Air Tightness Testing, Air Permeability Tests, Air Leakage Test in the UK. Cheap air leakage testing is available nationwide for new build domestic homes under construction and commercial buildings which require a test.
Air Tightness Testing specialist contractors are available to hire throughout the UK. Prices vary dependent on regional variations and the type of building being tested. Get a cheap quote from a contractor based in your area.
Air leakage tests are a requirement as part of building regulations, namely; Buildings: Part L1A Regulations. New Homes and Dwellings.
The rate your property will need to achieve will be determined in the Target Emission Rate (TER).Air Leakage Control
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| Effective sealing of doors and windows will help to ensure a "pass" for air leakage testing |
- For Intermediate Floors it is recommended to use Use joist hangers, if built into the walls seal with a flexible sealant product to prevent air loss.
- Recommendation for Skirting Boards, seal between floors and walls.
- Recommendation for Coving apply sealant between walls and ceilings.
- Recommendation for boxed in pipework, risers & soil stacks, apply sealant where pipes exit the ceiling into a roof space.
- Recommendation for bath panels apply sealant around all services and pipework that penetrates the fabric of the property.
- Recommendation for kitchen Units apply sealant around all services and pipework that penetrates the fabric of the property.
- General: any duct work, ventilation ducts or other pipe work that enters the property should be sealed off using an approved product.
- Trickle Vents testing, only allows for trickle vents to be shut and not sealed.
- For any windows and doors in the building ensure that there is a satisfactory seal behind plaster board.
- Recess Lighting, ensure that such fittings are fire check fittings and are fitted correctly as per manufacturers instructions.
- Loft Hatches, ensure that a quality loft hatch is fitted to the roof space area.
- For floorboards it is recommended that any holes are sealed, for timber floorboards they should be refitted correctly and sealed where necessary to prevent air leakage occurring.
Existing dwellings and commercial buildings can be tested for results which will indicate areas that require remedial action to improve target emission rates as well as new build houses and commercial property.
Air Pressure Testing Bristol Avon & Bath areas. Air Pressure Testing Bedfordshire: Ampthill, Arlesey, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Harrold, Henlow, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Old Warden, Sandy, Shefford, Silsoe, Toddington, Woburn. Air Pressure Testing Berkshire: Ascot, Bracknell, Bray, Cookham, Crowthorne, Datchet, Eton, Hungerford, Lambourn, Maidenhead, Newbury, Old Windsor, Pangbourne, Reading, Sandhurst, Slough, Sunningdale, Thatcham, Waltham St Lawrence, Windsor, Wokingham. Air Pressure Testing Birmingham: Edgbaston, Erdington, Hall Green, Hodge Hill, Ladywood, Northfield, Perry Barr, Selly Oak, Sutton Coldfield, Yardley.. Air Pressure Testing Buckinghamshire: Amersham, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Bourne End, Buckingham, Chalfont St Giles, Chesham, Gerrards Cross, Great Missenden, Haddenham, High Wycombe, Iver, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Princes Risborough, West Wycombe. Air Pressure Testing Cambridgeshire: Bourn, Cambridge, Chatteris, Duxford, Ely, Fordham, Fulbourne, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Linton, Littleport, March, Peterborough, Soham, St Ives, St Neots, Stretham, Sutton, Wansford, Waterbeach, Willingham, Wimpole, Wisbech. Air Pressure Testing Cheshire: Alderley Edge Altrincham Cheadle Chester Congleton Crewe Dukinfield Frodsham Hyde Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Malpas Middlewich Nantwich Northwich Runcorn Sale Sandbach Stalybridge Stockport Tarporley Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford. Air Pressure Testing Cornwall: