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A94 Airtightness testing on-site (Checklist) G#1720 N#1622

By 13 December 2014February 18th, 2019Checklist, Code, Encyclopaedia, New Build, Refurbishment

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A94 Air-Tightness Testing On-Site Checklist

A94 Air-Tightness Testing On-Site (Checklist)
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Problems:

  • ATL of 10 at 50 Pascals set by Building Regulations Approved Document L is a very leaky building
  • Wind will whistle through gaps in windows and papers will flutter across tables
  • This level of performance in new build is fundamentally incompetent
  • What is scary is that UK Construction Industry find it hard to get 10

Misunderstandings:

  • Airtightness is often seen as a problem, it’s better to refer to air-leakiness, waste heat energy, cold drafts, and thermal comfort.

Solutions:

  • Results of 1 air leakage rate at 50 Pascals is better but Europeans are used to 0.3 and better
  • Passivhaus levels of performance: 0.6 for new build and 1.0 for refurbishment

Consider:


Avoid:

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Minimise:

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Value Engineering:
(looking at the bigger picture)
(getting stuff into projects, not just out of them)

  • Carry out the wind/air tightness testing once the building fabric is in place, do not wait for finishes to be installed.
  • Test the building fabric not the finishes, the finished can be replaced at shorter life intervals without having to re do the testing.
  • Testing the finishes will mean you may end up sealing every screw hole for every object hung on the wall lining.
  • Testing and sealing the finishes means the air space behind the linings is still subject to thermal flanking, eddie currents, heat loss and coolth gain through leaky external fabric
  • If the sarking or lining board/sheet is airtight then only the joints need to be taped to maintain integrity of the board/sheet performance.
  • Be sure to test the board/sheet before installing them.

Substitute:

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Health:


Wellbeing:


Safety:

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Precautionary principle:

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Resource Efficiency:


Reduce:


Reclaim:


Reuse:


Recycle:


Recover:


Waste Issues:


Waste Category:


Hazardous waste:


Waste statistics:


End of Life options:


Appropriateness:


Competence:


Effectiveness:


Yardstick:


Maintenance issue:

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Information sources:

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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy aka BrianSpecMan
13th December 2014 – 23rd November 2018

A94 Air-Tightness Testing On-Site Checklist
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GBE CPD: Air Movement on Building
Page 2: Topics in Series of 24 Seminars
Air and Wind tightness and testing are included


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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy aka BrianSpecMan
13th December 2014 – 23rd November 2018

A94 Air-Tightness Testing On-Site Checklist
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