Acoustic Regulations - Scotland
Domestic 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
