Technical Booklet G Resistance to the Passage of Sound·Page 8·51
Reverberation in the common internal parts of buildings containing flats or rooms for residential purposes
Common internal parts of buildings with flats or rooms for residential purposes must be designed to limit reverberation to a reasonable level.
Any common internal part of a building that contains a flat or a room for residential purposes shall be designed and constructed in such a way as to limit reverberation around those common parts to a reasonable level.
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