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MAJOR CHANGES
IN GLAZING REGS…
JUNE 6TH
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once again, the window and
door industry in England and
Wales is undergoing major
changes in regulations on
standards and guarantees.
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The bad news is that it will place
every window installer – and
many other trade sectors – under
a whole new raft of legal obligations. Of course, the good news is
that more and tighter regs means
the cowboy traders are more and
more isolated, giving the honest
professionals even more chances to prove their integrity to the
consumer.
The biggest change is that it
will now be mandatory for every
Competent Person Scheme member
to give every customer financial
protection on every installation. It is
no longer an option simply to offer
an IBG – every homeowner must
be given one for every installation.
The changes also see new rules
regarding the Minimum Technical
Competence or MTC Card, verifying
the holder’s abilities in domestic
window and door installation and
surveying. These changes mean
there must be at least one cardholder present at every installation and,
with some exceptions, every survey
must be carried out by a cardhold-
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er. The Department for Communities and Local Government requires
that all Competent Person Schemes
must verify the competence of
all surveyors and installers in this
way.
Recently, HomePro, one of
the UK’s biggest IBG providers,
revealed that as many as 80%
of domestic window installation
companies surveyed were still not
up to speed with the changes.
Compliance Manager Jim Keane
said this was a very worrying result,
especially as any installation carried
out under any Competent Person
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