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Field Measurements of the Sound Insulation of Dry-Lined Masonry Party Walls
The results are described of measurements made as part of a survey of sound insulation between modern dwellings. All types of dry-lined walls (brick, dense blockwork lightweight aggregate blockwork and aerated concrete blockwork), of both solid and cavity construction, for which adequate samples are available are considered. The level of performance incorporated as a deemed-to-satisfy specification in the Building Regulations were attained by just under 40 percent of the solid brick walls tested. The proportion was lower for all the other types of wall considered. Performance with solid and cavity construction is compared for walls of brick and lightweight aggregate blockwork; no evidence is found to suggest that cavity construction leads to generally better performance. None of the types of dry-lined wall considered is found to have superficially better performance than the corresponding type of plastered walls, although the size of the difference varies between extremes of large and highly significant for cavity dense blockwork and of negligible for cavity lightweight aggregate blockwork walls. (Copyright (c) British Crown Copyright 1980).
Field Measurements of the Sound Insulation of Dry-Lined Masonry Party Walls
The results are described of measurements made as part of a survey of sound insulation between modern dwellings. All types of dry-lined walls (brick, dense blockwork lightweight aggregate blockwork and aerated concrete blockwork), of both solid and cavity construction, for which adequate samples are available are considered. The level of performance incorporated as a deemed-to-satisfy specification in the Building Regulations were attained by just under 40 percent of the solid brick walls tested. The proportion was lower for all the other types of wall considered. Performance with solid and cavity construction is compared for walls of brick and lightweight aggregate blockwork; no evidence is found to suggest that cavity construction leads to generally better performance. None of the types of dry-lined wall considered is found to have superficially better performance than the corresponding type of plastered walls, although the size of the difference varies between extremes of large and highly significant for cavity dense blockwork and of negligible for cavity lightweight aggregate blockwork walls. (Copyright (c) British Crown Copyright 1980).
Field Measurements of the Sound Insulation of Dry-Lined Masonry Party Walls
E. C. Sewell (author) / R. S. Alphey (author) / J. E. Savage (author) / S. J. Flynn (author)
1980
41 pages
Report
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English