Last week we performed air leakage and water leakage testing at a new construction office building in Indianapolis.   The project involved chamber testing per ASTM E1186, utilizing a liquid solution and smoke to identify air leaks in a wall assembly.

A 10' x 10' air-tight chamber was constructed and sealed tightly to the exterior wall assembly.   A small fan was used to pressurize and de-pressurize the chamber while a technician used a smoke puffer and liquid solution inside the chamber to identify air leakage sites.

Using a hi-lift, we performed a water leakage test following AAMA 501.2 testing guidelines.   Horizontal and vertical seams were checked utilizing a calibrated sprayer unit.

While spraying the exterior, technicians inside the building searched for water infiltration.

For more information on water leak and air leak testing, visit http://www.tsienergysolutions.com.

Indianapolis ACOE Testing

In April of 2014 we performed air barrier testing on 4 military buildings in Indianapolis, IN.   The largest building had a building envelope area well over 100,000 s.f.    The buildings were amazingly tight as we are seeing a vast improvement in air barrier details and construction monitoring.

On-site ingenuity----center stabilization piece created for double doors

 

 



 

 

 

Based on the square footage of the building, 12 fans should have been required to hit the passing rate.  However this building was so tight that we only ended up using 2 of our 3-fan systems.

 

For more information on air barrier testing, please e-mail tdunn@thermo-scan.com