00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.847821 CaOODSP 20221107153528 cr ||||||||||| 180328s1995 oncado||o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- NH17-200/1995E-PDF Knight, Kevin. Evaluating test equipment for air tightness of construction details [electronic resource] / by Kevin Knight. [Ottawa] : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1995. [77] p. (un-numbered pages) : col. photos, charts, ill. Cover title. "Completed December 15, 1995." Digitized edition from print [produced by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation]. "The National Building Code 1985 identified the need to control movement of air through the exterior walls of buildings. The upcoming 1995 National Building Code has now placed recommendations on the amount of allowable leakage. When the air barrier is being installed during the construction period it is practically impossible to monitor air tightness of the installation, in a quantified form. Retro-Specs Ltd. has developed equipment and a method for identifying leaks in construction details of air barrier systems, during construction, with "pass/fail" results. This report examines the performance and durability of the test equipment"--Abstract. Includes summary in French. gccst Construction industry Air barriers Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. PDF 4.30 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/schl-cmhc/nh17/NH17-200-1995-eng.pdf