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Application:
FP5.3 only applies to a Class 2 or 3 building.
FP5.4
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Floors separating sole-occupancy units must provide insulation against the transmission
of airborne and impact generated sound sufficient to prevent illness or loss of amenity to
the occupants.
Application:
FP5.4 only applies to a Class 9c aged care building.
FP5.5
Walls separating sole-occupancy units, or a sole-occupancy unit from a kitchen,
bathroom, sanitary compartment (not being an associated ensuite), laundry, plant room or
utilities room, must provide insulation against the transmission of—
(a)
(b)
airborne sound; and
impact generated sound, if the wall separates a sole-occupancy unit from a kitchen
or laundry,
sufficient to prevent illness or loss of amenity to the occupants.
Application:
FP5.5 only applies to a Class 9c aged care building.
FP5.6
The required sound insulation of a floor or a wall must not be compromised by the
incorporation or penetration of a pipe or other service element.
Application:
FP5.6 only applies to a Class 9c aged care building.
FP5.7
External parts of a building separating a sound sensitive space in a sole-occupancy unit
from road or rail airborne sound must provide sound insulation sufficient to prevent illness
or loss of amenity to the occupants.
Application:
FP5.7 only applies to a Class 2 building.
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