Acceptable Solution G6/AS1: Airborne and Impact Sound
- Abbreviation
- G6/AS1 (Amd 2)
- Amendment
- 2
- Version
- First Edition, Amendment 2
- Valid from
- 1/12/1995
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Information type
- Acceptable Solution
- Format
Description
Acceptable Solution G6/AS1 provides a means of compliance with Building Code Clause G6 Airborne and Impact Sound.
Building Code Clause G6 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.