alayton Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 My contractor tells me his airtight test guy wont test a house with a door from Rational , something to do with the way the door is made and it might damage the doorframe? Anyone else hear of a problem like that? Anyone know of a solution that will avoid that? Happy to hear from anyone who could an airtight test safely in Cornwall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I wouldn’t think the door type would make any difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I’m guessing this contractor thinks you blow the house up like a balloon. the sticky tape might do some damage tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 If the scope is for the contractor to complete, ask him how he intends to complete the scope. If its not his scope get someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA3222 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I had an airtest with a rationel door...not sure why there is an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Very odd. Loads of blower door tests are set up with Rationel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtop Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, alayton said: My contractor tells me his airtight test guy wont test a house with a door from Rational , something to do with the way the door is made and it might damage the doorframe? Anyone else hear of a problem like that? Anyone know of a solution that will avoid that? Happy to hear from anyone who could an airtight test safely in Cornwall. I used Stuart Thomas at energyaccess.org.uk great service, good price highly recomended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 47 minutes ago, Mr Punter said: Very odd. Loads of blower door tests are set up with Rationel. Yup. I know of at least 2, with another one coming up in 6-8 weeks. A good blower team will ( should ) have a frame which goes into an opening which has no door in it yet, so they should be able to do this with a bit of ingenuity? 2” PVC electrical tape can be applied first, then AT tape onto that. There’s loads of ways to do this and mitigate against damages etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundtuit Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 hours ago, LA3222 said: I had an airtest with a rationel door...not sure why there is an issue? Me too. No problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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