what year was soundproofing introduced?

[stevethespreader]

Anyone no what year soundproofing was introduced into flat conversions for b regs ?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

1992 I think.

 

[stevethespreader]

1992 I think.

cheers bud

 

[tony1851]

Next question: what does it matter?

 

[stevethespreader]

Next question: what does it matter?

in negotiations to buy a flat , no one can tell me if it was sound proofed but I know roughly the date of the conversion so if it was done proper and to building regs it would have been sound proofed as it was done after 1992

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Hmm, tread carefully ( ) the soundproofing required in 1992 for flat conversions wasn't wonderful. Frankly I would be very weary of buying a conversion that had been converted recently under the latest regs and they have improved a helluva lot! Workmanship in flat conversions is typically poor and if sound insulation is applied poorly you may as well not bother.

 

[tony1851]

if it was done proper and to building regs it would have been sound proofed

As above, don't bank on it; try and find out if a sound-test was done before the completion certificate was issued.

 

[stevethespreader]

Cheers for advice spoke to one of the freeholders today And he saw the lagging in the floor
as they was being built I'll try a check it out more

 

[stevethespreader]

OK boys update soundproofing came into effect in 2003 so Portsmouth council tells me cheers though

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

As mentioned there has been a need for sound insulation to be fitted in floors in flat conversions since 1992. In 2003 the Building Regulations Part E (sound) were updated considerably and sound testing was introduced. So its just that standards were raised in 2003, it was not introduced per se in 2003.