The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance has updated a specification establishing the requirements for field test specimens, apparatus, sampling, test procedures and test reports to be used in verifying the air infiltration resistance performance and/or water penetration resistance performance of newly installed fenestration products.
AAMA 503-24,“Voluntary Specification for Field Testing of Newly Installed Storefronts, Curtain Walls and Sloped Glazing Systems,” was last updated in 2014.
In this new edition, the Testing Criteria of Commercial Fenestration Updates Task Group (fgiaonline.org/committees/56) completed a full technical review of the specification. A new section about significance and use was added. Sections addressing sampling, site preparation and responsible parties were expanded. The section on test procedures was also revised, clarifying that air leakage resistance testing under AAMA 503 is optional. Definitions of water penetration were also updated.
For more details, visit FGIAonline.org.
