Technical Booklet G Resistance to the Passage of Sound·Page 37·2.48

Concrete beam floors with infilling blocks

Beams built into a type 1 separating wall should be avoided unless the infilling blocks fill the space between the beams where they penetrate the wall.

For internal floors of concrete beams with infilling blocks, beams built in to the separating wall should be avoided unless the blocks in the floor fill the space between the beams where they penetrate the wall.

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