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     Accreditation’sWhich standards are worth having and which are just sales talk?
 
7th May 2010 The new Document L has been approved and will become law as from the 1st October 2010. This requires any windows installed in residential properties to be ‘C’ rated or better or a U-value no worse than 1.6 W/m2k. For more information check out the New Document L1A   
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 General Information How to Use Glass Windows Doors Conservatories    Tesco Windows
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Virtually all profile extruders, fabricators and sealed unit manufactures have the relevant BSI Kite marks. You will be very hard pushed to find a product without it, so this is no guarantee of quality
Essential if you want an ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ rated window as this is the only organization that can award these, no guarantee of quality, just energy efficiency
The Glass and Glazing federation is one of the oldest trade bodies within the double glazing industry. Although they offer a certain amount of protection, no more than any other warranty. Remember the GGF are a business too and their aim is to make money
You will need either Fensa, Certass of the building control when installing new windows, but as they only inspect 1 - 3% of installation don’t really on this as a guarantee the company is competent.
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This is also a manufacturing accreditation and not a standard specification, it must be specified at point of manufacture as certain things are changed such as anti-bump cylinder, laminated glass to ground floor windows etc. Normally used on commercial products and by local council not usual for domestic installations
TESCO the UK biggest supermarket chain have now started the advertising of windows, doors and conservatories but are they any good?
What GRANTS are available from the Government to help towards the cost of new Windows
