Verification Method G6/VM1: Airborne and Impact Sound
- Abbreviation
- G6/VM1 (Amd 2)
- Amendment
- 2
- Version
- First Edition, Amendment 2
- Valid from
- 1/12/1995
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
- Information type
- Verification Method,
- Format
- PDF,
Description
Verification Method G6/VM1 provides means of field testing compliance with Building Code Clause G6 Airborne and impact sound.
This clause is about the prevention of undue noise transmission in building elements between occupancies or common spaces in household units.
Under this clause, building elements that are common between occupancies are required to be constructed to prevent undue noise transmission from other occupancies or common spaces in household units.
It requires a Sound Transmission Class for walls, floors and ceilings of no less than 55, and for Impact Insulation Class of floors to be no less than 55.
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Verification Method G6/VM1: Airborne and Impact Sound
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Verification Method G6/VM1: Airborne and Impact Sound
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G6/VM1 (Amd 2) cites ASTM E336-90 Method for measurement of airborne sound insulation in buildings from 1/12/1995
G6/VM1 (Amd 2) cites ASTM E413-87(1999) Classification for rating sound insulation from 1/07/1992
G6/VM1 (Amd 2) cites ASTM E492-90 Test Method of Laboratory Measurement of Impact Sound Transmission Through Floor-Ceiling Assemblies Using the Tapping Machine from 1/12/1995
G6/VM1 (Amd 2) cites ASTM E989 - 89(1999) Standard Classification for determination of impact insulation class (IIC) from 1/12/1995
G6/VM1 (Amd 2) cites ISO 140-7:1978 Acoustics - Measurement of sound insulation in building elements - Field measurements of impact sound insulation of floors from 1/07/1992