FGIA Updates Water Leakage Field Test Check Guidance of Commercial Fenestration Products

FGIA Updates Water Leakage Field Test Check Guidance of Commercial Fenestration ProductsFGIA Updates Water Leakage Field Test Check Guidance of Commercial Fenestration Products
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Date: 17 July 2025

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) has released an updated version of its widely used water leakage field check specification for non-operable fenestration systems.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) has updated a specification providing a quality assurance and diagnostic field water penetration check for fenestration products. AAMA 501.2-25, Quality Assurance and Diagnostic Water Leakage Field Check of Installed Storefronts, Curtain Walls and Sloped Glazing Systems, an FGIA document, is now available for purchase in the FGIA online store. This document was last updated in 2009.

“The purpose of AAMA 501.2 is to provide a quality assurance and diagnostic field water penetration procedure for fixed fenestration products,” said Dan Johnson (GCI Consultants), a leader of the FGIA Methods of Test for Exterior Walls Update Task Group. “AAMA 501.2 provides a method to check non-operable fenestration products and their installation during construction for water penetration resistance under controllable, reproducible, and appropriate conditions. The revised AAMA 501.2 adds clarity to the fenestration products included and excluded in the field check procedure.”

This field check procedure is intended to evaluate those joints, gaskets and sealant details in the fenestration product which are designed to remain permanently closed and watertight and are not sealed using weatherstrip or weatherseals.

AAMA 501.2-25, as well as other documents available from FGIA, may be purchased from the online store at the discounted member rate of $25 or the non-member price of $70.

For more information about FGIA and its activities, visit FGIAonline.org.

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