Thermal Imaging Surveys

Thermal Imaging Surveys

Thermal Imaging Surveys APT Sound Testing provide UKAS accredited sound testing & Thermal Imaging Surveys for London and the whole of the UK as required by Approved Document E of the Building Regulations. We undertake projects on all types of residential buildings and commercial buildings. We also undertake sound testing on schools and buildings containing …

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Clean Room Testing Services

Clean Room Testing Services

Clean Room Testing Services Cleanrooms play critical roles in maintaining contamination free production environments for critical processes. To ensure your cleanroom is working as designed it is essential that a well planned and executed cleanroom testing and certification and maintenance program is undertaken for operation and regulatory compliance. APT cleanroom testing offers clean room testing …

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Sound Insulation Testing Terminology

Sound Insulation Testing Terminology

Sound Insulation Testing Terminology Developers and landlords may need to improve sound insulation over a wide range of houses and flats. This may be due to the fact they have just built a new development that requires sound insulation testing under Part E or as part of a general refurbishment programme, i.e. changing houses into …

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UKAS Accredited Air and Sound Testing Laboratory

UKAS Accredited Air and Sound Testing Laboratory

Why we are a UKAS Accredited Air and Sound Testing Laboratory APT Sound Testing is UKAS accredited for both sound insulation testing and air tightness testing. Being a UKAS accredited laboratory for air and sound testing, provides an assurance of the competence, impartiality and integrity of the testing body. UKAS accredited testing reduces the need …

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Precompletion Testing Services for Dwellings

Precompletion Testing Services for Dwellings

Our Pre-completion Testing Services for Dwellings Whatever you’re testing or survey requirements for dwellings, APT Sound Testing are here to help you every step of the way with your pre completion Testing needs. Working in close partnership with our customers we guide them through the precompletion testing process, providing impartial advice from the initial design …

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Air Tightness Testing Service

Air Tightness Testing Service

APT Sound Testing – Our Air Tightness Testing Service Air tightness testing, also known as blower door testing, is the process of measuring the amount of air leakage from a building through the building envelope. To try and help our clients better understand and prepare for their air tightness testing, we have tried to explain and answer …

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Air Tightness Testing in Reading

Air Tightness Testing in Reading

Air Tightness Testing in Reading There is no air tightness testing job too big or small APT Sound Testing in Reading. From our local office, we provide our air tightness testing service throughout Reading Below is a quick description of Reading and the surrounding areas where APT Sound Testing supplies our air tightness testing service: …

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The Secret to Successful Sound Testing

The Secret to Successful Sound Testing

The Secret to Successful Sound Testing There are many considerations to achieving successful sound testing on your development. The main areas that need to be addressed are the dividing wall and flor construction.  When dealing with walls you normally just need to worry about airborne sound; however with walls it’s both airborne and impact sound …

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Improving Air Tightness in Buildings

Improving Air Tightness in Buildings

Improving Air Tightness in Buildings Darren Helliwell of APT Sound Testing looks at how construction companies can improve the air tightness of their buildings to ensure they pass their airtightness test first time. With the Building Regulations and planning requirements and energy assessments pushing buildings towards ever-lower energy use it has become more important than …

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What is a Floor Plenum Test?

What is a Floor Plenum Test?

What is a Floor Plenum Test?A floor plenum is a void between a building’s floor structure and a raised access floor. The floor plenum is used for distributing conditioned air to the spaces above. It is important that conditioned air in a floor plenum flows into the occupied zone and does not leak into cavities, …

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