Highland Air Tightness

Today we had an air tightness test at Torlundy near Fort William. Great result, good pass achieved. Mist on the mountains in the distance as we left

This is the pair of semi detached houses we visited in Bunessan on the Isle of Mull yesterday. We carried out an air tightness test on one of the properties and also an airborne sound test through the separating party wall. Long trip from Inverness, but Mull is an amazing place to visit

Today we carried out an air tightness test on a new house in Cromarty in Ross-shire. Called The Wee House, it was a small but very well designed house, making good use of the space available on this plot. It’s always a pleasure to visit Cromarty, beautiful village.

The second test for today was an air tightness test in Letters. Another great contemporary house built by Bernard Planterose and North Woods Construction. Always of interesting design and construction with great views as well, we always look forward to testing Bernards houses. This one was built cantilevered out on a steeply sloping site. Another … Read more

Today we carried out sound testing for two pairs of semi detached houses in Aultbea Achnasheen. These lovely new houses were built and recently completed by Kinnellan Builders. Really great results with the separating walls performing very well. This photo was taken at a beach en route to our second test location. Quick sandwich here … Read more

Just completed this test on a lovely new detached one and a half storey house at Tore.Good result. House fitted with dmev fans and result came in on target being less than 5 and greater than 3

Just finished a successful air tightness test for Lawson Builders for their new detached house development in Cromdale. Beautiful summer day for testing.

Nice to meet Dawn and Bob to carry out air test at Pilmuir Nursery (Forres) for Morrison Construction. A successful result! Tim doing his Magnus Pike impressions during testing procedure…

Here’s a picture of the ferry we were about to board to travel to the Hebrides to carry out room integrity testing (classed as essential work during the current lockdown) to help with the design of a gaseous fire suppression system using Novec 1230. This is a service we are now offering across the North … Read more

Today we were able to carry out some sound testing in a former office building with a view to it be converted to form flatted dwellings. We tested through existing floor and wall constructions to check their performance.