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 | | VENTILATION AND THE BUILDING REGULATIONS PART E - EASYY PEASY! | | | Rytons Building Products | | 15/08/2008 | | | How to give your clients a quiet life but still maintain aesthetic appearance in all types of buildings.
The number of official noise related complaints has increased more than 300% over the last few years, making them the majority of complaints to local authorities. Approximately 4,000,000 people in Britain feel they suffer from noisy neighbours and almost a quarter of occupants of dwellings rate their privacy as poor or very poor as a result of inadequate sound insulation. The amount of brown field sites is also growing with residential developments very close to railway lines, motorways, airports and industrial estates.
But how do you get adequate ventilation into a building with minimum noise transmission?
There are now ventilation products available to help you meet the requirements of The Building Regulations Approved Document E Resistance to the passage of sound. However one manufacturer, Rytons Building Products Ltd, believe it shouldn’t be necessary to sacrifice the appearance of the building, or the provision of effective and vital ventilation under Part F of The Building Regulations Means of ventilation, in order to meet these requirements. As a result Rytons have designed and manufactured acoustic versions of their popular 125mm and 150mm Diameter AirCore® Ventilators, '9x3' AirLiners®, '9x6' AirLiners® and '9x9 AirLiners® that appear exactly as normal from the outside and to the occupier of the building, but in fact hide an intricate and efficient system of acoustic panels and foam which greatly reduce the amount of sound transferred by up to 42 dB.
Not only is there a variety of styles and sizes, but also a wide range of colours as standard and a choice of suitable fitments for the inside i.e. adjustable Hit & Miss Vent for background venting or fixed open Louvre Vent for appliance and general venting – ensuring the safety of the building’s occupants whilst still improving levels of sound insulation between one building and another, and within buildings. One type can even be retro-fitted entirely from the inside of the building – ideal for existing high rise situations.
However, Rytons don’t just expect you to just take their word for it. A large proportion of their acoustic range is British Board of Agrément approved (only new products pending approval), all acoustic products have been fully tested by the Building Research Establishment with comprehensive test data freely available, and the original Telescopic Acoustic AirLiner® received an Innovation Award from the BBA when it was launched in 2002. Those acoustic ventilators within Rytons range that can be used to ventilate heat producing appliances have also undergone testing by Advantica and the BRE to BS5440-2:2000 and been accredited with a calculated Equivalent Free Area.
Most major house builders including Charles Church Developments, Countryside Properties, Bryant Homes Social Housing, Bellway Homes, Barratt Homes and Redrow Homes have used Rytons acoustic ventilators. They have also been successfully installed in many non-domestic situations including City Airport Travelodge, London E16 and Tesco’s Store, Islington Green, London N1. They have even travelled further afield such as a private project for a resident of New York who was so impressed with one he encountered in his Dublin hotel on a visit that he ordered one over the internet upon his return home!
These products are just some of the latest in an ever-expanding range from Rytons – all manufactured in the UK. Most forms of domestic construction ventilation are available including Slim Vents® for effective and essential timber frame cavity ventilation, Rytweeps® and Weep Hole Ducts for drainage of interstitial condensation and Periscope® Underfloor vents for the ventilation of sub floor voids. Rytons wide selection of Louvre and Hit & Miss vents are now available in VO rated Flame Retardant material to help prevent the spread of fire. Most of Rytons products for external use are UV stabilised to ensure sunlight and weather exposure does not affect the appearance or durability of the ventilators for decades to come.
Rytons web site www.vents.co.uk contains the 2008 editions of Rytons Products Guides for free download plus over 100 technical data sheets that include full product specification, dimensional drawings, accredited test data, colour photographs, NBS Plus listings as well as frequently asked questions and answers. Alternatively product information can be sent by email, fax or post. Technical specifications for Rytons products are now also listed on NBS Plus, part of the NBS industry standard specification software used by architects, building surveyors and other construction industry professionals. | |
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