of tech that can add value to your kitchen and bathroom schemes and money to your bottom line

As a bathroom designer, looking to add value to a home, what better way to create a point of difference in your project and add to your profit with a lighting scheme? At the very premium end, it may mean working in conjunction with a specialist lighting consultation but for the rest of the bathroom market, Taptile suggests it has the answer.

It has recently created a ‘plug and play’ (for professional electricians, anyway) wireless touch-control for up to three lighting systems, including on-off switch for extractor fan (or even AV system) for £149.99 RRP. The system, which governs ambient and mood lighting, can be used with new lights or even with existing fittings and up to six Taptile controls can be used in one room.

It works using an 8mm sensor panel which fits behind ceramic, composite or wood. As it’s behind the decorative surface, it means that it doesn’t have to adhere to bathroom lighting zones. The system is 100% waterproof, so isn’t dependent on the quality of the grouting, and opens up design opportunities to have lighting, extractor or AV controls in the shower or next to the washbasin or bath.

Customised control 'panel'

The Taptile Elegance Mood Lighting system features six touch points, which can be etched into bathroom tiles using a kit – or designers can go to town creating their own customised ‘buttons’, such as mosaics or shells.

Taptile has already received acclaim in the market, having been named a finalist for the Product Innovation Award at the recent KBBLondon exhibition and it is soon to introduce a system for kitchens too!