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This spreadsheet contains indicative generic data (mainly historical data) that can be
carry out initial rough calculations for the purposes of BB93.
The descriptions in this spreadsheet for many of the products and constructions are v
and therefore these data are not appropriate for use in submissions to a Building Con
The intention is to update this spreadsheet with up-to-date UKAS laboratory measurem
using average test results in generic categories when these data become available fro
To avoid promotion of specfic products, the spreadsheet will not contain data for non
These can be obtained on request from the manufacturer.
In all but the simplest of projects it is advisable to appoint a suitably qualified acoustic
at an early stage of the project, before the outline design has been decided. Qualified
will have the capability to assess whether the test data are applicable to the in-situ ele
own database of acoustic test data with adequate information on the construction det
For submissions to the Building Control Body that require calculations using absorpt
coefficients or sound reduction indices, these calculations should, where possible, on
taken from UKAS laboratory test reports. These can be obtained on request from the m
storical data) that can be used to
s and constructions are vague

issions to a Building Control Body.
KAS laboratory measurement data

data become available from trade associations.
not contain data for non-generic products.
suitably qualified acoustic consultant

been decided. Qualified acoustic consultants
pplicable to the in-situ element and will have their
n on the construction details.
alculations using absorption

hould, where possible, only refer to data
ned on request from the manufacturer.
SOUND REDUCTION INDICES

MATERIAL
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
SOURCE
FREQUENCY Hz
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
MASONRY
125mm solid breeze or clinker blocks, 12mm plaster
both sides
75mm solid breeze or clinker blocks, unplastered
75mm clinker concrete slabs 12mm plaster both
sides
50mm clinker concrete blocks with 12mm plaster
both sides
100mm hollow cinder concrete blocks, painted
(cement based paint)
100mm hollow cinder concrete blocks, unpainted
110mm concrete bricks
100mm dense blockwork (1900 kg/m3)
150mm dense blockwork (1900 kg/m3)
100mm dense concrete (2300 kg/m3)
100mm reinforced concrete
220mm cellular concrete, plaster one side
90mm hollow clay blocks, plaster one side
90mm terracotta
90mm terracotta, plastered both sides
125mm
75mm
145
85
1, 7
1, 7
100mm
146
76mm
100mm
100mm
110mm
100mm
150mm
100mm
150mm
150mm
200mm
300mm
100mm
220mm
90mm
90mm
114mm
20
12
27
17
33
18
40
20
50
24
57
30
56
38
26
33
40
50
57
58
96
30
35
30
40
46
51
75
75
110
190
285
230
345
345
460
690
230
220
75
1, 7
1, 7
10
4
4
11
4
12
4
4
4
8
8
13
13
30
27
32
28
31
37
29
40
42
40
38
22
30
26
32
34
32
30
30
36
39
39
43
46
45
38
34
33
26
30
40
37
32
41
43
45
45
48
50
52
41
43
32
30
33
50
40
38
47
49
52
52
55
57
59
48
51
33
35
40
50
41
45
53
55
58
60
59
60
63
57
56
37
40
49
52
45
49
56
59
62
70
63
65
67
65
58
41
41
54
22
22
59
43
53
48
MATERIAL
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
SOURCE
30
32
32
35
32
34
40
33
37
49
41
45
49
49
52
43
57
57
28
36
36
41
44
35
37
34
37
37
45
43
38
39
45
40
40
48
49
43
46
53
46
46
56
57
49
53
55
54
54
65
66
54
57
52
56
57
69
70
58
61
33
39
50
55
56
60
78
37
35
39
47
49
41
240mm
241mm
170
170
9
9
33
35
35
38
45
47
55
53
56
57
47
57
Two leaves of 102.5mm brickwork, 50mm cavity,rigid

wall ties
255mm
430
37
42
52
60
63
68
Two leaves of 102.5mm brickwork, 50mm cavity,rigid

wall ties, plastered both sides
280mm
480
41
45
48
56
58
60
Two leaves of 280mm brick, 56mm cavity, strip ties,

outer faces 12mm plaster on both sides
300mm
380
34
34
40
56
73
76
200mm glass bricks

100mm lightweight blockwork, fair faced
100mm lightweight blockwork, plaster both sides
100mm lightweight blockwork, with plasterboard on
dabs both sides
Single leaf blockwork fair faced
Single leaf blockwork plaster both sides
200mm lightweight blockwork, fair faced
200mm lightweight blockwork, plaster both sides
200mm lightweight blockwork, with plasterboard on
dabs both sides
100mm aircrete blocks with 9.5mm plasterboard on
dabs on both sides
215mm aircrete blocks with 12.5mm plasterboard on
dabs both sides
215mm aircrete blocks with 13mm plaster both sides
200mm
100mm
125mm
510
125
125
1, 7
3
3
125mm
102.5mm
127.5mm
240mm
352.5mm
200mm
225mm
125
125
240
480
720
240
240
3
3
1, 7
1, 7
1, 3, 7
3
3
230mm
240
119mm
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

