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6 Standard Method for Determining Sound

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27 Standard Method for Determining Sound Transmission Ratings for Masonry Walls (TMS
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20 ABSTRACT
21 Standard Method for Determining Sound Transmission Ratings for Masonry Walls (TMS 0302-
22 07) (hereinafter referred to as the Standard) was developed by The Masonry Society’s Standards
23 Development Committee. The Standard provides minimum requirements for rating masonry
24 walls for a sound transmission class, STC, and outdoor-indoor transmission class, OITC, based on
25 field or laboratory testing or based on a calculation procedure. Some of the topics covered
26 include reference standards, definitions and notations, materials, construction, quality assurance
27 and sound transmission class rating. The Standard is written as a legal document in mandatory
28 language so that it may be incorporated into a legally-adopted building code. The Commentary
29 presents background details, committee considerations, and research data used to develop the
30 Standard.
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32 Copyright © 2007, The Masonry Society.
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34 All rights reserved including rights of reproduction and use in any form or by any means,
35 including the making of copies by any photo process, or by any electronic or mechanical device,
36 printed, written or oral, or recording for sound or visual reproduction or for any use in any
37 knowledge retrieval system or device, unless permission in writing is obtained from The
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42 ISBN 1-929081-25-1
43 TMS Order No. TMS 0302-XX
44 NOTE: ISBN No. and Order No. to be updated after final approval
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2 Standard Method for Determining
3 Sound Transmission Ratings
4 for Masonry Walls
5 (TMS 0302-XX)
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9 Developed by The Masonry Society's
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12 Craig V. Baltimore, Chairman
13 Dennis W. Graber, Secretary
14 NOTE: Committee Roster to be updated after final approval
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17 Thomas A. Hagood Jr. 20 David I. McLean 23 Craig Parrino
18 Lawrence F. Kahn 21 Raymond T. Miller 24 J. Eric Peterson
19 W. Mark McGinley 22 Jerry M. Painter 25 Max L. Porter
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32 Bechara E. Abboud 37 Thomas F. Herrell 42 Jennifer Tanner
33 Christine Beall 38 Lee S. Johnson 43 Mike Tate
34 Olene L. Bigelow 39 Sunup Mathew 44 Bruce Weems
35 Charles B. Clark Jr. 40 John H. Matthys 45 Terence Allan Weigel
36 Thomas A. Gangel 41 Vilas Mujumdar 46 Daniel Zechmeister
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49 Synopsis 70 Keywords
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51 This Standard provides minimum requirements for 72 clay brick; clay tile; coatings; concrete masonry;
52 rating masonry walls for a sound transmission class, 73 construction; control joints; expansion joints; field
53 -STC, and outdoor-indoor transmission class, 74 sound transmission class; grout; joint sealants; joints;
54 (OITC), based on field or laboratory testing or based 75 masonry; masonry units; mortar; and outdoor-indoor
55 on a calculation procedure. It is written in such a 76 transmission class; sealants; sound; sound
56 form that it may be adopted by reference in a legally- 77 transmission; sound transmission class; sound
57 adopted building code. 78 transmission loss; wall weight
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59 Among the topics covered are reference standards,
60 definitions and notations, materials, construction,
61 quality assurance and sound transmission class
62 rating. The Standard is written as a legal document
63 in mandatory language so that it may be
64 incorporated into a legally-adopted building code.
65 The Commentary to this Standard presents
66 background details, committee considerations, and
67 research data used to develop the Standard.
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81 1. Voting members fully participate in Committee activities
88 2. Corresponding members monitor Committee Activities, but do
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1 1.0 — Scope
2 This Standard provides minimum requirements for rating masonry walls for a sound transmission class, STC, and
3 outdoor-indoor transmission class, OITC. These ratings are for masonry walls in structures erected under the
4 requirements of the legally-adopted building code of which this Standard forms a part. In areas without a legally-
5 adopted building code, this Standard defines minimum acceptable methods to determine the STC and OITC ratings
6 of masonry wall assemblies. These ratings of masonry walls are based on field or laboratory testing in accordance
7 with standard test methods or are based on calculation procedures. All masonry dimensions referred to in this
8 standard are nominal unless indicated otherwise.
