FENSA, is it required?

RoughNeck

FreeBear said:

RoughNeck said: I Googled to see whether a Fensa cert was required by law, and I didn't find anything to tell me it was required.

As the property owner, you are required to notify Building Control of any works that fall within their remit. Replacement windows is just one of many notifiable works. Failure to notify BC could result in enforcement notices being issued, and if not complied with, fines on top. Recent changes to legislation now means councils have up to 10 years to issue enforcement notices.

The advantage of using a FENSA or CERTASS registered installer is that they do all the necessary paperwork, inform the local council, and issue a certificate. But if you are fitting new lintels after making an opening bigger, that would need BC involvement.

This is a fair comment. I did some more research too and ideally I could do with getting a BC certificate. I'm positive my windows do comply, having looked at the regs, but it would probably worthwhile me getting a proper cert for them. I don't want to derail the thread so I'll go back in my box now