AAMA502-02
Voluntary SpecificationforFieldTestingofWindows andSlidingGlassDoors
TABLEOF CONTENTS
How To Use The Short Form Specification ...1.0 Scope And Purpose2.0 Test Methods.3.0 Sampling ...4.0 Test Procedures5.0 Test Reports..6.0 Reference Section
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Test Method A.Figure 2A.Figure 2B.Figure 2C.Figure 3: Test Method B
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HOWTOUSETHESHORTFORMSPECIFICATION
To siplifytwriingoffieldtstingsecifitiosfor windowand slidingglassdoosAMAs preareda“Short Form Specification which is rcmeoded whenever possible.I may be used by merely inserting hefollowing pargraphs) into the projct specifications
SHORTFORMFIELDTESTING SPECIFICATION
1.Fenestration product(s) shallbfeld tested inaccordance with AAMA 502-02 Volutry Specification forFicld Testing of Windows and Sliding Glass Doors ” using Test Method(Insert Aor B)
SPECIFIER NOTE:Test Merhod A shallbe sed wnles Test Method B is selected here.See Secfion 2.0 fordescriptionfbothtestmethds.AAMA502-2secifesarleakageresistancandwterenetratonresistncefenestrtrotfsiedteedfrt
Defltperformcereqiremntsforarlengeresistanceandwterpenetrationresistneeare providedinSection 4.6 and 4.7.
SPECIFIERTE:Forprjectswhlthnfentrnpenngsnefeldtest smleisallysufcntAnyhefogtonlragapmybaddedtmdstdfonwvrosidern
2.Tet%（1%ulessthrwispocifiod）fthcfenstratiprodutsfoxirlkagresistanceand watr penetratiresistasspceifdatiousstagesftheprctistllti.Scifiot:fth ttdfstatinproduct fils to ply with the project roquirements consideraticn should be givem to the selectiom and testing of additional fenestration products.
3. Air leakage resistance tcsts shall be conducted at a umiform statictest pressure of Pa psf)Thc maximumallowable rate of air leakage shell not cxcccd _ L/sa*m? ( cfm/f2).
4.Water penetration resistancc tests shallbc conductedata static test pressurc of_Pa (psf).No waterpenetration shall occur as dcfined in Section 4.11 of AAMA 502-02.
1.0SCOPEANDPURPOSE
1.1 These specifications establish the requirements for fieldtest specimcns apparatus sampling tcst procdures andresistance performance and water penetratfion resistancc test reports to be usod in verifying thc air in5ltrationperformance of installd new windows and sliding glasfenestration products is beyoud the scope of this Verifyngtslldingrsisacefoncefduring the construction proccss and prior to finalacceptance by thc owcr.
Ifthis prouresdatefldtestingffstatinprocucts afer pletionand finalacceptance by thcdamsgodcr detrirated ponntsmty benecessary procuct prior to testing. Repair and/or replaccmant ofandshedebythersilecntactr(s）Rfe Section 3.4.1.
1.2 The purpose of thee specifcations is to provide aperformance of fenestration products forair leskage guide which can be used to cvaluate tbe installedrcsistancc andwatr pcnetrationresistanocundercontrollable and reproducible conditions.
1.3 The primary units of mcasure in tbis docuraent are metric.Thc valuesstated inSIunits arc tobregarded sthe standard.The valucs given in parentheses are for reference only.
2.0TESTMETHODS
2.2Test Method A(Flgure 1)
2.1 The feld procedure and tet apparatus shsll meet threquircments of ASTM E 783 and ASTM E 1105.
NOTE:Two festmethods aredescribed belowinclhdingthelimitionsfeahThemetodsdiffernthelcton fthrerndrwhnothe perimerer sealssubrame/receptorsystemand frae corners aresubjocted tothespeciledpresprgbethe defalTestMehdBisperd tobespeifed differential.fnotpecijiedotherwise TesMethod A shal
TstMthodAisatst ffetrat podu wiin the confines of the perimeter of the main frame.TestinstalledntheexteriorofabuildingIfexterior screes specimens shall consist ofthc fncstration produt asarspcifiedthyshallbinplccduring tetingopenings betwecn thc fcncstration prodact and thc adjacant wall construction.The test chamber shall be attached to theinside face of the main fame to creatc a pressurcdifferential scross the feoestration product wihin the confines of thc main framc. (Scc Figurc 1)
Only tc opble lnts sash vots anels） and fxedprcssure for nir loskage resistancc and wter penctration glazingponents shallbe tested umderthespecifedresistance.
NOTE: Nonstrwefura interior trim andrelateditems shallberemoved anecessry to penif vial checks forwater penetration through or around the fenestrarion product exterior parningsubframe and/or receptor system. Specificolly exclarded from (or not measured by)TestMethod A is “wall cavity”air that may be drawn from adjacent constretion throughholesin the fenestrationproduct frame system or arond interior trim andmullion covers.The designprofessional should review the shopdrawings and the test specimens to see thathe fenesrrutiontahenaeqtepshlnliholming product mamrfacthurer and instollation contractor havefasteners interior trim muallion covers self stocking d suzn8foud adayQ and/or framing.
FIGURE1:TEST METHODA
Thc chamber attachmont speciffed fot Test Method A will nottest the fiarme er scals andpcrimctc members undor pressure.Such elements cspccially the bottom corncrs andsills if inproperly scaledmay causc uncontrolled water penetrationThis limitation ofTestMethodA shouldbc clcarlyrepresentative atthetmcthspccifcatinsreprparedSne udertood by tspocifyingathorityarchitct orowesit isnot practicato te these cleens by thismethod th followingptional test(sccFige2A2Band2C）is pemittedto be added to Paragraph 4 of the Short Form Field TestingSpecification.
Optional Sull Dam Test
havc a static watcr head hcight cqual to thc specifioed test Fencstration product sills and subfrarme/receptor systems shallThis shall pemit plugging weep holes or building an cxtrior pressure. (See Figure 2A for calculation of static water head).as defined in Scction 4.11 shall occur. darm to hold water to the required depth. No water penetration
removalofinterior finishes aroundthebotfom ofhefenestration product frame.The cost ossocioted with the removal andrplacement of the interior finishes must beunderstond and assigned prior lo specifing rhis optional waler fest.