25
30
34
36
27
27
45
59
72
72
CAVITY MASONRY WALLS

Note. Depending upon the laboratory boundary
conditions, tests on masonry cavity walls can be
significantly different to the in-situ performance
28
78
MATERIAL
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
SOURCE
Two leaves of 280mm brick, 56mm cavity, metal ties,

plaster on both sides
300mm
380
Two leaves of 75mm hollow blocks and 50mm

cavity, plaster on both sides
200mm
136
Two leaves of 280mm brick, 56mm cavity, no ties,

outer faces plastered 12mm
300mm
Two leaves of 75mm clinker concrete slabs, 50mm

cavity, outer faces plastered
Two leaves of 100mm dense concrete blocks, 50mm
cavity, wall ties, 13mm plaster on both sides
Two leaves of 100mm aircrete blocks, 75mm cavity,
butterfly ties, 13mm plaster both sides
Two leaves of 100mm aircrete blocks, 75mm cavity,
butterfly ties, 12.5mm plasterboard on dabs both
sides
Triple leaf cavity wall, brickwork 112/215/112mm
with 50mm cavities between leaves
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
27
27
43
55
66
77
85
38
48
52
57
68
78
420
39
48
58
57
77
86
200mm
195
41
44
46
52
61
69
276mm
195
35
41
49
58
67
75
301mm
166
30
41
44
50
63
69
76
320mm
166
33
41
46
51
66
69
67
539mm
935
53
56
62
69
78
84
6mm
0.9mm
1.2mm
1.2mm
19mm
25mm
50mm
50mm
100mm
12mm
9mm
25mm
50
7
10
39
11
19
75
28
50
4
9.5
14
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
27
8
13
30
17
0
23
26
28
12
15
21
35
14
20
20
18
2
27
28
28
16
19
17
41
20
24
22
25
6
30
30
32
20
25
22
39
26
29
30
30
6
32
32
34
24
28
24
39
32
33
28
26
8
36
33
33
30
31
30
46
38
39
31
32
8
39
36
36
31
SINGLE SHEET MATERIALS

6mm steel plate
20g galvanised sheet steel
18g galvanised sheet steel
18g fluted steel panels stiffened at edges, joints
sealed
19mm chipboard sheets on wood framework
25mm woodwool slabs unplastered
25mm woodwool slabs plastered (12mm on each
face)
50mm woodwool screeded to source side
100mm woodwool screeded to source side
12mm fibreboard on wood frame
9mm plasterboard on wood frame 400mm
25mm t & g timber boards, joints sealed
36
85
MATERIAL
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
SOURCE
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
50mm
9mm
18mm
25mm
25
5
10
22
8
8
8
8
19
7
24
24
23
13
22
29
25
19
27
31
30
25
28
32
37
19
25
30
42
22
27
35
9.5mm plasterboard on 50 x 100 studs at 400

centres
120mm
49
38
34
41
46
50
54
12.5mm plasterboard on 50 x 100 studs at 400

centres
145mm
51
25
32
34
47
39
50
165mm
100mm
73
3
4
25
15
37
24
42
32
49
43
46
43
59
38
100mm
17
29
42
50
50
41
147mm
20
35
45
53
51
48
147mm
24
36
51
56
59
52
32
41
47
49
53
58
32
48
61
69
61
58
21
18
22
24
30
33
Mahogany panels
9mm plywood on frame
18mm plywood
Two layers of 13mm plasterboard
STUD PARTITIONS
Plasterboard 12.5mm on 50 x 100 studs at 400

centres with 25mm mineral wool between studs
75mm metal studs 12.7mm plasterboard each side
75mm metal studs 12.7mm plasterboard each side
with 25mm glass wool in cavity
122mm metal studs, two layers of 12.7mm
plasterboard each side
122mm metal studs, two layers of 12.7mm
plasterboard each side with 25mm glass wool in
cavity
146mm metal studs at 600 centres, two layers of
12.7mm plasterboard each side
178mm staggered stud partition, one layer of 15mm
plasterboard each side with 50mm glass wool in
cavity
200mm
43
308mm
FLOORS
21mm t & g timber boards, wood joists joints sealed
21mm
13
MATERIAL
100mm concrete slab
200mm concrete slab
300mm concrete slab
50mm screed on 13mm glass wool on 125mm
reinforced concrete
65mm screed on 13mm glass wool on 125mm
concrete slab
125mm reinforced concrete topped with 50mm
screed
130mm concrete and 25mm screed and plaster soffit
131mm concrete and 25mm screed and plaster soffit
200mm reinforced concrete topped with 50mm
screed
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
SOURCE
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
100mm
200mm
300mm
250
460
690
3
3
3
37
42
40
36
41
45
45
50
52
52
57
59
59
60
63
62
65
67
188mm
420
38
43
48
54
60
64
200mm
420
38
43
48
54
61
175mm
171mm
172mm
4
8
8
35
37
38
37
38
39
42
43
44
49
51
52
58
60
61
63
64
65
250mm
38
45
47
52
60
64
36
38
39
47
54
55
8
8
8
14
3
4
1
1
4
4
4
8
20
17
25
23
22
24
18
22
26
26
28
24
24
24
28
26
24
26
25
26
29
27
31
27
28
30
31
31
30
32
31
31
34
34
35
27
29
28
34
33
36
37
32
30
39
35
40
27
26
24
30
26
33
40
28
32
40
36
38
29
30
28
37
33
38
37
36
39
39
44
44
41
150mm concrete and hollow tile and wood floor on

