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Just a follow-up on the use of apps. A response from a tester, asking "why we can't just use the weather report, for example using the pressure at the local airport?" My response: "You’re right, the sensors that the weather service uses are much better than a handheld unit and are calibrated...

Posted 7 June 2025 - please comment when sale is complete This is what I have, • Duct blaster with door cloth • Model 4 fan (in padded carrier) with single-fan door cloth and door frame • DG 1000 • Tiny S smoke machine Contact Peter Shea – 0434 334 220 Blower Door Services...

Posted 7 May 2025 - please comment when sale is complete. 3ARK have now ceased operations due to retirement. We have some surplus test equipment for sale as follows: Notes Fan/gauge set also includes power supply, equipment cables, coloured tube cables x 4, gauge bag and equipment cases...

As at 7 April 2025 How much Public Liability insurance and Professional Indemnity insurance do current testers need to hold to apply for membership in ATTMA ANZ? Currently we don’t have a minimum cover for professional indemnity or public liability, but we do need to verify that you have both...

Always configure the manometer to display "Pressure" in Pascals on both channels. The ATTMA app reads the value from each channel directly, regardless of units. For example, airflow is typically calculated from the pressure displayed on Channel B. If units other than pressure are chosen for that...

Barometric pressure at the location of the test must be recorded in blower door testing software. There are two ways to do this: 1. buy and used a calibrated barometer 2. estimate local barometric pressure using an app Get an app that tells you what the barometric pressure is at your actual...

To start a new report for Green Star Commissioniong, first you need a new "Plot". Below are instructions for making a new plot that you can assign the new report to. For background info, a plot is like the specific building on the piece of land that this project will be built on. For example...

How do I update my insurance details? Log into ATTMA Lodgement. You must have admin rights for your company to edit information about insurance. If you have trouble logging into Lodgement, contact admin (at) attma.org. Log into Lodgement. On any page in Lodgement, click on “Member details –...

From the guys at Kestrel Australia: The discount coupon is as you suggested: ATTMA2022 I have limited this offer to 25 uses, let me know if you need more your members will receive a 5% discount on the purchase of the 2000 when they apply the coupon above during the checkout process. Let me...

Another update from another tester: "I added everything to the firewall but still had issues but then noticed I had my wifi set as public network so it had stricter rules for the firewall and once swapped over to private and adding TECTITE software to the firewall we are connected."

Based on the email chain below I think Sean has it right, I think you may be getting blocked from connecting by your firewall. There is an easy way to verify this: Set the DG1000 to create WiFi mode from the Network Configuration option in the Settings menu From you laptop Wifi menu connect to...

A response to a question to review a test result for a Passivhaus project in Australia: "This is a tight house! The tests look fine to me. The envelope volume calculation should be done by the Passivhaus consultant and verified by the Passivhaus certifier if needed. Your role is to verify that...

I understand the frustration with testing ultra-tight buildings. It truly is challenging. A couple things I’d try in general, if you aren’t already. Increase the sampling interval from the standard of 100 or 200 samples up to 999 for each data point you record. This will help smooth out little...

Reasons you should download and use TECTITE Express UK 4.0 instead of TECTITE Express 5.0: It already has the fields required by Lodgement that are missing from TECTITE Express 5.0; fields like construction type, ventilation type, HVAC type, etc. Otherwise you have to go back in and fill these...

Insurance information for New Zealand, who is partnering with Webber Insurance in Australia: BuiltIn Insurance https://builtininsurance.co.nz/ Ben Rickard +64 800 284 584 0275 212014 ben@builtin.co.nz

From Jake MacAlpine at TEC: The Target tolerance remains active after you manually control the fan with the speed controller on the DG-1000, so you could manually try to get it in the range, and it would sample for you. However, I would recommend changing the following default setting in the...

Agreed Paul. I can't wait for the ATTMA app to be ready to record from manometers as well. The ATTMA app is already quite handy at taking manual measurements, and paired with the on-board time averaging functions of any modern manometer, should be good to conduct a fully compliant test on even a...

We have had reports of Passive House testers having the TEC Auto Test software start sampling before the pressure in the house had equalised. Sometimes it can take a full minute for pressure to equalise in a large, tight house. The software thought the pressure was changing slowly enough that it...

Some testers are complaining about their gauges (both TEC and Retrotec) not being able to communicate with their computers. Some common causes: - Windows: Go to "Firewall and Network Protection" in settings. Choose the link "Allow an app through firewall." Scroll down the list of allowed apps...

I've recently seen an aquatic centre specification with separate targets for wet and dry zones. These would need to be tested separately. Wet bar target 3.0 m3/hr.m2 @ 50 Pa Dry bar target 4.0 m3/hr.m2 @ 50 Pa Anyone have any experience in designing for the separation between wet and dry...