FENSA - is it necessary

[Andrew Gabriel]

April 2002, which is exactly why I replaced my windows in February 2002 (and put central heating in). However, very few window installers were signed up until a long time after that date anyway. I spoke to mine probably some 6 months later, and he was just starting to think about it.

I did however make my systems all conform to Part L except for the K glass, which is a complete waste of money. IIRC, the payback for K glass was something like 50 years, and that didn't take into account the extra lighting needed because of the slightly darker glass. That money went towards a condensing boiler and extra insulation, which was a very much more effective use of it.

[geoff]

So, after say, 5 years, it becomes beyond their remit ?

[Dave Liquorice]

elfin safety. You have to be trained to use a ladder and have done the "Working at heights" course if more than 6' above the ground. You will notice that sky dishes are now installed on the sides of houses no more than 8 to 10' from the ground...

[John Rumm]

6 months of the date of the offence, except for breaches of the Energy Efficiency requirements, where the time limit is longer (can't remember how long & ICBA to look it up).

The LA can serve a notice (a 'Section 36') requiring the owner to rectify a contravention up to 12 months after its occurrence (I think this has also been extended for Energy Efficiency requirements- see above).

Action can be taken on existing buildings containing flats of three or more storeys to ensure there are adequate fire precautions, and there are the dangerous buildings sections if you really c*ck it up (like the landlord who decided that he could get a couple of extra flats in his house by digging down 2m in one go).

In practice, as someone else has pointed out, getting the Council's solicitors to do anything within the time allowed is so tortuous and time-consuming that my LA only takes any formal action against the most serious and/or serial transgressors. The main sanction for everyone else is the withholding of a Completion Certificate."

[Dave Plowman (News)]

And what happens if you have neither? Hung drawn and quartered or simple beheading?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Since the FENSA thing is quite recent - how would a buyer know when the windows were installed?

[John Rumm]

Cos the seller is supposed to tell em (and there is a date stamp on many sealed units!)

[Tony Bryer]

Mine did: I have done a lot of work and wanted to make sure that I got the credit. EA said it was one of the first Cs he seen. Hasn't helped so far: just one expression of interest who wants to knock the asked £300K down to £250K (for obvious reasons).

[Tim S]

John Rumm coughed up some electrons that declared:

And my numpty buyer's solicitor asked the question, so obviously their surveyor wasn't paying much attention to the clearly marked dates on the 4 new windows!

[tim.....]

Your numpty solicitor just sends out a standard list of questions.,

This costs him (you) less than his going through them to work out which ones he needs to ask

tim

[tony sayer]

And quite adequate they are there too!. Ours are up a corner of the garden on the ground and painted greenish brown and you wouldn't know we had two:)...