50 x 50 battens and plaster soffit
SINGLE GLAZED WINDOWS

6mm glass in unsealed openable frames, tightly
closed
6mm glass in sealed frame
6mm glass in heavy frame
6mm glass set in gaskets in wooden frame
6.4mm laminated glass
7mm acoustic laminate glass
10mm glass
12mm glazing in sealed frame
6mm
6mm
6mm
6mm
6.4mm
7mm
8mm
9mm
9mm
10mm
11mm
12mm
15
15
15
15
15
15
20
22.5
26
26
26
30
MATERIAL
12mm glass
19mm glass
25mm single glass in heavy frame
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
12mm
13mm
16mm
16mm
19mm
25mm
30
30
40
40
40
62.5
SOURCE
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
3
4
1
4
4
1
26
30
25
29
28
27
30
32
28
31
32
31
35
37
33
38
37
30
34
41
30
40
37
33
39
39
38
39
46
43
47
46
45
50
54
48
3
4
3
8
8
3
8
3
3
3, 4
3, 4
4
3
4
3, 4
8
8
5
8
8
3
22
24
25
38
23
27
30
15
10
20
26
26
26
26
29
25
25
28
30
33
37
17
20
22
35
37
33
35
23
16
19
27
28
34
34
35
28
29
35
35
39
41
24
25
33
41
41
39
43
34
27
29
34
38
40
44
45
50
34
45
41
42
48
37
35
41
54
34
42
46
32
25
38
40
47
42
56
56
51
41
47
48
48
54
41
38
44
48
39
46
47
28
27
36
38
43
40
53
52
45
45
48
50
50
47
38
35
44
38
35
44
39
32
27
45
46
51
50
52
50
42
53
54
56
57
47
DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS

4/12/4 sealed units
4/12/4 double glazing
4/12/12 sealed units
4/150/4 with absorbent reveal
4/180/6 absorbant reveals, tightly closed
4/200/4
4/200/4 sealed frame, absorbent reveals
4/200/4 opposite sliders open 25mm
4/200/4 opposite sliders open 100mm
6/12/6 sealed units
6/12/10 sealed units
6/12/11 acoustic laminate
6/150/4
6/150/4 unsealed openable frame, absorbent reveal
6/50/6
6/100/6 sound absorptive reveals
6/188/6
6/188/6 cavity with absorptive reveals
6/200/6
20mm
20mm
28mm
158mm
190mm
208mm
208mm
208mm
208mm
24mm
28mm
29mm
38mm
110mm
160mm
160mm
62mm
112mm
200mm
200mm
212mm
20
25
34
34
34
34
MATERIAL
6/200/6 sealed frame, cavity with absorbent reveals
6.4 lam/12/10
6/200/9 cavity with absorbent reveals
9/340/9 sealed frame, absorbent reveals
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
212mm
28.4mm
215mm
210mm
358mm
38mm
38mm
30
43mm
SOURCE
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
8
3, 4
8
4
8
4
4
38
27
36
35
38
30
28
41
29
45
46
43
33
34
49
36
58
46
49
42
44
56
41
59
46
53
41
52
49
42
55
56
63
42
47
40
52
66
65
63
56
55
4
15
12
12
13
11
14
14
16
17
18
16
24
16
24
16
5
13
19
15
22
17
26
22
24
21
23
21
20
24
22
25
29
25
26
28
24
25
29
30
27
30
34
4
17
17
21
21
24
26
27
29
37
31
39
34
38
4
3
15
21
29
27
25
32
29
34
34
36
38
36
13
15
16
17
18
20
34
37
38
38
41
42
42
DOORS
Flush panel, hollow core, normal gaps at edges
Plywood door, hollow core, no gaskets
Plywood door, hollow core, with gaskets on top and
sides
Solid core wood door, no seals around perimeter
Solid core wood door with foam tape seals around
perimeter
Solid core wood door with magnetic seals around
perimeter
Solid-core door, 40mm with perimeter and threshold
seals
40mm
Solid core door with drop seals and gaskets

