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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. |
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