Don't blow your air test

By Willem Postema Willem Postema 2006-04-04T00:00:00

After all external doors and apertures are closed it shouldn’t take longer than a minute for the building to reach the standard test pressure of 50 Pa, once the fans are switched on

The fourth and final instalment in our series on airtight design examines the testing process. Willem Postema advises how to avoid the common pitfalls and explains just how, exactly, all those fans are used…

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