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Appendix BG — SOUND TRANSMISSION

Section BG104 — REFERENCED STANDARDS

2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

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BG104.1 General.

See Table BG104.1 for standards that are referenced in various sections of this appendix. Standards are listed by the standard identification with the effective date, the standard title, and the section or sections of this appendix that references the standard.

TABLE BG104.1—REFERENCED STANDARDS

STANDARD
ACRONYM		 STANDARD NAME SECTIONS
HEREIN
REFERENCED
ASTM E90—09 Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of
Airborne Sound Transmission Loss of Building Partitions and Elements		 BG102.1, BG102.1.1
ASTM E336—20 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Airborne Sound Attenuation between Rooms in Buildings BG102.1
ASTM E492—09 Specification for Laboratory Measurement of
Impact Sound Transmission through Floor-ceiling Assemblies Using the Tapping Machine		 BG103.1
ASTM E1007—21 Standard Test Method for Field Measurement of Tapping Machine
Impact Sound Transmission Through Floor-Ceiling Assemblies and Associated Support Structures		 BG103.1
TMS 302—2018 Standard for Determining the Sound Transmission Class Rating for Masonry Assemblies BG102.1.1

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APPENDIX BH – AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR GATES

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Adopting agency BSC BSC-
CG		 SFM HCD DSA OSHPD BSCC DPH AGR DWR CEC CA SL SLC
Adopting agency BSC BSC-
CG		 SFM 1 2 1/AC AC SS SS/CC 1 1R 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Adopt entire chapter
Adopt entire chapter as
amended (amended
sections listed below)
Adopt only those sections
that are listed below
Chapter / Section

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — BUILDING PLANNING
  4. Chapter 4 — FOUNDATIONS
  5. Chapter 5 — FLOORS
  6. Chapter 6 — WALL CONSTRUCTION
  7. Chapter 7 — WALL COVERING
  8. Chapter 8 — ROOF-CEILING CONSTRUCTION
  9. Chapter 9 — ROOF ASSEMBLIES
  10. Chapter 10 — CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES
  11. Chapter 44 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  12. Appendix AA — BOARD OF APPEALS
  13. Appendix AB — PERMIT FEES
  14. Appendix AC — RESERVED
  15. Appendix BA — RESERVED
  16. Appendix BB — TINY HOUSES
  17. Appendix BC — RESERVED
  18. Appendix BD — RESERVED
  19. Appendix BE — RADON CONTROL METHODS
  20. Appendix BF — PATIO COVERS
  21. ▸ Appendix BG — SOUND TRANSMISSION
    Overview
    1. Section BG101 — GENERAL
    2. Section BG102 — AIRBORNE SOUND
    3. Section BG103 — STRUCTURAL-BORNE SOUND
    4. Section BG104 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  22. Appendix BH — AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR GATES
  23. Appendix BI — LIGHT STRAW-CLAY CONSTRUCTION
  24. Appendix BJ — STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION
  25. Appendix BK — COB CONSTRUCTION (MONOLITHIC ADOBE)
  26. Appendix BL — HEMP-LIME (HEMPCRETE) CONSTRUCTION
  27. Appendix BM — 3D-PRINTED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  28. Appendix BN — EXTENDED PLATE WALL CONSTRUCTION
  29. Appendix BO — EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
  30. Appendix CA — RESERVED
  31. Appendix CB — RESERVED
  32. Appendix CC — RESERVED
  33. Appendix CD — RESERVED
  34. Appendix CE — RESERVED
  35. Appendix CF — RESERVED
  36. Appendix CG — NONSEWERED SANITATION SYSTEMS
  37. Appendix CH — PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
  38. Appendix CI — SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT
  39. Appendix CJ — EMERGENCY HOUSING
  40. Appendix CK — AREAS PROTECTED BY THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRAL…

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