Single leaf acoustic doorset with perimeter and
threshold seals
Steel door with good seals
Hollow-core steel door, 18g steel faces; no seals
around perimeter
Steel acoustic doorset with perimeter and threshold
seals
50mm
26
MATERIAL
Acoustic door, double heavy sheet steel skin,
absorbent in airspace, acoustic metal doorset and
double seals in heavy steel frame
50mm solid wood, normal hanging
REFERENCES
Airborne Sound Insulation of Partitions, HMSO, 1966
Engineering Noise Control, Bies and Hanson
Acoustics in the Built Environment, Duncan
Templeton, Butterworth Architecture, 1993
Arup 2000
NRCC, Noise Control in Buildings, Cyril M.Harris
Guide to Acoustic Practice, BBC Engineering,
Architectural and Civil Engineering Dept, 2nd edition,
1990, ISBN 0 563 36079 8, BBC Broadcasting
House, London, W1A 1AA.
Woods
Original figures from Building Bulletin 51 published in
1976
THICKNESS WEIGHT
mm
kg/m2
100mm
50mm
SOURCE
8
8
Source
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
35
15
39
20
44
22
49
16
54
24
57
24
Rw
44
25
44
38
45
40
38
44
47
50
48
53
55
56
47
44
35
35
39
Rw
45
40
43
46
45
45
54
54
48
50
51
45
48
50
54
54
45
Rw
51
56
58
52
52
55
57
67
40
24
29
27
27
7
33
32
34
24
28
25
Rw
30
21
27
32
45
39
44
34
39
44
46
49
56
26
Rw
49
54
56
53
53
47
48
49
52
46
28
27
32
31
33
36
31
32
38
35
38
28
Rw
37
39
34
39
40
35
29
31
36
45
38
42
45
31
26
32
37
40
41
45
47
42
39
45
46
47
49
Rw
50
39
55
49
53
42
45
17
16
21
25
27
30
29
34
30
34
18
40
Rw
48
21
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS
MATERIAL
THICKNESS
SOURCE
63
125
250
FREQUENCY Hz
500
1000
2000
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.05
0.10
0.02
0.01
0.05
0.08
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.05
0.20
0.03
0.01
0.04
0.09
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.05
0.40
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.12
0.03
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.08
0.60
0.04
0.02
0.04
0.16
0.04
0.02
0.02
0.04
0.02
0.02
0.14
0.50
0.05
0.02
0.05
0.22
0.05
0.02
0.02
0.07
0.05
0.02
0.2
0.60
0.07
0.02
0.05
0.24
0.05
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.20
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.01
0.45
0.05
0.03
0.04
0.01
0.60
0.06
0.02
0.05
0.02
0.40
0.08
0.03
0.07
0.02
0.45
0.04
0.04
0.08
0.02
0.40
0.06
0.05
4000
8000
MASONRY WALLS
Rough concrete
Smooth unpainted concrete
Smooth concrete, painted or glazed
Porous concrete blocks (no surface finish)
Clinker concrete (no surface finish)
Smooth brickwork with flush pointing
Smooth brickwork with flush pointing, painted
Standard brickwork
Brickwork, 10mm flush pointing
Lime cement plaster on masonry wall
Glaze plaster on masonry wall
Painted plaster surface on masonry wall
5
5
5
1
19
5
4
20
1
19
19
19
Plaster on masonry wall with wall paper on

backing paper
Ceramic tiles with smooth surface
Breeze block
Plaster on solid wall
Plaster, lime or gypsum on solid backing
19
19
20
20
18
0.05
0.10
0.04
STUDWORK AND LIGHTWEIGHT WALLS

Plasterboard on battens, 18mm airspace with
glass wool
Plasterboard on frame, 100mm airspace
18
18
0.30
0.30
0.20
0.12
0.15
0.08
0.05
0.06
0.05
0.06
0.05
0.05
Plasterboard on frame, 100mm airspace with

glass wool
Plasterboard on 50mm battens
Plasterboard on 25mm battens
18
18
18
0.08
0.29
0.31
0.11
0.10
0.33
0.05
0.05
0.14
0.03
0.04
0.10
0.02
0.07
0.10
0.03
0.09
0.12
13mm
18
18
9
0.15
0.15
0.08
0.10
0.00
0.11
0.06
0.07
0.05
0.04
0.00
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.02
0.05
0.05
0.03
Plasterboard on frame, 100mm cavity with

mineral wool
13mm
0.30
0.12
0.08
0.06
0.06
0.05
2 x 13mm plasterboard on steel frame, 50mm

mineral wool in cavity, surface painted
26mm
0.15
0.01
0.06
0.04
0.04
0.05
2 x plasterboard on frame, 50mm airspace with

mineral wool
Plasterboard on cellular core partition
Plasterboard on frame 100mm cavity
2 x 13mm
0.05
0.40
0.05
GLASS AND GLAZING

4mm glass
6mm glass
Double glazing, 2-3mm glass, 10mm air gap
4mm
6mm
21
21
18
0.30
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.06
0.05
0.10
0.04
0.03
0.07
0.03
0.03
0.05
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.5
0.40
0.25
0.28
0.3
0.35
0.05
0.08
0.1
0.20
0.04
0.07
0.05
0.15
0.03
0.07
0.05
0.05
0.03
0.09
0.05
0.05
0.02
0.09
0.14
0.05
0.10
0.10
0.05
0.08
18
0.10
0.05
0.08
0.05
WOOD AND WOOD PANELLING

3-4mm plywood, 75mm cavity containing
mineral wool
5mm plywood on battens, 50mm airspace filled
with
glass
wool over 50mm airgap
12mm
plywood
12mm plywood over 150mm airgap
12mm plywood over 200mm airgap containing
50mm mineral wool
1
18
1
1
1
Plywood mounted solidly

12mm plywood in framework with 30mm
airspace behind
12mm
18
0.35
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.05
12mm plywood in framework with 30mm

airspace containing glass wool
12mm
18
0.40
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.05
18
0.30
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.05
Plywood, hardwood panels over 25mm airspace

on solid backing
Plywood, hardwood panels over 25mm airspace
on solid backing with absorbent material in air
space
12mm wood panelling on 25mm battens
12mm
18
18
0.40
0.31
0.25
0.33
0.15
0.14
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.05
0.12
Timber boards, 100mm wide, 10mm gaps,

