LIGHTING OF A WOODEN ROOF

For several years now the use of wood for ceilings and roofs, whether to be restored or to be built in new structures, is frequent. Homes, attics, but also old lofts to be used as offices or laboratories. Wooden ceilings, horizontal or pitched, are a must. After all, we have all had the opportunity to perceive the charm of wood, both old-fashioned and new, in a modern key, in natural or bleached color. Even a bare two-room apartment will be optically wider and more spacious having a wooden ceiling. It has the power to dress and heat any environment.

And if wood "looks good on everything", it cannot be said of lighting. Rooms with exposed beams often have particularly high or otherwise low ceilings. Furthermore, wood by its nature does not reflect light but absorbs it. With such ceilings, an accurate choice of lighting is essential. Light is needed to allow us to exalt the masterpiece above and to efficiently illuminate the below. The advice is to rely on expert technicians during the lighting system design phase. There are special aero-illuminating calculations (RAI) that allow you to parameterize spaces, heights, windows, and types of surfaces present (reflecting or not), and advise us with scientific certainty how much and how to illuminate our spaces to live them in the best and healthiest of ways.

Once the needs are clear, you can indulge yourself with your aesthetic taste and choose the tools to use to give light to your spaces. With the presence of wooden ceilings, we often opt for the classic and timeless tracks. They can be stretched everywhere and are particularly useful in lower ceilings. They are positioned above the spotlights that you can freely move and direct at will. The led strip lights, masterfully applied along the exposed beams or the trusses, in wood or in iron, have great and more recent diffusion, they manage to create splendid plays of light. In the case of very high ceilings, it is usually more appropriate to insert light points on the wall, roughly at the height of the man or strategically position the uprights.

The solutions are many and satisfy the most demanding tastes. And if you have a green spirit it is better to opt, where possible, for the use of LEDs, which heat up less and guarantee considerable energy savings. They are available in both warm and cold light, there are also colored ones. In any case, they create a "magic" light effect on the environment. A nice combination of efficiency and style.