The building types covered are: - Houses and self-contained flats - ‘Rooms for residential purposes’ (RRPs) - used for living or sleeping but not a flat, for example within hotels, hostels, student accommodation and elderly persons’ homes - ‘Schools’ The requirements and options for designers are building-type specific and can be summarised as follows: New homes and RRPs - comply with current Part E, consider additional provisions. General requirement is for doors with good perimeter sealing (including the threshold where practical), and a sound reduction index of 29 Rw dB or mass per unit area of 25 kg/m2 in the following typical locations:
Existing homes and RRPs - consider additional provisions Schools - comply with Building Bulletin 93. Typically doorset with a sound reduction index of 30Rw dB are specified throughout a school, although doorsets with a minimum 35 Rw dB are required in some more specialist areas, e.g. Drama rooms, recording rooms, and teaching areas for use by students with special hearing or communication needs. Healthcare - no regulations, consider guidance within Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs) Other buildings - no regulations, consult our Technical Services Department