500mm airspace with mineral wool
22mm
18
0.05
0.25
0.60
0.15
0.05
0.10
t & g board on frame, 50mm airspace with

mineral wool
16mm
18
0.25
0.15
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.07
16-22mm t&g wood on 50mm cavity filled with

mineral wool
0.25
0.15
0.1
0.09
0.08
0.07
Cedar, slotted and profiled on battens mineral

wool in airspace
Wood boards on on joists or battens
22
18
0.20
0.15
0.62
0.20
0.98
0.10
0.62
0.10
0.21
0.10
0.15
0.10
20mm dense veneered chipboard over 100mm

airgap
0.03
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.02

airgap
0.06
0.10
0.08
0.09
0.07
0.04
1
5
0.12
0.3
0.10
0.2
0.08
0.2
0.07
0.1
0.10
0.05
0.08
0.05
5
18
0.12
0.18
0.04
0.34
0.06
0.42
0.05
0.59
0.05
0.83
0.05
0.68

airgap containing 50mm mineral wool
6mm wood fibre board, cavity > 100mm, empty
22mm chipboard, 50mm cavity filled with
mineral wool
Acoustic timber wall panelling
Hardwood, mahogany
Chipboard on 16mm battens
20mm
18
18
0.19
0.20
0.23
0.25
0.25
0.20
0.30
0.20
0.37
0.15
0.42
0.20
Chipboard on frame, 50mm airspace with

mineral wool
22mm
18
0.12
0.04
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.05
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
0.09
0.18
0.12
0.17
0.30
0.43
0.11
0.27
0.28
0.46
0.20
0.37
0.53
0.30
0.43
0.65
0.15
0.35
0.22
0.56
0.28
0.45
0.69
0.86
0.32
0.54
0.79
1.00
0.55
0.85
0.92
0.80
0.97
1.00
0.60
0.95
0.54
0.96
0.55
0.80
0.94
1.00
0.56
0.94
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.90
0.98
0.76
1.00
0.71
0.89
1.00
1.00
0.77
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.90
0.92
0.88
1.00
0.74
0.97
1.00
1.00
0.89
0.96
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.90
0.90
0.93
1.00
0.83
0.94
1.00
1.00
0.91
0.96
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.85
0.85
17
17
17
0.11
0.34
0.10
0.60
0.95
0.40
0.96
0.98
0.80
0.94
0.82
0.90
0.92
0.87
0.90
0.82
0.86
0.90
0.40
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.15
0.40
0.10
0.30
0.10
0.20
0.10
0.25
0.20
0.05
0.10
0.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.40
0.80
0.35
0.55
0.35
0.50
0.25
0.50
0.40
0.15
0.25
0.90
0.70
0.80
0.80
0.75
0.95
0.50
0.80
0.55
0.70
0.55
0.85
0.65
0.40
0.55
0.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.85
0.95
0.55
0.85
0.65
0.80
0.70
0.95
0.55
0.35
0.20
0.90
0.90
0.95
0.90
0.80
0.80
0.70
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.80
0.90
0.70
0.20
0.10
0.85
0.80
0.90
0.80
0.85
0.85
0.70
0.80
0.80
0.80
0.85
0.90
0.70
0.20
0.15
MINERAL WOOL AND FOAMS

Melamine based foam 25mm
Melamine based foam 50mm
Glass wool 25mm 16 kg/m3
Glass wool 50mm, 16 kg/m3
Rock wool 50mm, 33 kg/m3 direct to masonry
Rock wool 30mm, 200 kg/m3 over 300mm air
gap
17
Glass wool or mineral wool on solid backing
25mm
Glass wool or mineral wool on solid backing
50mm
Glass wool or mineral wool over air space on solid backing
25mm
Fibreglass super fine mat
50mm
Fibreglass scrim-covered sewn sheet
40mm
Fibreglass bitumen bonded mat
25mm
Fibreglass bitumen bonded mat
50mm
Fibreglass resin-bonded mat
25mm
Fibreglass resin-bonded mat
50mm
Fibreglass resin-bonded board
25mm
Flexible polyurethane foam 50mm
Rigid polyurethane foam 50mm
12mm expanded polystyrene on 45mm battens
25mm expanded polystyrene on 50mm battens
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
WALL TREATMENTS & CONSTRUCTIONS

Cork tiles 25mm on solid backing
Cork board, 25mm on solid backing
Cork board, 25mm, 2.9kg/m2, on battens
Glass blocks or glazed tiles as wall finish
Muslin covered cotton felt
Pin up boarding- medium hardboard on solid
backing
Fibreboard on solid backing
25mm thick hair felt, covered by scrim cloth on
solid backing
Fibreboard on solid backing
Fibreboard on solid backing - painted
Fibreboard over airspace on solid wall
Fibreboard over airspace on solid wall - painted
Plaster on lath, deep air space
Plaster decorative panels, walls
Acoustic plaster to solid backing
9mm acoustic plaster to solid backing
9mm acoustic plaster on plasterboard, 75mm
airspace
12.5mm acoustic plaster on plaster backing
over 75mm air space
25mm
18
18
18
18
18
12mm
18
20
25mm
25mm
25mm
soft 12mm
12mm
25mm
9mm
0.05
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
9mm
0.10
0.05
0.40
0.00
0.45
0.20
0.17
0.65
0.01
0.70
0.55
0.52
0.35
0.00
0.85
0.60
0.50
0.35
0.01
0.95
0.55
0.52
0.30
0.01
0.85
0.05
0.05
0.00
0.10
0.10
0.15
0.00
0.25
0.10
0.30
0.10
0.30
0.10
0.05
0.05
0.30
0.30
0.20
0.20
0.03
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.08
0.70
0.15
0.10
0.30
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.50
0.30
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.05
0.08
0.80
0.60
0.80
0.30
0.15
0.30
0.10
0.05
0.04
0.85
0.80
0.80
0.30
0.15
0.30
0.10
0.05
0.02
0.80
0.90
0.30
0.30
0.60
0.8
0.75
0.75
0.35
0.35
0.40
0.55
0.70
0.70
Woodwool slabs, unplastered on solid backing

