Stud partition - how thin can it be? Featured

Building regs approved document B:

"Internal fire spread (linings) B2.-(1) To inhibit the spread of fire within the building, the internal linings shall- (a) adequately resist the spread of flame over their surfaces; and (b) have, if ignited, either a rate of heat release or a rate of fire growth, which is reasonable in the circumstances. (2) In this paragraph ?internal linings? means the materials or products used in lining any partition, wall, ceiling or other internal structure."

Piss easy to work on and add new stuff to if your measurements are correct.

To stop them fighting, or does it need to be soundproof.

If you were to let out your house to an east european, they would install it for free, and in all the other rooms too :-)

Does this mean you can no longer have timber panelled walls?

Andy

Could always use intumescent varnish or paint

NT

Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk wrote in news:hlcan6Falk6U2 @mid.individual.net:

Mine do not have honeycomb. There are scraps of plasterboard used as filling for the sandwich. I am not advocating it - but I did watch the houses being built (1988). I live in one. The outer skin was nailed to a batten on the floor and ceiling. Thin door frames were used.

Thanks, as per:

I'm left wondering if a wooden studded wall would conform to 'D'.

Thanks, as per:

Especially when the alternative is no wall, or a wall with a door fitted.

Often wondered how those 'build your house for £50K' programs got away with using OSB in place of internal plasterboarding for 'visual effect' ?. How did they get that past the BCO ?.

Makes very little difference to the sound insulation. Thicker plasterboard does.

Having just looked at part 1 (there are 6 of them, its not a riveting read!)

D?

There are a massive range of rockwool sound insulation products on the market. I'm sure plain old rockwool would be far better than nothing.