What is FENSA?

 

 

FENSA stands for the Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme. It has been set up by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF), with cooperation of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, in response to  new Building Regulations for England and Wales.

On 1st April 2002, all replacement glazing in dwellings has come within the scope of these new Building Regulations. Since then, anyone who installs replacement windows or doors must comply with improved thermal performance standards.

 

When replacing windows and doors, homeowners must ensure that they get a certificate from the Local Authority Building Control Department or have the work completed by a FENSA Registered Company.

 

UNITED WINDOWS is a fully registered member of FENSA. All our installations have to comply with these new building regulations.

 

Registered approved member companies of FENSA are allowed to self certify their installations and will be subject to random checks. All installations will be recorded on the FENSA database which will be made available to local authorities and the Law Society. FENSA will issue certificates to householders as proof of compliance. When a householder wishes to sell the property, solicitors will check with the Law Society to ensure compliance with building regulations, failure will result in the cost of obtaining retrospective approval.

 

To become a member, companies must:

• Comply with all building regulations

• Be vetted to ensure general competence

• Offer the customer an insurance backed guarantee

 

 Those companies that do not comply and/or are not members of FENSA must obtain building regulations approval. If not, they are breaking the law which could result in considerable fines, unprecedented bad publicity and the householder unable to sell their property.