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New french doors & Fensa cert
thecoffeehouse204
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Hi all
Our patio doors bit the dust at the weekend so we're looking at replacing them with new french doors, obviously after all the posts on here about having problems selling with no fensa certificate I made sure all the quotes we had are from registered firms. A friend of a friend who is a self employed joiner has said he can do the job for us and get a fensa certificate but i'm not sure if he's just talking the talk to get the job.
I've searched around online and can't actually find any info on how he would be able to do this if he's not registered apart from we might have to get the council building control involved. He's coming round tonight to give us a price and I just want to make sure he's telling the truth in case he gives us a too good to refuse quote. We've only had one price so far and unless he's £100s different i'd rather go with one of the registered firms but my OH feels obliged to go with this friend!
Can anyone in the know give us some advice please?
TIA
Our patio doors bit the dust at the weekend so we're looking at replacing them with new french doors, obviously after all the posts on here about having problems selling with no fensa certificate I made sure all the quotes we had are from registered firms. A friend of a friend who is a self employed joiner has said he can do the job for us and get a fensa certificate but i'm not sure if he's just talking the talk to get the job.
I've searched around online and can't actually find any info on how he would be able to do this if he's not registered apart from we might have to get the council building control involved. He's coming round tonight to give us a price and I just want to make sure he's telling the truth in case he gives us a too good to refuse quote. We've only had one price so far and unless he's £100s different i'd rather go with one of the registered firms but my OH feels obliged to go with this friend!
Can anyone in the know give us some advice please?
TIA
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tell him you'll pay 50% on installation and 50% upon receipt of a FENSA certificate or building regulation approval certificate...0
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That's what I was thinking of doing then if he is telling porkies he won't want to take the job on. It's just such an awkward situation with it being someone we know and my husband sees him on a regular basis!0
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The work can be done by any competant person by using the Local Authority "Building notice" scheme.
Basically you fill out a simple form from the Council giving them notice of your "intention to replace the patio doors". They charge you a fee and when the work commences the Building Inspector will visit the site to check that the work carried out by your Joiner/window fitter complies with the latest Building regulations.
FENSA is a self certification Scheme where the installer certifies that the work complies whereas the "Building notice scheme" is run by and checked by your local Building Control dept of the Council.0
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