25mm
50mm
75mm
18
18
18
0.10
0.10
0.20
0.00
0.20
0.00
0.40
0.45
0.80
0.00
0.80
0.00
0.60
0.60
0.80
0.60
0.75
0.80
Woodwool slabs, unplastered over 20mm

airspace on solid backing
25mm
18
0.15
0.00
0.60
0.00
0.60
0.70
10mm
18
20
0.30
0.05
0.20
0.15
0.15
0.35
0.05
0.40
0.05
0.50
0.05
0.50
Plasterboard backed with 25mm thick bitumenbonded fibreglass on 50mm battens

Curtains hung in folds against soild wall
12.5mm
0.05
0.03
0.15
0.01
0.15
0.05
Cotton Curtains (0.5kg/m2),draped to 75% area

approx. 130mm from wall
0.30
0.45
0.65
0.56
0.59
0.71
Lightweight curtains (0.2 kg/m2) hung 90mm

from wall
12
0.05
0.06
0.39
0.63
0.70
0.73
Curtains of close-woven glass mat hung 50mm

from wall
0.03
0.03
0.15
0.40
0.50
0.50
Curtains, medium velour, 50% gather, over soild

backing
18
0.05
0.25
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.50
Curtains (medium fabrics) hung straight and

close to wall
Curtains in folds against wall
18
18
0.05
0.05
0.00
0.15
0.25
0.35
0.00
0.40
0.30
0.50
0.40
0.50
0.25
0.40
Curtains ( medium fabrics ) double widths in

folds spaced away from wall
18
0.10
0.00
0.40
0.00
0.50
0.60
Acoustic banner, 0.5 kg/m2 wool serge, 100mm

from wall
18
0.11
0.40
0.70
0.74
0.88
0.89
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.02
13
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.07
0.08
0.08
13
6
6
5
7
0.27
0.15
0.04
0.20
0.02
0.26
0.11
0.04
0.15
0.02
0.52
0.10
0.07
0.10
0.03
0.43
0.07
0.06
0.10
0.04
0.51
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.58
0.07
0.07
0.10
0.05
FLOORS
Smooth marble or terrazzo slabs
Raised computer floor, steel-faced 45mm
chipboard 800mm above concrete floor, no
carpet
Raised computer floor, steel-faced 45mm
chipboard 800mm above concrete floor, officegrade carpet tiles
Wooden floor on joists
Parquet fixed in asphalt, on concrete
Parquet on counterfloor
Linoleum or vinyl stuck to concrete
Layer of rubber, cork, linoleum + underlay, or
vinyl+underlay stuck to concrete
5mm needle-felt stuck to concrete
5mm
7
1
0.02
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.04
0.05
0.05
0.15
0.05
0.30
0.10
0.40
6mm pile carpet bonded to closed-cell foam

underlay
6mm
0.03
0.09
0.25
0.31
0.33
0.44
6mm
9mm
8
8
20
20
0.03
0.08
0.05
0.05
0.09
0.08
0.05
0.05
0.20
0.30
0.05
0.10
0.54
0.60
0.05
0.20
0.70
0.75
0.05
0.45
0.72
0.80
0.05
0.65
0.50
0.15
0.05
0.10
0.20
0.03
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.25
0.05
0.15
0.25
0.05
0.00
0.05
0.05
0.30
0.50
0.10
0.25
0.30
0.05
0.02
0.15
0.05
0.50
0.60
0.10
0.30
0.30
0.25
0.00
0.25
0.10
0.65
0.70
0.05
0.30
0.30
0.35
0.05
0.25
0.05
0.70
0.70
0.05
0.30
0.30
0.50
0.05
0.00
0.00
18
18
18
0.02
0.03
0.13
0.04
0.00
0.09
0.05
0.03
0.08
0.05
0.00
0.09
0.10
0.05
0.11
0.05
0.05
0.11
18
0.30
0.25
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.07
6mm pile carpet bonded to open-cell foam

underlay
9mm pile carpet, tufted on felt underlay
Composition flooring
Haircord carpet on felt underlay
Medium pile carpet on sponge rubber underlay
Thick pile carpet on sponge rubber underlay
Rubber floor tiles
Carpet, thin, over thin felt on concrete
Carpet, thin, over thin felt on wood floor
Carpet, needlepunch
Stone floor, plain or tooled or granolithic finish
Corkfloor tiles
Sheet rubber ( hard )
Woodblock/linoleum/rubber/cork tiles (thin) on
solid floor (or wall)
Floor tiles, plastic or linoleum
Steel decking
6mm
10mm
15mm
6mm
5mm
14mm
6mm
20
20
20
18
18
18
18
18
18
0.05
0.05
0.50
0.05
0.05
PANELS AND DOORS

