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 …
Sound Insulation Testing – Common Questions & Answers. To try and help our clients better understand Sound Insulation Testing for Approved Documents E, we have collated the most common and questions (along with answers) clients have asked us over the last ten years. If you have further questions not contained within this article then please …
Floor Plenum Testing. A floor plenum is a void between a building’s floor structure and a raised access floor, 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, risers, stairwells, heating trenches or other adjacent …
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 which …
Sound Insulation Test Results and What They Mean. This guide helps to explain the way Acoustic Test results are displayed and what they mean. We have also added a section offering guidance highlighting common errors which can lead to Sound Insulation Test failures Acoustic Testing is often associated with UKAS accredited testing laboratories. It is …
How is Sound Insulation Testing Undertaken for Approved Document E? Sound insulation testing is normally required as part of Pre-Completion Testing (PCT) when a building has been newly constructed or converted to create dwellings that abut via floor and/or walls. In England and Wales, the Building Regulations Approved Document E, requires that separating walls and …