Bodmin, Bolventor, Boscastle, Bude, Callington, Calstock, Camborne, Camelford, Cawsand, Delabole, Dobwalls, Falmouth, Fowey, Gunnislake, Hayle, Helston, Kilkhampton, Lands End, Lanreath, Launceston, Liskeard, Lizard, Looe, Lostwithiel, Marazion, Mevagissey, Morwenstow, Mousehole, Mullion, Newlyn, Newquay, Padstow, Par, Penryn, Penzance, Perranporth, Polperro, Polzeath, Port Isaac, Porthcurno, Porthleven, Portreath, Probus, Redruth, Saltash, St Agnes, St Austell, St Cleer, St Columb, St Ives, St Just, St Keverne, St Mawes, Tintagel, Torpoint, Truro, Wadebridge, Widemouth Bay. Air Pressure Testing Cumbria: Alston, Ambleside, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Barrow-in-Furness, Bowness-on-Windermere, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Coniston, Kendal, Keswick, Kirkby, Stephen, Maryport, Penrith, Ravenglass, Silloth, Whitehaven, Wigton, Windermere, Workington. Air Pressure Testing Derbyshire: Alfreton Ashbourne Bakewell Belper Buxton Chesterfield Derby Dronfield Glossop Heanor High Peak Hope Valley Ilkeston Matlock Melbourne Ripley Swadlincote Wirksworth. Air Pressure Testing Devon: Axminster Barnstaple Beaworthy Bideford Braunton Brixham Buckfastleigh Budleigh Salterton Chulmleigh Colyton Crediton Cullompton Dartmouth Dawlish Exeter Exmouth Holsworthy Honiton Ilfracombe Ivybridge Kingsbridge Lifton Lynmouth Lynton Newton Abbot North Tawton Okehampton Ottery St Mary Paignton Plymouth Salcombe Seaton Sidmouth South Brent South Molton Tavistock Teignmouth Tiverton Torquay Torrington Totnes Umberleigh Winkleigh Woolacombe Yelverton. Air Pressure Testing Dorset: Abbotsbury, Beaminster, Bere Regis, Blandford Forum, Bournemouth, Bridport, Broadstone, Christchurch, Corfe Castle, Cranborne, Dorchester, Ferndown, Gillingham, Lyme Regis, Milton Abbas, Poole, Portland, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham, West Lulworth, Weymouth, Wimborne Minster. Air Pressure Testing Durham: Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Crook, Darlington, Easington, Ferryhill, Hartlepool, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Peterlee, Seaham, Shildon, Stanley and Stockton-on-Tees. Air Pressure Testing Essex: Barking Basildon Benfleet Billericay Braintree Brentwood Buckhurst Hill Burnham-On-Crouch Canvey Island Chelmsford Chigwell Clacton-On-Sea Colchester Dagenham Dunmow Epping Frinton-On-Sea Grays Halstead Harlow Harwich Hockley Hornchurch Ilford Ingatestone Leigh-On-Sea Loughton Maldon Manningtree Ongar Purfleet Rainham Rayleigh Rochford Romford Saffron Walden South Ockendon Southend-On-Sea Southminster Stanford-Le-Hope Stansted Tilbury Upminster Waltham Abbey Walton On The Naze Westcliff-On-Sea Wickford Witham Woodford Green. Air Pressure Testing Glamorgan: Mid Glamorgan Aberdare, Bargoed, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Ferndale, Hengoed, Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfil, Mountain Ash, Pentre, Pontyclun, Pontypridd, Porthcawl, Porth, Tonypandy, Treharris, Treorchy. South Glamorgan Barry, Cardiff, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Llantwit Major, Penarth. West Glamorgan Neath, Swansea, Port Talbot. Air Pressure Testing Gloucestershire: Berkeley, Blakeney, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Cinderford, Cirencester, Coleford, Drybrook, Dursley, Dymock, Fairford, Gloucester, Lechlade, Longhope, Lydbrook, Lydney, Mitcheldean, Moreton-In-Marsh, Newent, Newnham, Ruardean, Stonehouse, Stroud, Tetbury, Tewkesbury, Westbury-On-Severn, Wotton-Under-Edge. Air Pressure Testing Hampshire: Aldershot Alresford Alton Andover Basingstoke Bordon Brockenhurst Eastleigh Emsworth Fareham Farnborough Fleet Fordingbridge Gosport Havant Hayling Island Hook Lee-On-The-Solent Liphook Liss Lymington Lyndhurst New Milton Petersfield Portsmouth Ringwood Rowlands Castle Southampton Southsea Stockbridge Tadley Tidworth Waterlooville Whitchurch Winchester, Yateley. Air Pressure Testing Herefordshire: Bromyard, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Pembridge, Ross-On-Wye, Symonds Yat, Weobley. Air Pressure Testing Hertfordshire: Abbots