Welcome to Designing With Colour & LRV Guidelines

Design-led Hygienic Integrity for Inspiration & Wellbeing

Light Reflective Values & Biophilic Design

LRV - The colour finish of each hygienic product results in an official Light Reflective Value, measured on a scale of 0 to 100.

Current Design and Build guidelines request a 30 point difference in LRVs between floors and walls, or other critical and related surfaces such as hand rail to wall colour, for visual clarity.

Some other features of designing with colour in hygienic spaces;

Calmness into wellbeing - with sympathetic colour palettes, less emphasis on white with design motifs such as 'colour drenching' allows for longer lasting and more appealing working environments.
New and contemporary ranges of muted colours, such as the recently refreshed Altro Whiterock Satins, have been specifically designed with this in mind with more related colours separated by 30 LRV points available within each design pallete.

 

Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions.

Specialist Care Design & Wellbeing

Hycom are intent on building further long term relationships with interior architects and designers to help achieve incredible results from being advised in the earliest stages of your project.


We are specifically expert in Hygienic Walls, Flooring and Ceilings in relation to hygienic regulation compliance and LRV guidelines, along with optimising the integration of both products and colour choices for workplace wellbeing, function, workflow, environment aesthetics and the long term hygienic integrity of the install.

Colour design is now considered a major part of project longevity and we are here to help you navigate this.

Hycom have just celebrated 20 years in business and in that time have grown more and more dedicated to best serving its customers with freely available expertise and a keen desire to get the best results from every project regardless whether or not we are installing your products.

 

Our close alliance with market leader Altro and our passion and focus on new ideas and products positions us perfectly to give you the benefits of our dedicated team with direct access to the best research and products on the market. 

How Hycom Can Help You

With 20 years dedicated to perfecting the integration of hygienic products, Hycom understands both the needs and potential of your hygienic environment.

We are very focussed on industry developments and are excited to be at the forefront of using colour in design to create more aesthetic, inspiring and usable spaces that can excel for a very long time.

Traditionally manufacturers have produced a wide range of primary colours simply to satisfy a large customer base, but in reality colour schemes need a combination of sympathetic shades that in hygienic applications can also provide for LRV differences and visual clarity, while creating beautiful, long lasting and successful projects.

A wider range of more soothing tones is now being produced to create a level of permanence in the usability of these schemes. In this way, colour, alongside product choice and product integration, is fast becoming a priority when designing inspiring, long lasting hygienic spaces for both workers and visitors.

 

And with early stage discussion, at Hycom we can help you perfect that.


Some Altro Satins Examples Of Complimentary Colour Schemes with +30 LRV Differences

We Install These Products Daily Across The UK

Visualise your project coming to life with Hycom

Our intent is to remain the UK's leading hygienic build company in helping you achieve the best possible hygienic install or build for your particular budget and the needs of your environment. From product use, durability and integration to infection control and liability insurance, whether you need sales only or a complete Turnkey Project, we are here to help at every step.

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Our Commitment To You

Hycom are committed to the health and safety of all our staff and customers, and as both experienced industry contractors and a caring family business we are especially aware what that means for all of us.

We are commited to maintaining full transparency and capacity at all times, with our office staff fully connected; to you, each other and our on-site teams. We have a digital phone system in use since 2008 and a fully integrated digital workflow with continually updated software and practices.

Deliveries are extremely important to us, and as we have our own teams in the same situation every day you can be sure we understand the importance of their timing and our proactive communication. Our install teams are always busy while also growing in number year upon year. We often have openings for start days due to the nature of worksite scheduling and that we try to be as flexible as possible, so please do get in touch with any questions you may have.

We have now introduced Remote Surveys; making great use of our in-house staff knowledge and online software to facilitate important works and further compliment our online quoting system. Though a site visit is still the more comprehesive option for learning what can be achieved for your project, if you feel this would be appropriate and helpful just get in touch.

We have linked Zoom video conferencing software and WhatsApp to our CRM, so can take all your videos, photos and drawings instantly to our online quotation system both at the quoting stage and throughout your works, with full transparency and communication at all times we wish to build long term, successful relationships.

We always promote health & safety and the utmost hygiene, alongside workflow efficiency, customer communication and customer satisfaction across all our activities.

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