Airtightness Ireland

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Airtightness is now a critical issue for the construction industry. In November 2006, Part F of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) has come into effect, this means new buildings with excessive air leakage may no longer be acceptable and may be refused Building Control Approval

Under the new Regulations...

Designers are responsible for:
• designing tight buildings.

Contractors are responsible for:

• Building tight
• Commissioning an air tightness test when construction is nearing completion
• Carrying out any necessary remedial work and arranging a re-test.

Why use us?

· Competitive rates

· All Ireland coverage

· Licensed agent of BRE

· Expertise and backing of BRE

· Training, personnel, fan power and knowledge to test all sizes of buildings

· Practical construction experience to find leaks and solutions if necessary

 

What does this Air Tightness Testing look like?

Airtightness Videos

Setting up the wild wind tamer (2.9 MB)
Preparing the Building for a test (4.9 MB)
Taking windspeed measurements (1.5 MB)
Setting up the Doorkit (2.7 MB)
Running the test (2.9 MB)
Watch us finding some leaks (3.6 MB)

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