Sound Testing on Conversions ProjectsAcoustic design and sound testing on conversions projects don’t need to be problematic. If you are currently managing the process of an office or house convert houses into flats or ‘Rooms for Residential Use’, then you need to pay attention to the acoustic design from the design stage of the project. …
UKAS Accredited Air & Sound Testing Laboratory APT Sound Testing is UKAS accredited for both sound insulation testing and air tightness testing. Being a UKAS accredited laboratory for air and sound testing, provides an assurance of the competence, impartiality and integrity of the testing body. UKAS accredited testing reduces the need for testing company to …
Searching for Sound Testing in LondonUnless plans were fully approved prior to 1 July 2003, sound testing will be required on your London development between rooms or spaces that share a common area of separating wall and/or floor as stipulated in Building Regulations Part E for the passage of sound. Sound Testing is not generally …
Why Have I Failed my Sound Insulation Test?This is one of the most common questions we get asked by clients when their property has failed the sound testing. One of the main reasons for acoustic partitions failing the Part E sound test is often down to poor isolation of material/s, which can lead to excessive …
Sound Insulation Testing – Common Questions & AnswersTo try and help our clients better understand Sound Insulation Testing for Approved Documents E, we have collated the most common and questions (along with answers) clients have asked us over the last ten years. If you have further questions not contained within this article then please don’t …
How to pass your Sound Testing. APT has been providing acoustic design and sound testing throughout the UK in places such as Bedford and Bedfordshire, providing you with precompletion sound test reports for your building control officer with a quick and reliable turnaround. Good acoustic design for party walls and floors is often critical to …
Improving Sound Test Results on Northampton Projects Our clients often ask us how they can improve the sound insulation on their developments, to pass the sound Insulation testing in compliance with Approved Document E. One of the main problems is that many dwellings in Northampton, consist of flats converted from large Victorian houses. Unfortunately, at …
Secrets to Successful Sound TestingThere are many considerations to achieving successful sound testing on your development. The main areas that need to be addressed are the dividing wall and flor construction. When dealing with walls you normally just need to worry about airborne sound; however, with walls it’s both airborne and impact sound which can …
Sound Testing Services in LondonThe UK capital is a massive city containing in excess of 5 million dwellings, many sharing wall and floor partitions. In this noisy environment it is essential that good acoustic design and construction is incorporated into all new and refurbishment projects along with sound testing for London. To try and help …
Improving Sound Insulation on Conversion ProjectsMany of the dwellings in London and other UK Cities consist of flats which have been converted from large Victorian or Georgian houses, or more recently office blocks. Unfortunately designing for sound insulation is not always shown the highest priority so many converted dwellings suffer from adverse noise transference between …