Phil L wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote:
[...]
You have to be a qualified electrician to do electrical work and
be a member of 'FENSA' to replace glass...

Where? Since when? By whose rules?


In the UK. since April 2002. Building regulations.
http://www.fensa.co.uk/homeowners.html

Others have commented already, but here's my twopennnorth.

There's nothing new about Building Regs. I've looked at the site, and
I can certainly replace a pane of glass myself without being a member
of anything. What's involved here is _replacement installation_, not
repair. Replacement windows and doors have to meet new requirements,
that's all: and that's a very good thing. A sample from the site:

Where a window or windows is/are completely replaced (as opposed to
repaired) in existing dwellings, they must comply with Approved
Documents Parts L1 and N (safety in relation to impact).

And you don't have to be a qualified electrician to do electrical
work. You have to meet the regs, that's all. It's been true all my
life, give or take a detail or two.

It seems the FENSA thing is just a hassle-saving measure you should
approve of: as I read it, some installers will be allowed to
self-certify instead of waiting for Building Control to come out and
check.

On music copyright, no, it isn't just a free-for-all: there are
rules, and everybody in the business knows them.

[...]

HTH,
--
Mike.