Technical Booklet G Resistance to the Passage of Sound·Page 104·5.19
Internal wall type D: Aircrete block wall with plaster or plasterboard finish
Specifies construction requirements for aircrete block walls with finish on both sides, including minimum mass per unit area and sealing requirements. Defines limitations on use as loadbearing walls and connections to separating floors.
Aircrete block wall, plaster or plasterboard finish on both sides (see Diagram 5.4) – for plaster finish, minimum mass per unit area, including finish 90 kg/m2; for plasterboard finish, minimum mass per unit area, including finish 75 kg/m2; all joints well sealed; internal wall type D should only be used with the separating walls described in this Technical Booklet where there is no minimum mass requirement on the internal masonry walls (see guidance in Section 2); internal wall type D should not be used as a loadbearing wall connected to a separating floor, or be rigidly connected to the separating floors described in this Technical Booklet (see guidance in Section 3).
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