Assure windows and doors scheme

Furts

Sgalaxy wrote: »

As an installer i can confirm fensa , bm trada and assure are all the same and supply you with a compliance of building regs certificate. I have jobs inspected at random once a year to check on my compliance. I am also registered with the dgcos which supplies an insurance backed gaurantee of product and mediation if required and deposit protection if required. The reason most installers do not use building control is the expense of the registration plus installers should be offering the 10 year insurance backed gaurantee which building regs does not supply

To put a different slant on this the reason is installers do not want an inspection on every job they undertake. It is in their interests to receive a random once a year check!

thebaldwindowfitter

Furts wrote: »

To put a different slant on this the reason is installers do not want an inspection on every job they undertake. It is in their interests to receive a random once a year check!

There you go again with your constant bile taring everybody with the same brush your posts follow the same tact every time calling anybody in a trade profession .
The reason is down to costs who would pay £90 to £150 to have a one window job inspected by local council get a grip furts .The fact that local councils couldnt cope with the amount of work that the double glazing industry would be putting through it also another issue .
Who you stupid man do you think carried out the inspections on a twice yearly basis or more depending on amount of instalations carried out on behalf of Fensa , BBA yes the british board of agrement NOT fensa the company set up by the ggf who were asked to do so by government but then again your that clever you knew all that . PLEASE LOOK AT THE CUP AS HALF FULL not half empty

thebaldwindowfitter

Jaffa0range wrote: »

Hi All,

Have been using the forums quite a lot recently to trawl through information on windows and doors for our new house, it's all been very helpful.

Despite the wealth of knowledge/feedback on the forum I'm struggling to find any information on the 'Assure windows and doors Scheme'. After entertaining 5 different window glazing firms quotes over past few weeks, we have finally found a company we would like to go with. He however is not FENSA registered instead uses the 'Assure windows and doors scheme' which according to their website:

'Assure is an official ‘Competent Persons Scheme’ authorised by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).'

Essentially sounds like it does the same job as FENSA but I just can't find much feedback on them. Before we go ahead I'd just like the reassurance (no pun intended) that this organisation is legit and worth the paper it's written on.

Any advice would be much appreicated.

Cheers :beer:

We are fensa registered and have been since there inception one reason being they were the only ones originally doing the scheme at the time . Fensa use bba for there inspections who last year were taken under fensas wing so to speak and are now known as Rissa (touped over) so people who know building regulations at least as far as fenestration is concerned
Fensa run checks on companies and any company who has bankrupted directors cannot get registration for 5 years i think were as certass do seem to take anybody on .Fensa have also pushed for the guarantees and over tha last 3 years for a competancy scheme throughout the industry .I after 28 years with my own company decided to take nvq in fenestration to prove my competancy rather than relying on grandfather rights which i could of done . Despite Furts:mad: tyrade there are good companies in the double glazing industry
The scheme which you have been show as you say is run by Veka for there installers WHO are buying product off them now i might be being a little paranoid here but how likely is veka going to pull up its installers ie its bread and butter ?

Sgalaxy

As an installer i can confirm fensa , bm trada and assure are all the same and supply you with a compliance of building regs certificate. I have jobs inspected at random once a year to check on my compliance. I am also registered with the dgcos which supplies an insurance backed gaurantee of product and mediation if required and deposit protection if required. The reason most installers do not use building control is the expense of the registration plus installers should be offering the 10 year insurance backed gaurantee which building regs does not supply

Sgalaxy

In some ways i agree that certification of companies does not provide the customer with a gauranrtee of quality workmanship. I am the fifth generation of my family in the building trade and have seen building works sighned off by building control which i would not say was fit for a dog kennel. But remember the building control has no control over quaity only whether the works comply with regs. Still cannot beat local recommendation in my opinion but most people prefer a shiny van and a nice certificate

Pierreduchesne

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