SubPrimo - Acoustic Data

SubPrimo - Total Party Floor Solution

SubPrimo installed beneath a timber floor finish above a Maxi 60 ceiling comfortably complies with the Building Regulations Approved Document E for both impact and airborne sound insulation.

Acoustic tests on SubPrimo installed above a Maxiboard ceiling carried out independently by Noise Control Services, 17/02/06, in accordance with ISO 140 parts 4 and 7. Rated to ISO 717 parts 1 and 2. Test reference numbers: NCS 20610/1-4.

Total Party Floor Solution Airborne Impact   DnT,w (dB) DnT,w+Ctr (dB) L'nT,w (dB)   Maxi 60, SubPrimo & Laminate Floor 60 54 49 Maxi 60 Only 53 48 57

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SubPrimo - Within dwellings

Building Regulations Approved Document E - Resistance to the passage of sound building regulations stipulate that there must be a certain level of acoustic separation between rooms within a dwelling. Table 2 displays the acoustic requirements.

Table 2: Laboratory values for new internal walls and floors within: dwelling houses, flats and rooms for residential purposes, whether purpose-built or formed by material change of use.
 

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SubPrimo Underneath Laminate Floor
 

SubPrimo reduces the impact noise of a typical laminate floor finish by 10dB compared to the bare floor structure. This is a significant improvement, a halving of the apparent loudness, but does not represent the total elimination of impact noise.

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