Technical Booklet G Resistance to the Passage of Sound·Page 9·0.1
Protection against sound from other parts of the building and from adjoining buildings
Dwellings and rooms for residential purposes must have adequate provisions in separating walls, separating floors, and stairs with their flanking construction to limit sound passage from other parts of the same building and from adjoining buildings.
It is the view of the Department that the requirements of regulation 49 will be met in a dwelling or room for residential purposes where adequate provisions are made in the design and construction of separating walls, separating floors and stairs that have a separating function, together with their associated flanking construction, to limit the passage of sound – (a) from other parts of the same building; and (b) from adjoining buildings.
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