ᐅ Blower Door Test – Meaning of the Result

Created on: 5 Jan 2018 23:51
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AndreasPlü
Hello,

Today, as the final trade in our already occupied house, we had the airtightness test.

The result: N 50 = 0.68

We built a solid KfW 70 (2017) standard house. What does this mean? Is this good, acceptable, or rather mediocre?

Should we expect particularly harmful leaks? The tester detected a slight leakage at a sliding door but considered it within acceptable limits, which brings us back to the original question.
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nominator
7 Feb 2020 16:54
Something is off – you definitely need to get below 1.0, ideally under 0.5, then everything is fine. We had 0.65 and a double cat flap in the wall when it was tested – without that, it would have been around 0.6 or better.
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Farilo
7 Feb 2020 20:22
1.36?
And this even though the wall openings, etc., have not yet been made or are in use?

No idea what this means.
But don’t you usually conduct the blower door test only when everything is "active"?
Otherwise, the data would be distorted.
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nominator
7 Feb 2020 21:10
We have a controlled residential ventilation system, and before the blower door test, everything was sealed off and then measured. If there are no holes at all yet, the result should be at least as good as after the holes are made.
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Farilo
7 Feb 2020 22:03
If I can tape everything off for the test, damn, even in my 1960s building I get a great result.
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nominator
7 Feb 2020 22:44
The "everything" referred to the openings of the mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, which your house from the Middle Ages did not have yet.
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Farilo
7 Feb 2020 23:18
If you only knew

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