A smarter home is a safer home

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, people are focusing more on their family’s health and safety.

This is why some homeowners have started upgrading their homes, keeping them clean and frequently disinfecting surfaces such as doorknobs, toilets, sinks and faucets. Others meanwhile are turning their dwellings into smart homes, using products with touchless technology. Such products are seen to help solve our concerns over safety and health. My favorite home retail partner, Wilcon Depot, offers such products that will help make your homes safer and more hygienic.

Install sensor lights to help eliminate several areas of touchpoints and decrease the potential spread of germs at home. Alphalux lighting solutions offer motion sensor lights which would turn on automatically when movement is detected within the 180-degree sensing range from up to 27 feet away. Alphalux sensor lights can also last up to 15,000 hours.

Choose an airconditioning unit that will not only keep your homes cool but at the same time can keep your air clean. Kaze aircons have superior quality filters that can guarantee cleaner air and eliminate air pollutants and other smaller particles. It has inverter split type aircons that are energy-saving, economical and environment-friendly.

Choose the right material for your countertop. Quartz stone is the most practical choice if you want to improve hygiene and cleanliness at home. P.Tech countertops are tough, durable and made of premium quartz with high strength and impact resistance. With non-porous surface and low water absorption rating, quartz countertops are stain-resistant and hygienic, helping prevent the growth of molds and bacteria on the slab’s surface.

Upgrade your bathroom by using a smart faucet with motion sensor technology that will help prevent the spread of dirt and germs. Sensor faucets are activated when you wave your hands within the sensing range and stop instantly when your hands move away. Give your bathroom a modern feel with high-quality SEFA sensor faucets, designed to be more hygienic and convenient.

Upgrade your toilet with hands-free flushes. Kohler’s ModernLife Touchless Toilet is your ultimate partner in achieving a new level of bathroom cleanliness with its easy to control and innovative sensor for no-touch flush feature. Unlike the traditional flush lever, touchless toilet can lessen one’s contact with germs and harmful viruses on surfaces.

Experience a safer and more convenient shopping as Wilcon implements precautionary measures in its stores, including temperature screening upon entry of employees and customers in the store premises; provision of sanitizing shoe bath; strict implementation of no mask, no entry policy; regular sanitation; and provision of hand sanitizers and alcohols in designated areas. Maintaining proper social distancing is observed with queue marks placed within the store premises. Wilcon has likewise provided gloves and face shields to employees and installed safety partitions in certain areas.

Wilcon also introduced a hassle-free shopping option with its browse, call and collect/deliver feature. This allows you to shop for your home improvement and building needs by browsing the Wilcon website. Customers can then call or text to place their orders, and can either collect their purchases in-store or have it delivered at their doorstep. Wilcon also offers various online payment channels like bank transfers, GCash, PayMaya, Instapay, PesoNet, WeChat and Alipay for customers’ convenience.