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  1. Feedback from Robust Details Technical Advisors robustdetails robustdetails

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

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

  4. Introduction Part E Robust Details 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 E1

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

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

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

  8. Hints & Tips Part E Robust Details 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

  9. Hints & Tips Part E Robust Details 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

  10. Hints & Tips Part E Robust Details 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-of-noise-consultants.co.uk www.ukas.org

  11. Hints & Tips Part E Robust Details Current Scope of the Scheme • Requirement E1 of Building Regulations, England and Wales only - Annex E covers the use of Robust Details • Separating wall and floor structures between new, attacheddwellings • Not suitable for conversions • Cannot be used on rooms for residential purposes • Register plots before work starts

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

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

  14. Following the published details FAIL Deviations from the published details can result in the wall or floor failing acoustically Investigations following failed performance monitoring tests show that the detail had been built incorrectly

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

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

  17. Following the published details Timber walls Roof junction Masonry walls

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

  19. Following the published details Inner leaf (min 100mm) dense aggregate concrete block (1850-2300kg/m3) External (flanking) wall junction Ensure correct inner leaf construction to external (flanking) walls is specified

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

  21. Following the published details CORRECT IsoRubber installed ready for screed

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Following the published details n Thermal Economics IsoRubber r n Cellecta YELOfon HD10+ r n Regupol E48 r Proprietary Floor Products Always ensure that you use the correct products

  25. Following the published details Besblock “Star Performer” Isover RD35 Proprietary Wall Products Always ensure that you use the correct products

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

  27. Following the published details PASS THE SCHEME WORKS! 97% 97% of constructions subjected to performance monitoring tests achieve the Part E1 requirements

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

  29. Frequently asked questions And what about the lining requirements?

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

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

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

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

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

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