26/03/2026
A look at some of the benefits of serving Kitchens & Bathrooms
Kitchen 🍳 applications:
Suntubes are a fantastic daylighting solution for Kitchens, particularly for those that lack natural light from vertical glazing, due to an unfavourable orientation, or where a rear extension, has resulted in loss of light!
A growing application trend since 2020 is the use of wall mounted / through the wall Suntubes, which as the below images illustrate, these can have great design synergy either side of smoke extractor hoods, or when fitted between wall cupboards.
Wall mounted SunTubes are also a solution for where the ground floor location of a kitchen, would otherwise mean routing a traditional mounted SunTube through the floor(s) above. This of course can be both cost prohibitive and can also diminish performance due to the extended tube lengths required as well as the hassle to find and allocate the desired routing space for mirror tubing.
Food preparation also gets a daylight boost where SunTubes are effectively employed as natural light 'downlighters' over work surfaces, kitchen islands, breakfast bars, and hobs.
Customers who use SunTubes for Kitchens, often end up also employing them for associated utility rooms and pantries.
Intura ( www.intura.co.uk ) can provide both roof and wall mounted SunTubes for Kitchens. We work closely with our specialist supplier, Envirograf to provide fire rated and fire protection components for Kitchen (and other) installations of our products.
Bathroom / Wet room 🛁 applications:
The use of Suntubes for bathrooms, especially internal / landlocked ones, which otherwise would be totally devoid of a natural light, has always been popular.
The reason for the popularity is because the benefits are extensive:
○Natural light provision for tasks like applying makeup, shaving, and skincare
○Safety and enhanced visibility for wet-rooms and shower rooms, especially should there be a power-cut!
○Assistance to dry out surfaces and prevent mould / bacteria growth.
○The ability to provide a small diameter electricity- free Suntube directly into a shower stall, and have a daylight shower!
○Contributing to a fresher feel for bathrooms, by enhancing ceramics and tiles, with natural light and boosting mood.
○Privacy : for flat roof projects, or bathrooms where there is potential privacy compromise from neighbouring properties, SunTubes are the perfect solution, with one directional daylight, and no "view-in"
Intura Daylight Systems can provide daylight solutions for residential and commercial Kitchens, Bathrooms, Toilets, Wet rooms, Changing Rooms, and also Walk-in-Closets.
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