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10 2.0 — Reference Standards
11 ASTM C 34-10 Specification for Structural Clay Loadbearing Wall Tile
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13 ASTM C 55-11a Specification for Concrete Brick
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15 ASTM C 56-10 Specification for Structural Clay Nonloadbearing Tile
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17 ASTM C 62-10 Specification for Building Brick (Solid Masonry Units Made from Clay or Shale)
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19 ASTM C 73-10 Specification for Calcium Silicate Face Brick (Sand-Lime Brick)
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21 ASTM C 90-11a Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units
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23 ASTM C 126-11 Specification for Ceramic Glazed Structural Clay Facing Tile, Facing Brick and Solid Masonry
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26 ASTM C 129-11 Specification for Nonloadbearing Concrete Masonry Units
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28 ASTM C 212-11 Specification for Structural Clay Facing Tile
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30 ASTM C 216-11 Specification for Facing Brick (Solid Masonry Units Made from Clay or Shale)
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32 ASTM C 270-10 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry
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34 ASTM C 476-10 Standard Specification for Grout for Masonry
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36 ASTM C 652-11 Specification for Hollow Brick (Hollow Masonry Units Made from Clay or Shale)
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38 ASTM C 744-11 Specification for Prefaced Concrete and Calcium Silicate Masonry Units
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40 ASTM C 920-11 Specification for Elastomeric Joint Sealants
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42 ASTM C1405-10 Specification for Glazed Brick (Single Fired, Brick Units)
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44 ASTM C 1634-11 Specification for Concrete Facing Brick
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46 ASTM C1714 / C1714M - 10 Specification for Preblended Dry Mortar Mix for Unit Masonry
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48 ASTM E 90-09 Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Sound Transmission Loss of Building
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51 ASTM E336-11 Test Method for Measurement of Airborne Sound Attenuation between Rooms in Buildings
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53 ASTM E 413-10 Classification for Rating Sound Insulation
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1 ASTM E 966-04 Guide for Field Measurements of Airborne Sound Insulation of Building Facades and Facade
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4 ASTM E 1332-10a Standard Classification for Rating Outdoor-Indoor Sound Attenuation
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6 3.0 — Notations
7 FSTC = Field Sound Transmission Class
8 OITC = Outdoor-indoor Transmission Class
9 STC = Sound Transmission Class
10 STL = Sound Transmission Loss
11 W = Wall Weight, psf. (kg/m2)
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13 4.0 — Definitions
14 Coarse textured – a relative term referring to the porosity of the matrix through the thickness of the masonry
15 which is related to the airflow through a masonry unit.
16 Field Sound Transmission Class, FSTC — Sound transmission class calculated using values of field
17 transmission loss.
18 Outside-Inside Transmission Class, OITC — A single-number rating calculated in accordance with ASTM E
19 1332 using values of sound transmission loss.
20 Sound absorbing material - Fibrous materials, such as cellulose fiber, glass fiber or rock wool insulation.
21 Sound Transmission Class, STC — A single-number rating calculated in accordance with ASTM E 413 using
22 values of sound transmission loss.
23 Sound Transmission Loss, STL — A measure equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the
24 airborne sound power, in a specified frequency band, incident on the wall to the sound power transmitted by the wall
25 and radiated on the opposite side of the wall.
26 Wall weight, W — The average wall weight based on the weight of the masonry units; the weight of mortar, grout
27 and loose fill material in voids within the wall and the weight of plaster, stucco, and paint. The weight of drywall shall
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31 5.1 Masonry Units
32 Masonry units shall comply with the requirements of one of the following standards: ASTM C 34, ASTM
33 C 55, ASTM C 56, ASTM C 62, ASTM C 73, ASTM C 90, ASTM C 126, ASTM C 129, ASTM C 212, ASTM
34 C 216, ASTM C 652, ASTM C 744, ASTM C 1405, or ASTM C 1634.
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37 Mortar shall comply with the requirements of ASTM C 270.
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40 Grout shall comply with the requirements of ASTM C 476.
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43 Joint sealants shall comply with the requirements of ASTM C 920.
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45 6.0 — Construction
46 Construction shall conform to the requirements of TMS 602 for concrete masonry and clay masonry and shall
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50 6.1 Sealing openings and joints
51 6.1.1 Seal through-wall openings with joint sealant, mortar, or grout. Prior to sealing around through-
52 wall openings, fill gaps with foam, cellulose fiber, glass fiber, ceramic fiber, or mineral wool.
