At a minimum you will need.
Blower door test kit.
The fans are normally variable speed to allow them to be adjusted until the precision manometer pressure gage indicates that the pressure difference between the house and outside is exactly 50 pa.
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Conducting a test determines if there are unsealed cracks resulting in air leakages that require immediate sealing.
If you were deciding to add whole house energy audits to your business services you would also want to purchase.
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A standard blower door test uses the fan to depressurize the house to 50 pascal 0 2 inches of water.
With our equipment you can perform airtightness checks to reduce energy costs and interior air quality for overall comfort.
Fixing air leaks is low hanging fruit in terms of improving the energy efficiency of homes under construction since you already have to buy and install air barriers in the form of 6 mil poly vapor barriers exterior weather resistant barriers wrbs tapes and caulking etc so the cost doesn t really go up much.
I got to road test the new tec blower door kit because tec is a sponsor of a new series of workshops that steve baczek and i are doing called homebuilding crossroads.
The new dg1000 based blower door kit retails for 3 295.
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Air infiltration testing equipment.
A blower door test for buildings is a way to measure air leakage but more importantly it s a way to find air leaks and fix them.
Measure airtightness in homes and buildings with blower doors and duct testers.
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Blower doors consist of a frame and flexible panel that fit in a doorway a variable speed fan a pressure gauge to measure the pressure differences inside and outside the home and an airflow manometer and hoses for measuring airflow.
Oftentimes the blower door and duct blaster equipment already comes packaged with the digital gauge.
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Multi fan blower door systems the minneapolis blower door system is available in multi fan systems when testing commercial buildings in accordance with the army corps standard nebb standard or other protocols.
Digital gauge or manometer.
These tools can also measure airflow in building zones and ductwork performance.
At each of the first three events a group of about 30 of the 100 attendees stayed for a blower door demonstration and discussion.
The minneapolis blower door systems.
