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Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles by fastbeef on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:10PM (#19272908)
It is indeed critical and all new houses in Sweden are tested for leaks under pressure. Those that leak sufficiently little get to call themselves Passivhus and you have some taxation benefits.
Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles by leguminous on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:30PM (#19273089)
A handful of US states have also made blower door testing mandatory in new homes, but we still have a long way to go. A few states don't even have state-wide building codes, much less efficiency requirements.
Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles by daveFNbuck on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:29PM (#19273081)
How do they test that?
Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles by leguminous on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:33PM (#19273134)
At least in the US, blower door testing:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blower_door

Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles by thomk on Thursday February 28, 2019 @01:10PM (#19273507)
I've had this done before, very, very informative. Those machines are like $3K to buy, you can hire someone to come out and do it, but this seems like a perfect DIY project.
Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles by masklinn on Thursday February 28, 2019 @03:14PM (#19274667)
An other very informative thing to get done is thermal imaging of the walls (from inside and outside both). Very good at uncovering damp spots and water infiltration too.