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May10

WER and BFRC – What Does It All Mean?

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Guest Post by Andrew Glover from West Yorkshire Windows

Today, I have been to the BFRC open forum discussion on the changes that are going to be taking place in October this year. It was held at Leeds United’s football ground and was attended by about 20 or so people. My understanding is that it was open for all licence holders and I am unsure if anyone else had an invite.

The idea of the meeting was to educate us about the new regulations we all HAVE to comply with and the easiest way to do it.

Basically, from the 1st of October, this year, all replacement windows will have to be C Rated or above and all double glazing installers will have to provide proof that the products they are installing comply with the new rules. The only way to prove what you…

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May5

What The ‘L’ – A Quizzical Critique For the Double Glazing Experts

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After what seems like an eternity we now know the compliance criteria for windows and doors from October thanks to the publication of the 2010 approved document part L.

What does this tell us?

  • Firstly it would appear that the WER scheme is written in to a C rating, while not labelled the BFRC scheme, in essence that is what it is, and secondly that a draconian 1.6 U-value can be used as an alternative.
  • This now means that all the self-certification bodies can produce their own WER schemes, so the next round of self publicizing scammery sets in motion.  With the consumer already being conned by the poor science behind the BFRC scheme, are they next to be subjected to the marketing of schemes, to ensure that they will choose a contractor using the ‘best’ scheme.
  • The fact

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