Langley, Baldock, Barnet, Berkhamsted, Bishops Stortford, Borehamwood, Broxbourne, Buntingford, Bushey, Cheshunt, Harpenden, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, Kings Langley, Knebworth, Letchworth Garden City, Much Hadham, Potters Bar, Radlett, Rickmansworth, Royston, Sawbridgeworth, St Albans, Stevenage, Tring, Waltham Cross, Ware, Watford, Welwyn Garden City. Air Pressure Testing Humberside: Beverley, Bridlington, Cottingham, Driffield, Goole, Grimsby, Hull, Hornsea, Scarborough, Stockton, Teesside, Guisborough, Whitby, Yarm. Air Pressure Testing Kent: Ashford, Aylesford, Beckenham, Belvedere, Bexley, Biddenden, Birchington, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Chatham, Chislehurst, Cobham, Dartford, Deal, Dover, Dungeness, Eynsford, Faversham, Folkestone, Gillingham, Gravesend, Herne Bay, Hythe, Lamberhurst, Maidstone, Margate, New Romney, Orpington, Penshurst, Ramsgate, Rochester, Romsey, Sandwich, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Sidcup, Sittingbourne, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Welling, West Malling, West Wickham, Westerham, Whitstable. Air Pressure Testing Lancashire: Accrington Ashton-Under-Lyne Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Burnley Bury Carnforth Chorley Clitheroe Colne Darwen Fleetwood Heywood Lancaster Leigh Leyland Littleborough Lytham St Annes Manchester Morecambe Nelson Oldham Ormskirk Poulton-Le-Fylde Preston Rochdale Rossendale Salford Skelmersdale Thornton-Cleveleys Todmorden Wigan. Air Pressure Testing Leeds: Allerton Bywater, Beeston, Boston Spa, Collingham, Garforth, Guiseley, Harewood, Horsforth, Kippax, Kirkstall, Ledsham, Ledston, Methley, Morley, New Farnley, Otley, Oulton, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Pudsey, Rothwell, Scarcroft, Scholes, Swillington, Walton, Wetherby, Yeadon. Air Pressure Testing Leicestershire: Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Coalville, Hinckley, Ibstock, Kegworth, Leicester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Markfield, Melton Mowbray, Twycross, Wigston. Air Pressure Testing Lincolnshire: Alford, Boston, Bourne, Cleethorpes, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Mablethorpe, Market Rasen, Scunthorpe, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford, Woodhall Spa South and North Lincolnshire. Air Pressure Testing London: Acton, Anerley, Balham, Barnes, Battersea, Belgravia, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Blackheath, Bloomsbury, Borough, Bow, Brixton, Brockley, Camberwell, Camden, Canning Town, Catford, Central London, Charlton, Chelsea, Chingford, Chiswick, City of London, Clapham, Clapton, Clerkenwell, Covent Garden, Cricklewood, Deptford, Dulwich, Ealing, Earls Court, East Dulwich, East Finchley, East Ham, East London, Eltham, Finchley, Finsbury Park, Forest Gate, Forest Hill, Fulham, Golders Green, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Hanwell, Harringay, Hendon, Herne Hill, Highbury, Highgate, Holloway, Homerton, Hornsey, Islington, Kensington, Kentish Town, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Lambeth, Lee, Lewisham, Leyton, Leytonstone, Lower Edmonton, Maida Vale, Manor Park, Marylebone, Mayfair, Mill Hill, Mortlake, Muswell Hill, New Cross, New Southgate, North Finchley, North Kensington, North London, Norwood, Notting Hill, Paddington, Palmers Green, Peckham, Pimlico, Plaistow, Poplar, Putney, Rotherhithe, Shadwell, Shepherd's Bush, Shoreditch, Soho, South Kensington, South Lambeth, South London, South Norwood, South Tottenham, South Woodford, Southgate, Spitalfields, St John's Wood, Stepney, Stockwell, Stoke Newington, Stratford, Streatham, Sydenham, Thamesmead, Tooting, Tottenham, Upper Edmonton, Upper Holloway, Victoria, Walthamstow, Walworth, Wandsworth, Wapping, Waterloo, West Brompton, West Ealing, West Kensington, West London, West Norwood, West Wimbledon, Westminster, Whetstone, Whitechapel, Willesden, Wimbledon, Winchmore Hill, Wood Green, Woolwich, and Central and Greater London. Air Pressure Testing Manchester: Altrincham Ashton-in-Makerfield