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Part E Robust Details Contents • Introduction • Hints & Tips • Follow the Published Details • Frequently asked questions robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Introduction Robust Details Technical Team Phil Rogers Simon Bloodworth Colin Potter robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Introduction What is a Part E robust detail? • Separating wall or floor design assessed and approved by RDL • Capable of consistently exceeding ADE performance standards • Practical to construct on site • Reasonably tolerant to workmanship • Can be used as an alternative to PCT to comply with Requirement E 1 robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Introduction What is required to build a Robust Detail? 3 rd Edition robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Keep your Handbook up to date • • • Since the first edition was published in May 2004 we have updated the Handbook six times Handbooks purchased during the subscription year receive complimentary subscription for remaining period All subscribers receive new robust details when they are published robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Check the combinations permitted in Table 3 robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Check the combinations permitted in Table 3 E-WM-9 is not for use in Flats or Apartments. It can not be used with any separating floor robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Register part of the development • If you can’t register the whole development you may wish to consider which elements could follow the robust details robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips What if Robust Details can’t be used? • On some sites it may not be possible to adopt RD’s • Seek the advice of a suitably qualified acoustic consultant • Check your requirements for acoustic testing with the Building Control Body www. association-ofnoise-consultants. co. uk www. ukas. org robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Current Scope of the Scheme • • • Requirement E 1 of Building Regulations, England Wales only - Annex E covers the use of Robust Details Separating wall and floor structures between new, attached dwellings Not suitable for conversions Cannot be used on rooms for residential purposes Register plots before work starts robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Circulation Areas Plan View External Flanking Wall RD Separating Wall Internal Flanking Wall robustdetail

Part E Robust Details Hints & Tips Flat over Garage (FOG) Section RD Separating Wall Separating Floor robustdetail

Following the published details Deviations from the published details can result in the wall or floor failing acoustically L I A F Investigations following failed performance monitoring tests show that the detail had been built incorrectly robustdetail

Following the published details Ground floor junction x Cavity masonry separating wall can not be built off continuous slab or raft foundation robustdetail

Following the published details External (flanking) wall junction x x Separating wall must continue through the inner leaf of flanking wall and cavities maintained robustdetail

Following the published details Roof junction Timber walls Masonry walls robustdetail

Following the published details Wall Ties to separating walls • • Always ensure that you use wall ties with the appropriate Dynamic Stiffness for the separating wall Not all Part E wall ties are ‘Type A’ robustdetail

Following the published details External (flanking) wall junction Inner leaf (min 100 mm) dense aggregate concrete block (1850 -2300 kg/m 3) Ensure correct inner leaf construction to external (flanking) walls is specified robustdetail

Following the published details Screeded Separating floors Image produced by Dr Sean Smith, Aldona Gosnell and Lynne Robertson of Napier University x Ensure floating screeds are isolated from wall, wall linings and skirtings robustdetail

Following the published details CORRECT Iso. Rubber installed ready for screed robustdetail

Following the published details Help yourself! Meeting all four relevant items on the checklist should help to ensure that the critical flanking details are followed correctly robustdetail

Following the published details Timber separating floor with masonry supporting walls x • • RD timber separating floors are intended for use in timber frame constructions ONLY Cannot be registered for use supported on masonry robustdetail

Following the published details Proprietary Floor Products Always ensure that you use the correct products n Thermal Economics Iso. Rubber r n Cellecta YELOfon HD 10+ r n Regupol E 48 r robustdetail

Following the published details Proprietary Wall Products Besblock “Star Performer” Always ensure that you use the correct products Isover RD 35 robustdetail

Following the published details Setting out for timber walls 50 mm between panels 50 mm between studs 50 mm E-WT-1 50 mm PLUS Sheathing E-WT-2 robustdetail

Following the published details THE SCHEME WORKS! S S A P 97% of constructions subjected to performance monitoring tests achieve the Part E 1 requirements robustdetail

Frequently asked questions Can we use rigid insulation in Room-in-Roof situations? Yes…. . robustdetail

Frequently asked questions And what about the lining requirements? robustdetail

Frequently asked questions How do internal partitions connect to concrete floors? robustdetail

Frequently asked questions Can cavity insulation be fitted where the separating wall becomes an external element? Yes robustdetail

Frequently asked questions Where can we find suppliers of the acoustic systems indicated in the Handbook? • • • Proprietary details have supplier details included on the relevant RD Checklist Builders merchants may have contact details Trade bodies, such as Proprietary Acoustic System Manufacturers (PASM), may also be able to help www. pasm. org. uk. robustdetail

Candidate Robust Details Are you a builder or architect commonly specifying a form of construction that doesn’t currently appear in the Robust Details Part E Handbook? Or, are you a manufacturer who has a separating wall or floor that has not yet been considered by Robust Details Ltd? If you can answer yes to either of these questions then we would be interested to hear from you. robustdetail

Candidate Robust Details Some builders already building to RD+ standards? robustdetail

Part E Robust Details RDL Contact Details www. robustdetails. com Technical Line 0870 240 8209 technical@robustdetails. com Other Business Line 0870 240 8210 customerservice@robustdetails. com robustdetail

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