FENSA - what's all the fuss about?

gooner63_2

We sourced and fitted our windows, oak replacements for plastic in an old building, was never going to get FENSA cowboys involved...(not all of them)....and didn't want to pay for a council visit.....but just wanted peace of mind. 7 years down the line...still happy....and have a non enforceable paper trail !

silvercar

pinkshoes wrote: »

Hmmm, we had a front door fitted by Safestyle which we then got a FENSA certificate for, which clearly states just one front door.

Most the other double glazed windows in our property are old, and presumably don't have FENSA certificates, and another window and door was fitted by ourselves, as BIL used to be a builder so is perfectly capable of fitting such things.

So what will happen when we sell when we don't have FENSA certificates and can't get them?

If your buyer's solicitor demands it, you will offer to pay £100 for an indemnity policy. Everyone on the housing board will tell you its worth it not to jeopardise your sale so you'll pay it.

Actually the regulations only require certificates for windows fitted after 2004 I think.

Road_Hog

There is no need for a FENSA certificate. Get a decent local window company and they will do all the paperwork required.


I spoke to FENSA last time I had windows done, and they were a waste of space, plus they wanted payment for the certificate. I couldn't see any value in it. I used a decent local company, that came with a 10 year guarantee, at 9 years, they happily came out and replaced a door lock and adjusted the hinge on the French doors.

ethank

A decent window company automatically registers you with FENSA. It means your windows do not not need to have a building regs inspection.

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What if the leasehold management of my block of flats did a job lot. Would be fensa be under my address or the management company because I can't find one on the the fensa website for it.

tigsly

A surveyor told me that FENSA certs were to prove that 'structural' windows were not removed from houses and replaced with PVC.

He went on to say as long as a survey said the lintels were fine - and in place (as in no crackign or movement were evident) then FENSA certs were not necc.. although banks were twitchy and might desire an indemnity policy..

greenface

Tigsly i dont understand your post . I dont know what a structural window is . I know of some houses without good working or without lintels . If thats what your saying there isnt a problem replacing them with pvc so long as done properly and conforms to regs . Unless he also went on to say the performance of the glass/window/ locks/ style/ location (may need toughened or pyro glass) The surveyor that told you isnt the brightest hi-vissa in the street . The house i fitted last summer never had lintels and never will have(no steel ; timber ; stone ;no headers, just tied and dashed) . If a fensa surveyor would check it He wouldnt know it has no lintels and would pass it fully

tigsly

I got the impression he was talking about a certain type of build - and that the structure of the build meant that the window was taking some of the strain...

I dont think i'm explaining it well but this thread refers to what I was talking about!

(the Surveyor did mention 1930 builds)