Ashton-under-Lyne Atherton Bolton Bury Cadishead Chadderton Cheadle Denton Droylsden Dukinfield Eccles Failsworth Farnworth Golborne Heywood Hindley Horwich Hyde Ince-in-Makerfield Irlam Kearsley Leigh Littleborough Mossley Oldham Pendlebury Prestwich Radcliffe Ramsbottom Rochdale Royton Sale Salford Stalybridge Stockport Stretford Swinton Trafford Park Tyldesley Urmston Walkden Westhoughton Whitefield Wigan Worsley. Air Pressure Testing Merseyside: Aigburth, Aintree, Allerton, Anfield, Bebington, Birkenhead, Bootle, Childwall, Crosby, Dingle, Ellesmere Port, Everton, Fazakerly, Formby, Garston, Grassendale, Halewood, Hunts Cross, Huyton, Kirkdale, Kirby, Knotty Ash, Litherland, Liverpool, Maghull, Neston, Newton Le Willows, Port Sunlight, Prenton, Prescot, Roby, Seaforth, Sefton, Southport, Speke, St Helens, Wallasey, Waterloo, West Derby, West Kirby, Wirral. Air Pressure Testing Norfolk: Acle, Attleborough, Aylsham, Blakeney, Brancaster, Caister-on-Sea, Castle Rising, Cromer, Dereham, Diss, Downham Market, Fakenham, Great Yarmouth, Happisburgh, Hemsby, Holt, Horsey, Hunstanton, Kings Lynn, Little Walsingham, Melton Constable, North Walsham, Norwich, Sandringham, Sheringham, Swaffham, Thetford, Walsingham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Wroxham, Wymondham. Air Pressure Testing North Wales: Buckley, Caerwys, Chirk, Connah's Quay, Corwen, Denbigh, Flint, Holywell, Llangollen, Mold, Prestatyn, Queensferry, Rhyl, Ruthin, Towyn & Kinmel Bay, Shotton, St Asaph, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Acrefair-Coedpoeth, Erddig-Minera, New Broughton-Talwrn Green, Amlwch, Beaumaris, Benllech, Holyhead, Llanfairpwll & Menai Bridge, Llangefni, Newborough, Anglesey, Conwy, Gwynedd, Caernarfon, Bangor, Dolgellau, Aberdyfi, Beddgelert, Harlech, Porthmadog, Tywyn, Corris, Bala, Barmouth, Bethesda, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Abergele, Betws-y-Coed, Penmaenmawr, Llanrwst, Llanfairfechan. Air Pressure Testing North Yorkshire: Bedale Catterick Garrison Filey Harrogate Hawes Knaresborough Leyburn Malton Northallerton Pickering Richmond Ripon Scarborough Selby Settle Skipton Tadcaster Thirsk Whitby York. Air Pressure Testing Northamptonshire: Brackley, Corby, Daventry, Fotheringhay, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Rushden, Towcester, Wellingborough. Air Pressure Testing Northumberland: Berwick on Tweed, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Amble, Bamburgh, Bellingham,, Blanchland, Brinkburn, Chillingham, Corbridge, Craster, Haydon Bridge, Hexham, Holy Island, Housesteads, Kielder, Morpeth, Once Brewed, Rothbury Seahouses, Warkworth. Air Pressure Testing Nottinghamshire: Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark, Retford, Worksop, Warsop. Air Pressure Testing Oxfordshire: Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Dorchester, Faringdon, Goring, Henley, Oxford, Thame, Uffington, Wallingford, Wantage, Watlington, Witney, Woodstock. Air Pressure Testing Shropshire: Bishops Castle, Bridgnorth, Broseley, Bucknell, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Ludlow, Lydbury North, Market Drayton, Much Wenlock, Newport, Oswestry, Shifnal, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wem, Whitchurch. Air Pressure Testing South Wales: Aberdare, Aberfan, Abergavenny, Bargoed, Barry, Blackwood, Blaenavon, Bridgend, Brynmawr, Butetown, Caerphilly, Caldicot, Cardiff, Chepstow, Cowbridge, Cwmbran, Ebbw Vale, Flat Holm, Llantwit Major, Maesteg, Magor, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouth, Nant-y-moel, Newbridge, Newport, New Tredegar, Penarth, Pontypool, Pontypridd, Porthcawl, Tredegar, Treorchy, Usk, Afan Valley, Ammanford, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Fishguard, Gorseinon, Haverfordwest, Kidwelly, Laugharne, Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llandysul Llanelli, Milford Haven, Morriston, Mumbles, Narberth, Neath, Newcastle Emlyn, Newport, Neyland, Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Pontardawe, Pontarddulais, Port Talbot, Saundersfoot, St Clears, St