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Approved Document E

The Following details are from the documents provided on the Planning Portal UK Government Site. You can download the full document here

The current edition of Part E in Schedule to the Building Regulations 2000 (as amended) came into force on  July 2003. At the same time a new Regulation 20A was introduced into the Building Regulations 2000, and a new Regulation 2A was introduced into the Building (Approved Inspectors, etc.) Regulations 2000. Regulations 20A and 2A introduced pre-completion testing for sound insulation as a means of demonstrating compliance. Pre-completion testing has applied to rooms for residential purposes, houses and flats formed by conversion of other buildings since  July 2003, and it will apply to new houses and flats from  July 2004. Also, from  July 2004, use of robust details in new houses and flats will be accepted as an alternative to testing.

Robust details are high performance separating wall and floor constructions (with associated construction details) that are expected to be sufficiently reliable not to need the check provided by pre-completion testing.

The introduction of robust details has necessitated the amendment of Regulations 20A and 2A. The amendments have been made by the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and the Building (Approved Inspectors, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. Regulations 20A and 2A are reproduced in Approved Document E, 2003 Edition; and so amendments to that Approved Document are needed to pick up the changes.

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