This site will cover certified home products — certified garage doors, certified timber and oak, certified roofing and glazing, certified outdoor structures — through certification and standards. What the certification mark means. Where certification gaps are. What critical questions to pose to a supplier or a contractor before you shell out your money. That is the editorial policy, and it will not change who advertises.

Who writes the content

I’ve been in the home improvement industry / building surveying / property / construction for more than 10 years and learned that buyers spend a lot of money on home improvement products and don’t have the information they need to make a reasonable decision. Supplier websites are marketing documents. Trade publications are written for installers. There isn’t much in between aimed simply at the person who just wants to buy the right thing.

What the term “certified” means on this website

The term certified appears in the website’s name and means something specific here. Each product category we cover has official certification schemes, such as PAS 24 for the security of garage doors, FSC and PEFC for timber provenance, BS EN 13956 for flat roof membranes, and BFRC energy ratings for glazing. These are not self-declared standards; they are verified and tested. The information on this site details what each scheme evaluates, how to check a certification claim, and what the certification does not cover. The last part, regarding the limitations, is what supplier literature typically omits.

If this changes, we will state that openly. Nothing has changed.

Contacting Us

If you have a question about the content on this site, want to suggest a correction, or suggest something for us to cover, please use the contact page.