How well is the building soundproofed?
The building has been built with assemblies tested well in excess of the 50 db requirement in the Vancouver Building Bylaw. • Party walls between suites are constructed as two separate stud walls with a 1″ air space. Each side is insulated with 3 ½” of fiberglass, electrical boxes are staggered, floor joints are caulked and each side is finished with two layers of drywall board. The listed test for this assembly is 65 db. • The floor separating residential and commercial uses is solid concrete. • The floor separating the two residential levels is constructed using 1″ of concrete on plywood, manufactured plywood web joists, resilient sound isolating bars, 3″ of fiberglass insulation and two layers of ½” drywall. The listed test for this assembly is 58 db.
