Select the field test procedure for verifying newly installed residential/light-commercial windows and doors meet air/water performance after installation
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Steps
Use AAMA 502 (FGIA), Voluntary Specification for Field Testing of Newly Installed Fenestration Products, which covers field test specimens, apparatus, sampling, procedures, and reporting for verifying air-infiltration and water-penetration performance of newly installed windows, doors, and skylights
Confirm AAMA 502 is generally applied to residential/multi-family scale fenestration, distinguishing it from AAMA 503's commercial storefront/curtain-wall focus
Reference the shared water-leakage definition used by both AAMA 502 and 503 (uncontrolled water penetration beyond a plane parallel to the glazing, intersecting the innermost projection of the specimen, excluding interior trim/hardware) when writing pass/fail criteria
Confirm the current edition on the FGIA store (fgiaonline.org) — the specification has been revised multiple times (e.g., -02, -08, -12, -21) — before citing a specific year in a project spec
Coordinate the underlying static-pressure water test method cited within AAMA 502 with ASTM E1105 test parameters
Known gotchas
AAMA changed its administering body — publications are now issued and sold through FGIA (Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance); confirm you're pulling the current FGIA-numbered edition rather than an archived legacy AAMA-only PDF
AAMA 502 is a voluntary industry specification, not a building code requirement by itself — it must be explicitly invoked in the project specification or referenced by the applicable code/standard to be enforceable
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