Whole House Crestron Lighting Installation — Wimbledon, SW19

Summary

Crestron Whole Home Wireless Lighting Controls
30 x Lighting Channels
19 x Crestron Lighting Keypads
Full iPad Control & Scene Setting
Full Lighting Scheduling and Remote Access

Mood Lighting System Retrofit into a Wimbledon Family Home

This stunning family home in Wimbledon had a lighting control system installed by the original developers that was slowly failing. On occasion the clients could not switch lights on and off at all and had resorted to table lamps. After assessing the existing cabling infrastructure, we designed a reliable, modern Crestron lighting control system that used the existing cabling for mains power and Crestron’s wireless technology for data — a retrofit approach that delivered a new system without disturbing the building fabric.

The Retrofit Approach

The existing KNX keypads were replaced with mains-powered Crestron wireless versions. By using the existing cabling only for mains power — not for data — we avoided relying on an unknown cable infrastructure and immediately eliminated the reliability problem. The Crestron wireless keypads create a mesh network and act as repeaters, so the more that are installed the stronger the coverage. With keypads on every floor in the central hallway, coverage throughout the property is complete and consistent.

Crestron Digital Dimmers and Scene Control

The wireless keypads communicate back to centralised Crestron DIN rail dimmers via a wireless-enabled processor — installed in a new regulations-compliant DIN rail enclosure. The clients can use an iPad to adjust lighting levels in any room in real time, then save those levels as named scenes recallable from any keypad or iPad at any time. External lights are scheduled to activate at sunset and switch off at a client-determined time. A holiday mode records the client’s usual lighting activity and replays it during absence — simulating occupancy and improving security.

Our Smart Home Services

Smart Home

Music Systems

Mood Lighting

Security & CCTV

Wifi & Networks

Crestron LED Lamps

Following the main installation, our electrical team progressively replaced the client’s inefficient lamps with Crestron LED lamps — dimming smoothly from 0 to 100% with a perfect colour temperature throughout the range. The difference compared to traditional lamps or poor-quality LED alternatives is immediately noticeable. It is the kind of detail that completes a lighting control project properly.

Wimbledon — A Reference Retrofit

For clients with an existing lighting control system that is failing, unreliable or simply obsolete, this Wimbledon installation demonstrates what Custom Controls can achieve without full rewiring. Custom Controls specialises in upgrading Mode, iLight, Vantage, Rako and KNX systems to modern Crestron or Lutron equivalents, using existing cabling wherever possible.