Last edited 18 Feb 2025

Internal wall

Approved document E: Resistance to the passage of sound, 2003 edition incorporating 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2015 amendments, defines an internal wall as: ‘Any wall that does not have a separating function.’

See also: Wall types.

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