You don’t register with FENSA, you get either a FENSA registered company to install the window or you DIY notify your LABC & they come & inspect it; there is a charge of £60 - £70. Both the window & its installation must comply with current building regulations.
Not sure what you mean; that’s the rules, it’s up to you if you follow them or not.Not without lying on the solicitors question form; this is a standard list of questions you have to answer from the buyer’s solicitor. One of the questions asks specifically if any notifyable works have be carried out on the property & if so, to provide the necessary compliance paperwork. If you can’t provide the paperwork, your buyer’s mortgage company may not lend the money for the purchase & so you could loose the sale. If you lie & get found out, you could end up in a civil court paying damages!
Just stating how it is; it’s down to individuals to decide if lying & chancing their arm doesn’t bother them. Most if not all glazing units have dates stamped in between the glass so it’s not that difficult to get caught out & what if the unit is different to the others; surveyors aren’t stupid!
I don’t think you can either from bona fide manufacturer or supplier. But what about second hand or Flea Bay? Our local auction house holds weekly sales of anything & everything & they regularly sell new units cheaply "under the hammer" some of which are clearly not compliant with current standards; old stock from somewhere I presume!I don't think that you can buy a plastic window and DG unit that does not conform, so what is the point of the application?
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But you’re not allowed to do that & I supose it's one reason why such work is now notifyable. BR’s only require “escape windows” for new builds; the only requirement for replacement windows is that means of escape is no worse than it was before; same applies to trickle vents.
It has caused me (& probably many others) endless pain & much expense having to employ “Trade cowboys” for certain types of work who are clearly less competent than I am but they have a bit of paper that proves they are “competent” (joke ); I generally have to watch them like a hawk to ensure they do it right . I'm am honest & so follow the rules of society but I suspect this may be regarded by many as simply being a mug! My point exactly & there are many, many more examples!
No; but the way this type of legislation is introduced, the public never get the opportunity to oppose it. The latest gem on offer will probably see me cutting down all the many mature & beautiful trees I have in my front & back gardens in a couple of years because I just won’t be able to afford to get them inspected every 3 years by yet another “licensed & competent person”; still at least I’ll be able to offset the now ridiculous cost of heating oil & electricity by recycling them through the wood burner!
but sometimes it just isn't worth the hassle of being caught out; it’s up to the individual to decide, using their informed judgement. But the net is slowly being tightened & is already quiet tight in some areas which is also providing a very lucrative, income by way of “legalising” work done by folks who didn’t really have a clue such regulations existed or to put right work done by “trade cowboys”, some of whom will actually have that important bit of paper which proves they are “competent” & licenses them to do the work in the first place! I’ll leave that one to you I think!
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