Window installations Kitemark

BSI Kitemark for Window Installation

As a window installer, your business can register for one of the most prestigious certification marks in the business – the BSI Kitemark.The Kitemark can help you gain the business edge by improving the quality of your installations; reducing mis-measures and service calls, and gaining a powerful and effective marketing tool. Customers get increased satisfaction and confidence through use of the Kitemark, seen as a symbol of quality, safety and trust. 

The Window installer Kitemark covers a wide variety of aspects:

  • Design - Ensuring windows and doors are correct for intended use
  • Surveying – Correct door and window fit and risk assessment
  • Installation practice – Including the safe removal of old windows
  • Staff training – Ensure all staff are properly trained and competent
  • Property care – To avoid damage to furniture and floor coverings
  • Building regulations compliance – Including fire, thermal efficiency, and safety glazing
  • Material quality – All materials must meet the required quality standards.
  • Inspection – Check all installations are fitted in accordance with BS 8213-4 and the system designer recommendations.

New build, replacement and commercial markets are all covered by the scheme, irrespective of the types of materials used.

Kitemark for window installations - a clear business advantage

The Kitemark is one of the UK's most respected certification marks, and is well-established in the double-glazing sector as a symbol of quality and reliability.

  • Powerful and effective marketing tool 
  • Reduced mis-measures and service calls by improving the quality of the installation, delivering you cost savings.
  • Increased quality of surveying, improving your efficiency.
  • Reduced delays in issuing paperwork – Kitemark installers who elect to use BSI to carry out local authority notifications and issuing of Building Regulations certificates, can carry out these activities instantly via our website.
  • It enables the installer to complete the job properly in the very first time, saving you costs.

Quality Plan

BSI offers a quality plan module for window installers. The quality plan is a document that outlines the procedures, specifications and associated resources your company utilises to achieve the workmanship quality required.

The quality plan module is designed to:

  • Help clients understand the Kitemark scheme requirements and BS8213-4
  • Provide a gap analysis report
  • Provide an action plan of what is required and assign responsibilities for progression within an agreed timeframe.
Learn more about the application and certification process