Soundproofing Solutions to Meet New Part E Building Regulations
Separating Wall / 100mm Brick Wall / 48 RwdB+Ctr
Application
Sound Reduction Performance Airborne: 56 RwdB
Impact: 48 RwdB+Ctr
Part E Acoustic Requirement
New Build 45 RnTw+CtrdB
Refurbishment 43 RnTw+CtrdB
Components and Fixing Data: 100mm Brick Wall
(sand cement rendered and plastered both sides) M20 Wall Panels (bonded to wall)
12.5mm Plasterboard (bonded to M20)
12.5mm Plasterboard (bonded to first plasterboard)
Technical Data:
Mass per Unit Area: 225Kg/mē
Footprint Width: 150mm
Fire Protection: N/A
SOUNDPROOFING UPRATING:
Increasing the thickness of the plasterboard will increase performance by around 3dB
graph data
50
63
80
100 34.9
125 36.8
150 33.4
200 43.4
250 43.8
315 48.2
400 52.7
500 54.7
630 57.1
800 59.3
1000 58.2
1250 60.3
1500 64.2
2000 65.2
2500 67.0
3150 65.9
4000
5000