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1 6.1.3 Seal control joints, expansion joints, and joints between the top of walls and roof or floor
2 assemblies with joint sealant. Fill the joint space behind the sealant backing with mortar, grout, foam,
3 cellulose fiber, glass fiber, or mineral wool. Where roof or floor construction is metal deck, use special
4 shape foam filler strips to seal the top of the wall. For fire rated walls and smoke containment walls, safing
5 insulation shall be used.
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7 6.1.4 Noncompressible materials that is, mortar and grout shall not be used for fillers for expansion
8 joints, but they shall be permitted in control joints.
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10 6.2 Surface coatings
11 Seal coarse-textured concrete masonry walls on one or both faces with at least one coat of acrylic latex,
12 alkyd or cement based paint, plaster, or other suitable coating.
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15 7.0 — Sound Transmission Class Ratings
16 The sound transmission class, STC, ratings of masonry walls shall be determined in accordance with Section
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19 7.1 Laboratory testing
20 The STC ratings of masonry walls based on laboratory testing of an assembly that is representative of the
21 actual wall construction shall be tested and determined in accordance with the requirements of ASTM E 90.
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23 7.2 Field testing
24 The STC ratings of masonry walls first by field testing the completed construction shall be determined in
25 accordance with the requirements of ASTM E336. The measured values shall then be used to determine the
26 field STC for the masonry in accordance with ASTM E413.
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28 7.3 Calculation
29 Except for walls having a thickness less than 3 inches (75 mm), the STC ratings for masonry walls shall be
30 determined based on calculation using Eq. 1 for clay masonry or Eq. 2 for concrete masonry. For multiwythe
31 walls consisting of concrete masonry and clay masonry wythes, the sound transmission class shall be
32 determined by Eq. 1 and Eq. 2 utilizing the total of the multiwythes for wall weight, W and then interpolate
33 between the two values according to the relative weights of the two materials in the wall.
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35 STC = 19.6W 0.230 Eq. 1.
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42 7.3.1 Effect of Drywall on STC Ratings of Concrete Masonry Walls
43 7.3.1.1 When STC ratings are determined by the calculation method, drywall attached directly to the concrete
44 masonry shall be assumed to not change the, STC, rating.
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46 7.3.1.2 The change in the sound transmission class, STC, ratings for 1/2-inch (13 mm) or 5/8-inch (16 mm) thick
47 drywall attached to concrete masonry walls with resilient metal furring or a combination of resilient metal furring
48 and wood furring shall be determined using Eq. 3, 4, 5, or 6 as appropriate. Where sound absorbing material is
49 used, it shall fill the entire furring space. When drywall is applied to both sides of the wall, the cavity depth shall be
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51 For drywall on one side of the wall with no sound absorbing material in the furring space:
52 DSTC = 2.8d - 1.22 Eq. 3
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1 DSTC = 3.6d - 2.78 Eq. 4

2 SI DSTC = 0.14d - 2.78
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7 SI DSTC = 0.12d + 1.87
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10 DSTC = 11.2 d - 7.37 Eq. 6
11 SI DSTC = 0.44d - 7.37
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13 DSTC = the change in STC rating from a bare concrete masonry wall
14 d = the thickness of the furring space.
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16 8.0 — Outdoor-indoor Transmission Class Ratings
17 The Outdoor-indoor Transmission Class, OITC, ratings of masonry walls shall be determined in accordance with
18 Section 8.1, 8.2, or 8.3.
19 8.1 Laboratory testing
20 The OITC ratings of masonry walls shall be determined based on laboratory testing of an assembly that is
21 representative of the actual wall construction tested in accordance with the requirements of ASTM E 90 and
22 calculated in accordance with ASTM E 1332.
23 8.2 Field testing
24 The OITC ratings of masonry walls shall be determined by first field testing the completed construction in
25 accordance with the requirements of ASTM E 966. The measured values shall then be used to determine the field
26 OITC for the masonry in accordance with ASTM E1332.
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28 8.3 Calculation
29 Except for walls having a thickness less than 3 inches (75 mm), the OITC ratings for masonry walls shall be
30 determined based on calculation using Eq. 7 for clay masonry or Eq. 8 for concrete masonry. For
31 multiwythe walls consisting of concrete masonry and clay masonry wythes, the outdoor-indoor
32 transmission class shall be determined by Eq. 7 and Eq. 8 utilizing the total of all the wythes for wall
33 weight, W and then interpolate between the two values according to the relative weights of the two
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