Warranty and Passive Slab Foundations

[davidc]

Has anybody experienced any reluctance from warranty providers (hence also mortgage lenders) to cover EPS type passive slab foundations ?

[Gone West]

None at all. We have an EPS PH slab and a warranty.

[MikeSharp01]

None from ours either.

 

 

[jonM]

Me neither. We have an isoquick slab and warranty. 

[davidc]

Thanks all.

 

That's one less thing to worry about !

[davidc]

So were any of the warranties folk got on builds with passive slab foundations provided by NHBC ?

[willbish]

Nope, protek here

[Bitpipe]

Ours was Ark (who went bust I think) but they didn't blink at a passive basement holding up the house.

[SuperJohnG]

@PeterStarck @MikeSharp01 @jonM

 

Can I ask who your warranties were with? 

 

Struggling with doing a SIPS kit and passive slab and finding warranty suppliers who are happy if you don't have a main contractor. 

 

@LA3222 you got one recently too I believe? 

[jonM]

My Warranty was with selfbuildzone. They were fine with me using a passive slab. 

[Gone West]

Ours was with SelfBuildZone the same as @jonM 

[Dan F]

4 hours ago, jonM said:

My Warranty was with selfbuildzone. They were fine with me using a passive slab.

 

Same here.

[LA3222]

@SuperJohnG Protek for me.

 

I got Warranty & BC combined from them.

Edited August 7, 2020 by LA3222

[SuperJohnG]

37 minutes ago, LA3222 said:

@SuperJohnG Protek for me.

 

I got Warranty & BC combined from them.

@LA3222 thanks. 

 

Weirdly - Protek will not quote me....saying they don't do structural warranty for SIPS?! 

[LA3222]

@SuperJohnG just checked the statement of facts on my policy and it definitely says SIP on there as the method of construction. 

 

I found getting a warranty/BC to be one of the more tedious tasks. A lot of work to either get a 'no' or a stupid premium - and I consider it to be worthless but a necessary evil for remortgaging purposes with made it all the more annoying I had to invest time in this charade!!

[SuperJohnG]

26 minutes ago, LA3222 said:

@SuperJohnG just checked the statement of facts on my policy and it definitely says SIP on there as the method of construction. 

 

I found getting a warranty/BC to be one of the more tedious tasks. A lot of work to either get a 'no' or a stupid premium - and I consider it to be worthless but a necessary evil for remortgaging purposes with made it all the more annoying I had to invest time in this charade!!

@LA3222 currently echoing exactly your comments above.

 

In good news I checked my protek account and albeit was originally refused as it was SIPS ( i was originally told over phone it was a no to sips around 6 months ago then around two weeks ago online again)....they seem to.have now given me a price for it...they just hadn't sent an email to say it had now changed. £2900 odds....i don't have BC as the LA do that in scotland. Its still a sore one but 400 quid cheaper than self build zone