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    Field Check For Water Tightness Property of Curtain Wall Facades & Windows

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    The document provides approval and reception procedures for testing the water tightness of curtain wall facades and windows. It specifies that shop drawings must be approved, a trial panel installed and tested, and 10% of installed units will undergo a water tightness test by a third party. The contractor must declare installation is complete before testing. Acceptance requires no water leakage; any leakage must be repaired and retested until all areas pass.

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    The document provides approval and reception procedures for testing the water tightness of curtain wall facades and windows. It specifies that shop drawings must be approved, a trial panel installed and tested, and 10% of installed units will undergo a water tightness test by a third party. The contractor must declare installation is complete before testing. Acceptance requires no water leakage; any leakage must be repaired and retested until all areas pass.

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    The document provides approval and reception procedures for testing the water tightness of curtain wall facades and windows. It specifies that shop drawings must be approved, a trial panel installed and tested, and 10% of installed units will undergo a water tightness test by a third party. The contractor must declare installation is complete before testing. Acceptance requires no water leakage; any leakage must be repaired and retested until all areas pass.

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    Approval & Reception Procedure

    DEE- Departamento de Estruturas e Edifícos


    Document No.: ARP/DEE/006
    Field Check for Water Tightness Property of Rev. No.: C
    Curtain Wall Facades & Windows Date: 2013/09/18
    Page No.: 1 of 2

    1 Reference standard

    The Reference standards are American Architectural Manufacturers Association Specification AAMA
    501.2-09.

    2 Approval procedures
    - Set of detailed shop drawings should be submitted and approved by designer.
    - Trial Panel should be installed on site or agreed location with agreed scale. This panel should be
    installed according to the approval drawings and method statement. Water tightness test according
    to the reference standard should be performed by a third party laboratory at the trial panel to evaluate
    the property and workmanship of the curtain wall facades or windows.

    3 Reception procedure

    3.1 Contractor’s Declaration for Installation Work Completion

    Before each reception test, the contractor should submit a document declaring that the installation

    work of the relevant curtain wall facades or windows has been finished, auto-control checking has

    been done and are in condition to be verified on site, as well as the relevant detailed drawings such

    as plan view, elevation view and details.

    3.2 Selection of testing areas for Water Tightness Reception

    The testing areas should be selected satisfying the following conditions:

    a) Unless otherwise specified, 10% of the installed elements should be selected for water
    tightness reception test by a third party laboratory. The percentage should be based on the
    number of elements, length of perimeter or area of the installed location, whichever is the
    greatest and applicable.

    b) The testing areas should be representative sample(s) of typical construction and shall have no
    visible defects.
    Approval & Reception Procedure
    DEE- Departamento de Estruturas e Edifícos
    Document No.: ARP/DEE/006
    Field Check for Water Tightness Property of Rev. No.: C
    Curtain Wall Facades & Windows Date: 2013/09/18
    Page No.: 2 of 2

    c) The test area(s) should include perimeter caulking, typical splices, frame intersections, and if
    applicable, at least 2 model units in horizontal and vertical direction containing an intermediate
    vertical member and an intermediate horizontal member as shown in following figure.

    4 Acceptance criteria

     In case of no water leakage found during the tests, the water tightness property of the curtain wall
    facades or windows can be considered as acceptable.
     In case of water leakage found, the water tightness property of the curtain wall facades or windows
    is considered as not acceptable. The reason of leakage should be identified by the contractor, the
    failed areas should be repaired and retested. Two additional identical areas should be selected
    and tested until no water leakage found in all tested areas.

    Note: For the situation of window to be designed of water entry and drain out, leakage of the curtain
    wall facades or windows should be reviewed by the designer.

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