Cavity Wall Insulation certification

sharper101

I'm hoping someone can help!
We are trying to track down certification of cavity wall insulation that was installed by a now defunct company in 2004 - Domestic & General. There just doesn't seem to be any certification held by anyone, including CIGA (who weren't helpful at all). I've tried Ofgem who pointed me to Citizens' Advice, and Citizens' Advice pointed us back to Ofgem.

Is there a way of having what is currently in the walls (Thermabead insulation) inspected and certified by an independent body? Who might do this?

Many thanks!

Furts

Vaguely by memory, there are other bodies doing self certification for Buildings Regulations and I do not think CIGA have a monopoly. But Domestic and General were still going circa 2013 and with Thermobead, so years after your 2004 example. Which makes me wonder the home should have been CIGA registered and nobody bothered, or it got forgotten, or it was just a scam job.


I have no awareness of anybody offering what you are suggesting and basic commercial logic says the chances of getting it would be almost zero. Why would anyone insure work undertaken years back by a company that was thoroughly dodgy and working in an industry that has an appalling reputation for bad publicity and potential problems?


But if insurance was available there is a chance you would first have to shell out substantial sums on maintenance before the risk could be insured.