Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles
by fastbeef on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:10PM
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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.
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Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles
by leguminous on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:30PM
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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
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How do they test that?
Re:Heat Pumps Work Miracles
by leguminous on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:33PM
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At least in the US, blower door testing:
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.