Technical Booklet G Resistance to the Passage of Sound·Page 86·3.110

Cavity wall with timber frame inner leaf - finish and sealing

Specifies two layers of minimum-mass plasterboard as wall finish with all joints sealed with tape or sealant.

The wall finish of the inner leaf of the external wall should be – (a) two layers of plasterboard; (b) each sheet of plasterboard of minimum mass per unit area 10 kg/m2; and (c) all joints should be sealed with tape or caulked with sealant.

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