Welcome to the Air Testing Homepage of CPS Leakage
We have a track record for air testing buildings in Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and further afield to high standards since 2006. With over 21,000 buildings tested, you're in safe hands with CPS Leakage.
Testimonials:
31/03/2021 - Derek Paramanis, Site Manager Lawrence Baker, Care Home, Nottingham.
“Once thank you to all of your team and especially your operative on site who was very helpful and knowledgeable and this is much appreciated.I look forward to seeing you all again on the next contract.“ Read more »
What we offer
Our range of services include:- Design Team Site Meetings to establish air tight barriers.
- Architectural Drawing Design Reviews to document airtight lines and barriers.
- Construction Consultancy Site Inspections
- Air Leakage, Pre Air Test, Inspections.
- Air Testing for Parts L1A, L2A and L2B.
- CPS UKAS Accreditation is only applicable to actual air test procedure
Our credentials
Our service and experience
- Operating since 2006, tested over 21,000 buildings.
- CPS Ltd has a reputation for being proactive in our consultancy and final air test services.
- CPS Ltd works with the client offering multiple air tests and localised smoke tests in an effort to make a non compliant building achieve compliance.
- A cheaper headline price does not always reflect the eventual bottom line cost if a CPS Ltd service is not delivered.
We offer a complete package with regard to satisfying air leakage compliance for building regulations L1A, L2A and L2B from Air Leakage Consultancy input at the design stage through to final air leakage testing. We sell our high level of service and the experience of having tested over 21,000 buildings including museums, schools, hospitals, offices, hotels, warehouses, houses and flats. In the event of a failure it is this experience that can provide the value for money and help to make a building compliant within a site visit. Our engineers work alongside the main contractor identifying leakage paths which are then sealed by the main contractor. Based in Ipswich, Suffolk our air test engineers are all full time employees committed to providing the service we expect of them. Through third party partners we also offer Sound Testing, Thermal Imaging, SBEM Calculations, SAP Calculations and EPC's.
Commercial and residential air tests...
...assist you in satisfying air permeability compliance requirements of several UK building regulations. CPS offer air leakage tests of your new build residential dwelling or non residential building. Our air tightness testing services, which are also available for commercial and industrial properties in London, East Sussex and Kent, include site based air leakage design reviews, air tightness desk top drawing reviews, site-based air leakage consultancy, air leakage tests, localized and theatrical smoke tests.
If you are looking for an air testing company then please speak to CPS Ltd. We excel as suppliers in this field.
Air leakage testing can reduce energy bills dramatically.
If you want an effective Air Test service speak to CPS today.
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Please see our Technical notes for further leakage testing information.
Airtightness in Buildings Energy Compliance
CPS was formed in 2006 to help the construction industry meet the Part L regulations. This called for all buildings over 1000m2 GIFA to be tested.
At the time one of the few suppliers of airtight testing equipment was Retrotec but James Mitchell (CPS Ltd’s MD) built his own equipment..
In the period 2003 to 2006 air permeability testing was a relatively small industry with a limited number of buildings undergoing tests. In 2006 there was a building regulation revision that changed the industry. The rules changed so that non residential buildings under over 500m2 GIFA need air tightness testing. Those buildings under 500m2 GIFA can avoid the need for a test if they pass their SBEM calculation with 15m3/h/m2 as an air leakage rate.
In 2006 testing was also introduced for residential dwellings.
Air test compliance was required for almost all buildings whose building regulation approval was after April 2006.
Since the 2006 regulation revision the amount of air tests taking place in the UK increased dramatically.
Construction Performance Solutions carries out air testing in Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, including residential properties in the Ipswich, Norwich, Chelmsford and Cambridge areas. In total, we have carried out more than 21,000 Air Test projects, including commercial work in East Anglia, London, East Sussex and Kent. We have air tested schools, hospitals, offices, steel frame sheds, air craft hangars, colleges and universities, houses and flats. We have undergone UKAS Accreditation and have also been audited and approved for membership of ATTMA (Air Tightness & Measurement Association) with all our air test engineers are registered on their Competent Person Scheme.
There has been a revision to the Air Test parts of Part L1A & L2A during 2010 which came into force in October 2010 and another amendment to L1A in 2016.
The result was that more residential units will need a test due to rules governing the description of a dwelling type, amongst other amendments, but for non residential properties the rules are largely unchanged.