Some Frequently Asked Questions
What Types Of Services Do Piquant Trading Offer?
Piquant Trading offer Design, Project Management, Installation and Consulting for Custom Installation. No project is too small or too large.
What is Custom Installation?
Custom Installation encompasses the design and integration of a broad range of technologies and systems in the home and business. Predominantly these systems are related to Lighting Control and high Definition Audio/Video Distribution.
Custom Installation is commonly used to provide dedicated Home Entertainment Systems. These include Home Cinema Rooms (also known as Home Theatre Rooms) and Game Rooms.
High-End Hi-Fi systems are used to provide high definition media playback on large screens (Plasma, LCD or Projectors). Another common and popular request for custom installation is to provide multi-room music playback. A music or media server can store all your music and make it readily accessible throughout the various rooms of your home. A wide range of speaker solutions are available for both Home Cinema and Multi-Room music playback. Speaker solutions include Ceiling Speakers and completely hidden in-wall speakers that blend seamlessly into the decor and architecture of your home.
When should I consider using a Custom Installer?
If you are considering a Building a House, Renovating, a New Kitchen Design, a House Extension, Loft Conversion, Garage conversion or Basement Conversion, it is time to consider how custom installation can help integrate technology in your home. It is never too early to get us involved.
What is Home Automation?
Custom Installation integrates technologies and systems in the home. Once integrated, these systems can be linked together to provide automation possibilities, for example the lights can dim when a film starts in a Home Cinema. . The integration and automation of systems is commonly referred to as Home automation. Homes that have automation possibilities are often referred to as smart homes. Smart homes are also known as Custom Build or Integrated Homes.
Where do Piquant Trading perform Custom Installation?
Piquant Trading perform custom installation in the South-East of England, UK, including Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Northamptonshire, London, North London, Norfolk and Bedfordshire. We install in many areas including; Cambridge, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Peterborough, Huntingdon, St Ives, Hertford, Bishops Stortford, Haverhill, Saffron Walden, St Neots, Ely, Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Sudbury, Royston, Baldock, Northampton, Bedford, Corby, Kettering, Braintree, Colchester, Chelmsford, Brentwood, Sawbridgeworth Harlow, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Dunstable, Enfield, Watford, Cheshunt, Cuffley, Bayford, Hoddesdon and Biggleswade. We can provide design and consulting on projects across the UK.
What Products Do Piquant Trading Use for Custom Installation?
As every project is different and personalized to your specific requirements, we offer a wide range of Hi-Fi and Audio/Video equipment, Lighting Control, Automated Blinds and Curtains and Data Networking equipment. We can even source specialist custom installation Products equipment if your project has particularly unusual needs.
We supply products from leading AV manufacturers as well as specialists in custom installation products. Our suppliers include Marantz, Denon, Yamaha, Pioneer, Panasonic, Nuvo, Phillips, AMX, Premier Mounts, Goelst, Middle Atlantic Rack Systems, Kef, Stealth Acoustics, Mainlobby, Escient, Helvar and structured Cable Products, Tandberg, HP.
I already have contractors working on my house build, can you work with them to integrate custom installation?
Yes. We work with Architects, Interior Designers, Kitchen Designers and Lighting Designers to integrate the design of technology into the architecture and Interior design of your home. We work with your General contractors and electricians to project manage the installation.
What Are the Business Benefits Of Custom Installation?
Custom Installation can bring significant business benefits, from improving facilities through to attracting prospective customers. A good custom Installer will work closely with your Facilities Management, IT and Marketing departments to ensure technology is integrated and providing value with an acceptable return on investment. Typical Business installations include conference room media solutions, product demonstration rooms and large screens showcasing your products in the reception area. For the facilities manager, custom installations can aid in the management and maintenance of facility lighting, including testing emergency lighting.
Energy Savings are another major benefit of a Custom Installation. Our Lighting Control products are designed for commercial use and can offer significant energy savings by actively managing and monitoring ambient light levels, room occupancy and energy usage.
I Want To Know More About Custom Installation
If you have a custom installation project enquiry in mind or just want to learn more, please don't hesitate to Contact Us for more information or an informal discussion.