What is an Air Tightness Test?Air leakage (also known as air permeability or air infiltration) is the air tightness of a dwelling through uncontrolled means such as cracks and gaps in the building envelope – walls, floors and ceilings. Any ventilation system installed within a building is classified as a source of controlled air flow …
Improving your Air Test with Good Construction Detailing Air Testing is the simplest and most popular method used in the construction industry to confirm compliance with Part L of the Building Regulations. The air test is simply a test of the building fabric integrity. Draughts and heat loss often occur wherever there is a hole …
How Many Air Tightness Tests do I need on my London Project? The air tightness test can be carried out on a selection of dwellings/ building types – three units of each type or 50% of that type, whichever is fewer. It many cases it is necessary to test all plots, otherwise a 2m3/hr/m2 penalty …
Different Types of Sound Testing Sound Insulation Testing needs to be carried out between pairs of rooms separated by party walls or floors. In most cases the rooms to be sound tested will be the two main habitable rooms – living rooms and bedrooms. The sound testing procedure involves setting up a noise source in …
Types of Sound Insulation Testing There are two types of sound insulation testing, Airborne and Impact. As the two types of testing are quite different here is a quick article explaining both types. Airborne Sound Testing Airborne sound testing is undertaken to walls & floors. Firstly a controlled noise is generated by an amplifier and …
Top Tips for Passing Your Air Tightness Test APT Sound Testing has carried out thousands of air tightness tests on residential and commercial buildings. Over the last 12 years, we leaned quite a few things on how to seal buildings to pass air tightness testing to achieve building control sign-off. To try and help clients …
Room Integrity Testing in London There are literally tens of thousands of protected enclosures throughout London and the South East. With many of the banking and commercial institutions based in the capital the requirement to provide a safe environment of for critical equipment is greater than ever. It is now a requirement of the BFPSA …
Room Integrity Testing Terminology A gaseous fire suppression system is a highly effective method of protecting your server rooms etc. from fire. To ensure it works properly, it is important that room integrity testing is carried out when the system is first installed and thereafter at least once a year to ensure the protected area …
Acoustic Design and Sound Testing in London We are currently experiencing a large rise in the amount of housing stock that’s requiring sound testing in London. As commercial buildings such as offices etc. are converted into residential dwellings sound testing then becomes are requirement under Part E of building regulations. We have carried out a …
The Reason for Server Room Integrity Test Failure Server rooms and data centres that have gaseous fire extinguishing systems are required to be tested on an annual basis. This is obviously critical given the consequences of fire damage and down time for such equipment. It is essential that an server room integrity test is undertake …