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Many companies still don鈥檛 know that 星空传媒 Control has to be satisfied a building is airtight before it can be signed off, says Mike Jaggs, Head of BRE鈥檚 Airtightness Service. 鈥淭his means that designers and contractors are not addressing the issue at the start of a project when it is very often quite simple to put in place the right design and workmanship principles.

鈥淔ailing the test means having to go back and re-do work in the final stages of construction,鈥� says Jaggs. 鈥淚t comes as quite a shock to clients when they suddenly realise they haven鈥檛 designed or built for airtightness.鈥�

All non-domestic buildings have to demonstrate they are airtight, either by reviewing designs with 星空传媒 Control or by undergoing an airtightness test.

However, Jaggs says there is some inconsistency in the way building control bodies are applying the rules. Some are more strict than others.

鈥淚t is important to iron out these differences and have everyone working to the same standards,鈥� say Jaggs. 鈥淭hey aren鈥檛 difficult to achieve, it鈥檚 just a matter of learning what to do on your first building and then rolling the process out on following projects.鈥