FENSA Certificate

No, they can't certify the fitting, only give a declaration that the frames/glazing meet the standards, so not the same thing.

Someone might ask to see them, and you'll have to say you have no certificates because some windows didn't need one, and others haven't got one.

Anyone who can look at the windows, see they aren't falling out, do have the kite-mark to show they're toughened if appropriate would be a fool to walk away from buying a house due to a worthless bit of paper.

You *could* get a retrospective building regulations inspection done, they may want to see evidence that cavity-closers, lintels etc were installed where needed, or you could get "lack of building regulations indemnity" policy for a few quid.

Wait until it becomes an issue - if it does - when you come to sell the house. Then say that you've lost the certificate and that the company which did the work is no longer in business. Unless there are any obvious problems with the windows, the lack of certificate is unlikely to affect the sale. If it *does* there are - as others have said - various indemnity insurance policies which you can buy for not very much.

That won't wash, FENSA keeps a copy of certificates, searchable by postcode and house number

I think this is one of those non-issues since before 2006 a FENSA certifica te was not required and it does not stop people buying houses with DG insta lled before then. I should imagine if any body really likes your house it w ill be a small issue and not likely to put them off unless they are really pedantic and then they know what they can do.

Richard

That does not quite work as everyone (solicitors) knows that you can get duplicates from FENSA (I've had to do this).

Better to just say there are none and leave it at that.

That's interesting - my house doesn't have any certificates and I still bought it ;)

When were the windows fitted?

Roger Mills wrote in news:d756icFn3b4U1 @mid.individual.net:

Last year and next week.

Sorry but we cannot match that search data! Mind it was 20 years ago.

When selling, honesty tends to pay and not bite you later!

The oldest certificate I can find down my road is 2002.

For a given postcode you only need to search for house numbers 0 to 9, to match them all (unless you have house names of course, in which case I presume 26 searches from A to Z would do it).

My house appears to have the same installation certificated twice :/

I am not going to say it.

Can I have one of them?

Stupid site can't cope with a postecode entered as "ab12cd", it certainly insists on the space, may even be fussy about case.

I can't see how they justify the £12 charge for a copy either, apart from lining their pockets.

When did FENSA come into existance again?

I wonder if there's also a noddy (incorrect) postocode parser in there too. What does it say for E1W 3AJ (for example). Yes, it's a real postcode. Yes, I've worked on dodgy code that refused to allow it.

That's when Part L came into force so it seems likely you will not find anything earlier.

I assume 2002?

It says the same for my house. I had some new windows fitted in 2002 and in 2009 - but they were both part of larger buildings projects which got Building Regs sign-off - not just window replacements. Should I have had FENSA certificates anyway, or is the BR sign-off sufficient?