What is FENSA?

What is FENSA? An in-depth guide to FENSA and what it stands for

If you are searching through quotes for a new uPVC window, it can be quite overwhelming when trying to differentiate the crème de la crème from the dog’s dinner if you’re not an expert on the subject! This is understandable and you are not alone as our window experts at Trendguard are asked daily: what is FENSA? To answer this, there are two ways you can infer the question. What is the actual meaning being the FENSA acronym and what does FENSA aim to ensure as a regulator?

What does FENSA stand for?

FENSA stands for Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme. In short, FENSA is a government backed accreditation which monitors the compliance of window and door replacements in accordance with building regulation compliance. FENSA was created to help homeowners feel more comfortable in the knowledge that they will be protected against any fraud or misconduct which may occur throughout the sale. FENSA carries out checks to all double-glazing installers and building companies to make sure they stay within requirements to keep their certification.

To become FENSA registered your chosen company must firstly have in place an Insurance Backed Guarantee, (IBG) and public liability insurance to the sum of £2M minimum. Upon completion of the installation, homeowners will receive a certificate to signify that the job complies with all relevant building regulations, has official registry with the local governing body and its contents are of the highest quality regarding energy efficiency. Because of this, we at TrendGuard, take great pride in our FENSA registry.

When searching for quotes, always ask whether their installs are FENSA registered and make sure to ask for the FENSA certificate afterwards! Alternatively, follow the link to obtain a free no obligation quote from Trendguard and a price usually the same day!

Why should you choose a FENSA registered installer?

You’ve probably asked this question yourselves; what is FENSA? Every registered installer is monitored strictly by FENSA, carrying out yearly inspections, this avoids you having work done by cowboy trades people or companies who do not adhere to FENSAs compliance standards. Poor work or even illegal work would likely cost you hundreds of pennies to put right so it’s best to be safe than sorry.

Even if your chosen company or trades person is non-approved, it is mandatory that all work carried out is registered with the local authority. You’ll have to be sure that all work is registered will the authorities and the likely hood that it’s not done is often; because any confident window installer would most likely want to be FENSA registered because of there reputation. This process would cost you time and depending on what council you belong too, a surprising amount of money arranging assessments by building control.

If you’d like more free about what is FENSA, or information about the types of windows Trendguard supply and install, feel free to get in contact. If you’re looking for a free no obligation quote, just click here. All of our installations come with an insurance backed guarantee, as well as a FENSA certificate. We’re here 7 days a week, just call us on 01603 299090.

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Conservatory Upgrade

Very happy with our new doors and window. The fitters were tidy, friendly and efficient and the small error with our chosen front door handles was fixed promptly. Will definitely use them in the future.

Topaz Taur

We had Trendguard for our replacement windows & front door, they did a great job, only a few problems but I feel that Trendguard was let down by Kyle & Jonathan which they have now sorted out for us, we can't fault them at all for putting things right and understanding the issues we had, including some compensation for the inconvenience. They were prompt in arriving to the job and efficient and the aftersales were great. Overall we are very happy with the results !! Would definitely recommend them 👍

Lisa Attwell

Very professional, friendly and prompt service from Alistair and all the team- thank you. The new windows and door look great.

Colin Sale

Omg I am so so so pleased with my new windows they hold in the heat my house is now lovely and warm and I’m not using my heating so much which is also a bonus the service is excellent and polite they are also very helpful too customer service is excellent I couldn’t be happier I well recommend this company for windows triple A service all round thanks guys A*******

Crazy Crafty Max

Really good service from Trend Guard- quick service and really polite and helpful! Able to give me a competitive quote and help me out.

Sophia Brooks

Trendguard fitted all new windows and doors on our house earlier this year. The windows and doors themselves look really nice and have been working perfectly for the last few months. The fitting went well and their fitting team were kind enough to work around my more important meetings as I work from home. Two panels of glass were slightly damaged upon arrival and another contained a small defect but Trendguard were helpful and more than happy to replace these pieces. Unfortunately this did take a few months to resolve as their supplier first sent the wrong size pane, and then a replacement arrived which was also damaged, but they were very flexible around re-fitting and we are all sorted now. They were also kind enough to give us a discount for the inconvenience, even though the fault was with their supplier rather than them. We're happy with the products and service provided, especially so given how much money we saved compared with the national firms and would be happy to recommend and use Trendguard again.