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Why build an airtight house? – Leakage problems

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====== Why build an airtight house? – Leakage problems ====== The external envelope of a building sho... possible and this doesn’t only apply to Passive Houses. * building damage caused by water vapour that is transported in air draughts can only be prevented... his applies even more for a comfortable Passive House.\\ \\ |{{ :picopen:humidity_problem.png }}| |//**

Airtightness test

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. An air pressure test is essential for Passive Houses - it is part of the certification procedure.\\ ... on**.\\ Experience with low-energy and Passive Houses has shown that better airtightness (i.e. a lower... gulations remained unchanged, however, mainly because of misguided lobby interests.\\ \\ ===== The Passive House ===== Much better values are regularly achieved

Checklist: Test reports of airtightness measurements

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h series of measurements, were 5 measuring points used at different pressure differences (highest value... htness test: [[:certification:certified_passive_houses:example_documents|]] [[..:airtightness_measurem

General principles for improving airtightness

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example, by a leakage in the entrance door of a house, where a leaking door in the lobby won’t remedy t... and applied for the **long term**. The Passive House Institute studied the concepts which guarantee la... Download "Durability of airtightness in Passive Houses" (in German)]].\\ \\ ===== Airtight constructio... ruction method ===== Built examples of Passive Houses in solid, timber and pre-fabricated component co