Wood hollowcore door
0.05
0.65
0.65
0.65
0.05
Solid timber door
0.14
0.10
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.10
0.35
0.39
0.44
0.49
0.54
0.57
18
18
18
0.42
0.06
0.45
0.72
0.40
0.70
0.83
0.75
0.80
0.88
0.95
0.80
0.89
0.96
0.65
0.80
0.83
0.45
Acoustic door, steel frame, double seals,

absorbant in airspace,
Double sheet steel skin.
CEILINGS
Mineral wool tiles, 180mm airspace
Mineral wool tiles, glued/screwed to soffit
Gypsum plaster tiles, 17% perforated, 22mm
mineral
wool backing
Metal
ceiling,
32.5% perforated, backed by
30mm rockwool
18
0.12
0.45
0.87
0.98
1.00
1.00
Perforated underside of structural steel decking

(typical, depends on perforations)
14
0.30
0.70
0.85
0.90
0.70
0.65
12% perforated plaster tiles, absorbent felt

glued to back, 200mm ceiling void
15
0.45
0.70
0.88
0.52
0.42
0.35
100mm woodwool slabs on 25mm cavity, prescreeded surface facing cavity
16
0.50
0.75
0.85
0.65
0.70
0.70
50mm woodwool slabs on 25mm cavity, prescreeded surface facing cavity
16
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.85
0.50
0.65
100mm woodwool fixed directly to concrete,

pre-screeded surface facing backing
16
0.25
0.80
0.85
0.65
0.70
0.75
75mm woodwool fixed directly to concrete, prescreeded surface facing backing
16
0.15
0.40
0.95
0.60
0.70
0.60
Plasterboard 10mm thick backed with 25mm

thick bitumen
10mm
18
0.30
0.20
0.15
0.05
0.05
0.05
Plasterboard 10mm thick, perforated 8mm

diameter holes 2755m2 14% open area backed
with 25mm thick bitumenbonded fibreglass on
90mm battens
10mm
18
0.25
0.70
0.85
0.55
0.40
0.30
Plywood, 5mm, on battens 50mm airspace filled

with glass wool
5mm
18
0.40
0.35
0.20
0.15
0.05
0.05
Plywood, 12mm, with 30mm thick fibreglass

backing between 30mm battens
18
0.40
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.10
0.05
Plywood 12mm thick perforated 5mm diameter

holes 6200 m2 11% open area with 60mm deep
air space behind
18
0.20
0.35
0.55
0.30
0.25
0.30
Plywood 12mm thick perforated 5mm diameter

holes 6200 m2 11% open area backed with
60mm thick fibreglass between mounting
battens
18
0.40
0.90
0.80
0.50
0.40
0.30
Hardboard, 25% perforated over 50mm mineral

wool
18
0.27
0.87
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.96
0.8mm unperforated metal panels backed with

25mm thick resin bonded fibreglass, mounted
on 22mm diameter pipes 135mm from wall.
0.8mm
18
0.50
0.35
0.15
0.05
0.05
0.00
0.8mm perforated metal tiles 2mm diameter

holes 29440/m2. 13% open area backed with
25mm thick resin-bonded fibreglass slab. No
airspace.
0.8mm
18
0.10
0.30
0.60
0.75
0.80
0.80
50mm mineral wool ( 96 kg/m3 ) behind 25%

open area perforated steel.
50mm
18
0.20
0.35
0.65
0.85
0.90
0.80
18mm
18
0.10
0.36
0.74
0.91
0.61
0.50
0.20
0.22
0.18
0.15
0.15
0.16
Wood panels, 18mm alternate 15mm slot &

35mm
25mm wooden
rockwoolslat
backing, 32mm airspace
behind
Plaster decorative panels, ceilings
AUDIENCE AND SEATING

Children, standing (per child) in m2 units
18
0.12
0.22
0.37
0.40
0.42
0.37
Children, seated in plastic or metal chairs (per

child) in m2 units
Students seated in tablet arm chairs
Adults per person seated
Adults per person standing
18
18
18
18
0.28
0.30
0.33
0.15
0.00
0.41
0.40
0.38
0.33
0.49
0.44
0.42
0.00
0.84
0.45
0.43
0.37
0.87
0.45
0.45
0.37
0.84
0.45
0.45
Empty plastic or metal chairs (per chair) in m2

units
Seats, leather covers, per m2
Cloth-upholstered seats, per m2
Floor and cloth-upholstered seats, per m2
Adults in plastic and metal chairs in m2 units
18
18
18
18
18
0.07
0.40
0.44
0.49
0.30
0.00
0.50
0.60
0.66
0.00
0.14
0.58
0.77
0.80
0.40
0.00
0.61
0.89
0.88
0.00
0.14
0.58
0.82
0.82
0.43
0.14
0.50
0.70
0.70
0.40
Adults in wooden or padded chairs or seats (per

