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- Why build an airtight house? – Leakage problems
- ==== The external envelope of a building should be as airtight as possible and this doesn’t only app... pour that is transported in air draughts can only be prevented by airtightness of the envelope (see il... st\\ building damage occurs in this way. This can be remedied by\\ careful airtight construction.**//|... the construction.\\ \\ **Airtightness should not be confused with thermal insulation**. Both are impo
- Checklist: Test reports of airtightness measurements
- tightness measurement protocol complete? This can be easily confirmed using this checklist: * Is al... g values for the pressure difference will usually be exceeded. * In general, the positive and negati... n the two results, a plausible explanation should be given in the measurement report. **Recommendatio... ** leakage detection at negative pressure should be carried out before the measurements, and any larg
- Airtightness test
- protection requirements, i.e. they would have to be classified as "non-airtight" with leakage rates r... al damage. The situation in many countries can be suitably described in the following words: **Now... htness (i.e. a lower n<sub>50</sub> value) should be strived for and realised; it's unexpensive and it... ve Houses: n<sub>50</sub> leakage rates **may not be greater than 0.6 h<sup>-1</sup>** to comply with
- General principles for improving airtightness
- interrupted airtight building envelope", that can be outlined using the “red pencil method” (see the //**following illustration**//). It should be possible to trace the whole building envelope wit... in each sectional drawing. In the details it must be made clear how the airtight connection is realise... the\\ basic concept. A building envelope can only be airtight\\ if it consists of just one uninterrupt