Impact of floor drain on floating floor acoustic performance

Jean-Baptiste Chene (1) , Pierre Kerdudou

1 CSTB - Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment

In the context of the new regulation about handicap accessibility, a study on the implementation of italian integrated shower system (flushed with the surrounding bathroom floor) has been performed. In this paper we have investigated the impact of floor drain when integrated in floating floor. We have first used EN ISO 140-8 standard to evaluate this effect on a full scale sample. In a second step, we have used ISO/CD 16251-1 to evaluate only the floor drain decoupling between its two parts. Experimental results are presented and discussed. It is demonstrated that the proposed adapted technique based on the ISO/CD 16251-1 is good in evaluating the decoupling.

Mots clés: Floor drain; building acoustic; ISO/CD 16251-1

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

Jean-Baptiste Chene, Pierre Kerdudou. Impact of floor drain on floating floor acoustic performance. Acoustics 2012, Apr 2012, Nantes, France. ⟨hal-00811258⟩