<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_ad275884-3a53-47d3-8c15-a30358977fd8" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 4"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>F7P4</sptc><title id="_60ce9c34-b2f7-425e-93f5-729c7cb17466">Sound transmission through walls in a residential care building</title><archive-num>2019: FP5.5</archive-num><subclause id="_b29cd044-f889-4397-a39f-a3d31fc8f95b" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_0f8cfe60-1f7b-4d96-8354-eaca8565e40c">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A wall separating <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1473_0.4.0.xml#_d2c89488-8a36-464b-94f6-a91d0f5a6c9c" id="_abedf3f8-c4f8-4d69-8205-232245de3246" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">sole-occupancy units</xref>, or a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1473_0.4.0.xml#_d2c89488-8a36-464b-94f6-a91d0f5a6c9c" id="_4f9ffedb-f0e1-44cd-b626-c724d8d4cb5d" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">sole-occupancy unit</xref> from a kitchen, bathroom, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1445_0.13.0.xml#_b30a308f-eb9f-4549-a6c1-19d5f32a5272" id="_4584fc62-f819-45cb-a204-68ee9a328adc" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">sanitary compartment</xref> (not being an associated ensuite), laundry, plant room or utilities room, including the effect of services and their penetrations, must minimise the transmission of—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_d0b83522-20cf-4292-8235-d596899e8df0">airborne sound such that the wall has a weighted standardised level difference (D<sub id="_4c1ee836-d2b1-4dd5-ba24-08e45b6316d5">nT,w</sub>) not less than 40; and</li><li id="_83b40ae6-e3ca-42f3-b333-d04c55a22893">impact generated sound, if the wall separates a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1473_0.4.0.xml#_d2c89488-8a36-464b-94f6-a91d0f5a6c9c" id="_5da36519-274c-40b2-835c-b2c7f75db114" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">sole-occupancy unit</xref> from a kitchen or laundry.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_6d1a5ea0-33ee-4dff-8a12-7473be52c39c" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_7ce3d5e6-5561-4fa7-958a-ed3d669da1cc">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>Sound insulation <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_d3ea198b-90af-4c43-b493-bfcb7f0c8aaf" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> by (1) must be sufficient to prevent illness or loss of amenity to the occupants.</p></subclause><callout id="_c0010855-08ec-4454-b423-7b0d08d56f42"><callout-type ncc-info-type="application"/><p>F7P4 only applies to a Class 9c building.</p></callout></clause>