David's, Swansea. Air Pressure Testing South Yorkshire: Barnsley Doncaster Mexborough Rotherham Sheffield. Air Pressure Testing Somerset: Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Chard, Cheddar, Crewkerne, Dulverton, Dunster, Exford, Frome, Glastonbury, Highbridge, Hinton St George, Ilchester, Ilminster, Langport, Martock, Merriott, Minehead, Montacute, Porlock, Shepton Mallet, Somerton, South Petherton, Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, Street, Taunton, Templecombe, Watchet, Wedmore, Wellington, Wells, Wincanton, Yeovil. Air Pressure Testing Staffordshire: Burntwood Burton-On-Trent Cannock Leek Lichfield Newcastle Rugeley Stafford Stoke-On-Trent Stone Tamworth Uttoxeter. Air Pressure Testing Suffolk: Aldeburgh, Beccles, Boxford, Brandon, Bungay, Bures, Bury St Edmunds, Dunwich, East Bergholt, Eye, Felixstowe, Framlingham, Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lavenham, Leiston, Long Melford, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Nayland, Newmarket, Orford, Saxmundham, Shotley Gate, Southwold, Stanton, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Woodbridge. Air Pressure Testing Sunderland, Castletown, Fulwell, Hendon, Herrington, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Newbottle, Penshaw, Rainton, Ryhope, Seaburn, Shiney Row, Silksworth, South Hylton, Southwick, Washington. Air Pressure Testing Surrey: Addlestone Ashford Ashtead Banstead Brookwood Camberley Croydon Caterham Chertsey Chobham Cobham Cranleigh Dorking Earlswood East and West Molesey Egham Epsom Esher Farnham Frimley Godalming Godstone Guildford Haslemere Hindhead Horley Kingston Upon Thames Leatherhead Limpsfield Lingfield Oxted Richmond Redhill Reigate Shepperton Staines Stanwell Sunbury-on-Thames Walton-on-Thames Weybridge Woking. Air Pressure Testing Sussex: East Sussex: Battle, Bexhill-On-Sea, Brighton, Crowborough, Eastbourne, Etchingham, Forest Row, Hailsham, Hartfield, Hastings, Heathfield, Hove, Lewes, Mayfield, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Pevensey, Polegate, Robertsbridge, Rye, Seaford, St Leonards-On-Sea, Uckfield, Wadhurst, Winchelsea. West Sussex: Arundel, Billingshurst, Bognor Regis, Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Gatwick, Hassocks, Haywards Heath, Henfield, Horsham, Lancing, Littlehampton, Midhurst, Petworth, Pulborough, Shoreham-By-Sea, Steyning, Worthing. Air Pressure Testing Tyne and Wear, Gateshead, Blaydon, Low Fell, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Whickham, North Tyneside, Backworth, Cullercoats, Earsdon, Killingworth, Longbenton, Monkseaton, North Shields, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Whitley Bay, Wideopen, South Tyneside, Boldon, Cleadon, Hebburn, Jarrow, South Shields, Whitburn. Air Pressure Testing Warwickshire: Alcester, Atherstone, Bedworth, Henley-In-Arden, Gaydon, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Rugby, Shipston on Stour, Southam, Stratford upon Avon, Studley, Warwick. Air Pressure Testing West Midlands: Bilston, Birmingham, Brierley Hill, Coventry, Cradley Heath, Dudley, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Solihull, Stourbridge, Sutton Coldfield, Tipton, Walsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Willenhall, Wolverhampton. Air Pressure Testing Wiltshire: Amesbury, Bradford-On-Avon, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Devizes, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Melksham, Pewsey, Salisbury, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury, Wilton. Air Pressure Testing Worcestershire: Bewdley, Broadway, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Evesham, Great Malvern, Kidderminster, Pershore, Redditch, Stourport, Tenbury Wells, Worcester. Air Pressure Testing West Yorkshire: Batley, Bingley, Bradford, Brighouse, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Ilkley, Keighley, Knottingley, Leeds, Liversedge, Mirfield, Normanton, Ossett, Otley, Pontefract, Pudsey, Shipley, Sowerby Bridge, Wakefield, Wetherby.
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