item) in m2
Adults on timber seats, 1 per m2 per item
Adults on timber seats, 2 per m2 per item
18
10
10
0.16
0.16
0.24
0.00
0.24
0.40
0.40
0.56
0.78
0.00
0.69
0.98
0.44
0.81
0.96
0.40
0.78
0.87
Upholstered tip-up theatre seats, empty
18
18
18
18
4
0.08
0.07
0.32
0.12
0.33
0.00
0.12
0.62
0.00
0.51
0.15
0.26
0.74
0.28
0.64
0.00
0.42
0.76
0.00
0.71
0.18
0.50
0.81
0.32
0.77
0.20
0.55
0.90
0.37
0.81
Areas with audience, orchestra, or seats,

including narrow aisles
Auditorium seat, unoccupied
Auditorium seat, occupied
5
18
18
0.60
0.13
0.37
0.74
0.33
0.48
0.88
0.59
0.68
0.96
0.58
0.73
0.93
0.61
0.77
0.85
0.62
0.74
Orchestra with instruments on podium, 1.5 m2

per person
0.27
0.53
0.67
0.93
0.87
0.80
Wooden or padded chairs or seats (per item) in

m2
Seating, slighty upholstered, unoccupied
Seating, slighty upholstered, occupied
Fully upholstered seats (per item) in m2
Orchestral player with instrument (average) per

person
18
0.37
0.80
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Prosenium opening with average stage set per

m2 of opening
Wood platform with large space beneath
Adult office furniture per desk
18
18
18
0.20
0.40
0.50
0.00
0.30
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.45
0.00
0.17
0.45
0.40
0.15
0.60
0.50
0.10
0.70
4
1
0.01
0.60
0.01
0.60
0.01
0.60
0.01
0.60
0.02
0.60
0.02
0.60
OTHER
Water surface, ie swimming pool
Ventilation grille per m2
REFERENCES
Danish Buildings Research Institute (derived
from other sources - ODEON)
British Gypsum laboratory data
Mandoval proprietary data
Hille Auditorium Seating Ltd (laboratory test
data)
Bobran, H.W., "Handbuch der Bauphysik"
Verlag Ilstein Berlin 1973 (Odeon)
Ingerslev, Copenhagen 1949 (Odeon)
Petersen, J, Rumakustik, 1983 (Odeon)
Parkin & Humphries 1979 (Odeon)
Fasold & Winkler, Berlin 1976 (Odeon)
Meyer, Kunstmann & Kuttruff, Akustica 14 119124, 1962 (Odeon)
Beranek "Music acoustics & Architecture" 1962
(Odeon)
Ingerlev & Petersen, 1953 (Odeon)
Hewetson floors Ltd lab data
Plannja data
Gyproc
Lab data for A40Torvale Building Products
Rockwool
Original figures from Building Bulletin 51
published in 1976
Odeon
Woods
Lord & Templeton
Moore
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KAS laboratory measurement data

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alculations using absorption

SOUND REDUCTION INDICES

Two leaves of 102.5mm brickwork, 50mm cavity,rigid

Two leaves of 102.5mm brickwork, 50mm cavity,rigid

Two leaves of 280mm brick, 56mm cavity, strip ties,

200mm glass bricks

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

CAVITY MASONRY WALLS

Two leaves of 280mm brick, 56mm cavity, metal ties,

Two leaves of 75mm hollow blocks and 50mm

Two leaves of 280mm brick, 56mm cavity, no ties,

Two leaves of 75mm clinker concrete slabs, 50mm

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

SINGLE SHEET MATERIALS

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

9.5mm plasterboard on 50 x 100 studs at 400

12.5mm plasterboard on 50 x 100 studs at 400

Plasterboard 12.5mm on 50 x 100 studs at 400

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

150mm concrete and hollow tile and wood floor on

SINGLE GLAZED WINDOWS

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

Solid core door with drop seals and gaskets

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

Plaster on masonry wall with wall paper on

STUDWORK AND LIGHTWEIGHT WALLS

Plasterboard on frame, 100mm airspace with

Plasterboard on frame, 100mm cavity with

2 x 13mm plasterboard on steel frame, 50mm

2 x plasterboard on frame, 50mm airspace with

GLASS AND GLAZING

WOOD AND WOOD PANELLING

Plywood mounted solidly

12mm plywood in framework with 30mm

Plywood, hardwood panels over 25mm airspace

Timber boards, 100mm wide, 10mm gaps,

t & g board on frame, 50mm airspace with

16-22mm t&g wood on 50mm cavity filled with

Cedar, slotted and profiled on battens mineral

20mm dense veneered chipboard over 100mm

20mm dense veneered chipboard over 200mm

20mm dense veneered chipboard over 250mm

Chipboard on frame, 50mm airspace with

MINERAL WOOL AND FOAMS

WALL TREATMENTS & CONSTRUCTIONS

Woodwool slabs, unplastered on solid backing

Woodwool slabs, unplastered over 20mm

Plasterboard backed with 25mm thick bitumenbonded fibreglass on 50mm battens

Cotton Curtains (0.5kg/m2),draped to 75% area

Lightweight curtains (0.2 kg/m2) hung 90mm

Curtains of close-woven glass mat hung 50mm

Curtains, medium velour, 50% gather, over soild

Curtains (medium fabrics) hung straight and

Curtains ( medium fabrics ) double widths in

Acoustic banner, 0.5 kg/m2 wool serge, 100mm

6mm pile carpet bonded to closed-cell foam

6mm pile carpet bonded to open-cell foam