Aluminium profiles

Aluminium profiles

Probably some of you may think about what are those metal pieces in our store. Is there any use for them? In this article, we will give a bit more information about aluminium profiles. How to use them, what type of LED strips to choose, how to mount them and what diffuser to choose to find the right one for your project. Aluminium profiles are also known as aluminium extrusions, aluminium channels or alu profiles. Aluminium profiles not only work as a protection for the LED strip from mechanical damage but also as an excellent heat sink. They also provide a unique finish to any of the LED strip lighting projects. Available in 8 colours (anodised silver or painted finish such as gold, white, black, inox, palisander, wenge, pine). Commonly used in many places such as kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, corridors, offices, etc. We store a wide range of aluminium profiles in a few different mounting types as per below.

Aluminium profiles type of mounting

Recessed mounted (The main applications include under shelf and under cabinet lighting, wall and floor mounting)
Recessed aluminium profile P1 palisander	Recessed aluminium profile P1 pine	Recessed aluminium profile P1 black	Recessed aluminium profile P1 white
Recessed aluminium profile P1 gold	Recessed aluminium profile P1 inox	Recessed anodised aluminium profile P1 silver	Recessed aluminium profile P1 wenge
GROOVE10 anodised aluminium profile silver	Silver aluminium profile DEEP10	Silver aluminium profile GROOVE14	Silver aluminium profile TRIO10

Surface-mounted (The main applications include under shelf and under-cabinet lighting)
Surface aluminium profile P2 inox	Surface anodised aluminium profile P2 silver	Surface aluminium profile P2 wenge	Surface aluminium profile P2 palisander
Surface aluminium profile P2 pine	Surface aluminium profile P2 black	Surface aluminium profile P2 white	Surface aluminium profile P2 gold
Surface aluminium profile P4 wenge	Surface aluminium profile P4 palisander	Surface aluminium profile P4 pine	Surface aluminium profile P4 black
Surface aluminium profile P4 white	Surface aluminium profile P4 gold	Surface aluminium profile P4 inox	Surface anodised aluminium profile P4 silver
Surface anodised aluminium profile LINE MINI silver	Surface aluminium profile LINE MINI white	Surface aluminium profile LINE MINI black	SURFACE10 anodised aluminium profile silver
FIX12 raw aluminium profile	Silver aluminium profile WIDE24	Silver aluminium profile SURFACE14	Silver aluminium profile FIX16

Corner-mounted (The main applications include the corner of an under cabinet kitchen cupboard, ceiling corners. wall corners)
Corner aluminium profile P3 wenge	Corner aluminium profile P3 palisander	Corner aluminium profile P3 pine	Corner aluminium profile P3 black
Corner aluminium profile P3 white	Corner aluminium profile P3 gold	Corner aluminium profile P3 inox	Corner anodised aluminium profile P3 silver
Corner anodised aluminium profile TRI-LINE MINI silver	Corner aluminium profile TRI-LINE MINI white	Corner aluminium profile TRI-LINE MINI black	CORNER10 anodised aluminium profile silver

For glass pane (The main applications include glass shelving, design glass projects)
MIKRO10 anodised aluminium glass profile	MIKRO-LINE12 anodised aluminium glass profile	Silver aluminium profile EDGE10	Silver aluminium profile TWIN8

Special profiles (The main applications include wardrobes, stairs, walls, etc.)
Oval anodised aluminium wardrobe profile	Brass aluminium profile OUTSTAIRS12	Silver aluminium profile STEP10	Silver aluminium profile WALLE12

Aluminium profiles are widely used in places where the image is really important. Just look around on your next window shopping, many shops use them on their displays to highlight their products and display boards. Now even carpenters use them for new furniture design, advert companies use them for advertising purposes, YouTubers use them to illuminate the edges or engraving on the glass panel surfaces, DIY fans just love them to create many stunning lighting projects.

Aluminium profiles just a few more things to consider

It is important to choose an LED strip with the right width (common width 8mm, 10mm, 12mm) to the profile to make sure it fits perfectly and give the effect you want. All of our profiles come with a set of end caps and a clear diffuser. We also stock additional diffusers (clear and milky). Selecting the appropriate cover for your project is essential. With a milky diffuser, you can obtain the effect of dispersion, the transparent diffuser will give the effect of concentration light emitted by the LEDs in the LED strip. However, it is good to note that milky cover blocks approximately 10% of light. Mounting of our profiles can be done in three ways. By using double-sided adhesive tape. Screwing it directly to the mounting surface (we highly recommend this method) or mounted with the use of special mounting brackets (available separately in our shop). Additional accessories are available in our online store such as mounting brackets, end caps (sold as separate items). We distribute only high-quality profiles from companies well known in Europe such as TOPMET, ALU-LED, Design light. All of our LED profiles are designed and manufactured in Europe. Design protected by EU patent.

If you have any questions or enquiries please don't hesitate to contact us at contact@futurehousestore.co.uk Please note that we stock aluminium profiles only in 1m lengths but we can also supply longer lengths if the quantity is right.