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Acoustic Regulations - Scotland

Scotland Section 5 CoverDomestic Handbook - Technical booklet Section 5 ‘Noise’ 2007 (Scotland)

How to comply

There are three routes to compliance

1. Specified constructions

Adopting and constructing details specified in Section 5 

2. Performance testing

Performance testing built constructions to show compliance with performance standards shown in table 13.

3. Robust details

The applicability of this scheme is currently under consideration by the Scottish Building Standards Agency.

Table 13: Performance standards for Scotland

airborne sound insulation

Dn T,w dB*

Impact sound insulation

L'n Tw dB

  mean values individual value mean values individual value
Separating walls 53 49 - -
Separating floors and stairs 52 48 61 65

* As defined in BS EN ISO 717-1: 1997

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