Warringtonfire Acoustic and Smoke Leakage Testing

Acoustic and smoke leakage testing

Warringtonfire provides a broad range of independent laboratory based acoustic and smoke leakage tests.

Our laboratory offers excellent facilities including:

Our top of the range, high specification sound level meter
Our omni-directional speaker
Our 3m x 3m smoke leakage testing rig.

Laboratory-based acoustic testing

We are able to test the following products seeking to demonstrate sound insulation performance up to 58dB (Rw) or 73dB (Rw) against BS EN ISO 10140 series (which has replaced the BS EN ISO 140 series of standards):

Doorsets (timber, composite, steel, aluminium and PVCu)
Windows (timber, composite, steel, aluminium and PVCu)
Glazing systems
Penetration and linear joint seals
Door and window seals
Single and twin leaf partition systems
Residential Park Homes to BS 8233 (8.4.2.2) & BS 3632 & to BS EN ISO 10140-2.
The BS EN ISO 10140 series consists of the following standards:

BS EN ISO 10140-1 - Laboratory Measurements of Sound Insulation of Building Elements
BS EN ISO 10140-2 - Measurement of Airborne Sound Insulation
BS EN ISO 10140-4 - Measurement Procedures & Requirements
BS EN ISO 10140-5 - Requirements for Test Facilities & Equipment.

And in accordance to:

BS EN ISO 717-1 Acoustics - Rating of sound insulation in buildings & of building elements.

We can also test to BS EN 1793-2:2018 Road traffic noise reducing devices. This test method is used for determining the acoustic performance and intrinsic characteristics of airborne sound insulation under diffuse sound field conditions.

Laboratory-based smoke leakage testing

We are also able to offer smoke leakage testing to the following standards:

BS EN 1634-3 – Smoke Control Tests for doorsets and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware
BS EN 12101-1 Annex C – Permeability of materials to smoke
BS 8524-1 Annex F – Active Fire barrier assemblies – calculations of ambient temperature smoke leakage.

The tests we offer are smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware. The test determines the leakage of cold air from one side of a door assembly to the other, controlling the passage of smoke in case of fire.