The NF Norm

WHAT IS IT?
The mark of reference of security and quality for the construction of a house.

NF House is a mark of official certification of product and service relating exclusively to the houses carried out within the framework of the contract of construction with supply of plans, in conformity with the law of December 19, 1990.


WITH ?
In all independence and objectivity

CEQUAMI : Organization elected by AFNOR CERTIFICATION In charge of the delivery and the monitoring of the right of user of mark NF House. It was created by the CSTB ( Scientific and Technical Center of the Building industry) and QUALITEL The committee of APPLICATION OF the MARK Made up without prevalence of only one interest, of all the fascinating parts to certification: Representatives of the manufacturers, associations of users, organizations technical, representatives of the institutional partners and the Ministry for the Equipment, transport and Housing.


WHICH CRITERIA?
A project well conceived for a house full of qualities

MANUFACTURER Conforms in his organization and his means to a schedule of conditions specifié Titulaire of the guarantees subscribed near a guarantor and insurance company..

PUBLICITY AND INFORMATION complete and detailed Information in all transparency:références of the manufacturer, rights and duties of the awarding authority, development of the project, plan of financing...

GARANTIES ET ASSURANCES OBLIGATOIRES Caution financière Assurance responsabilité civile professionnelle et décennale Assurance dommages-ouvrage

CONTRACT precise and detailed Project, contract and note conform to the texts in force, transparency of the prices, service of assistance to the customer...

GUARANTEES AND COMPULSORY INSURANCES financial Guarantee Insurance professional civil liability and decennial Insurance damage-work

PREPARATION OF the BUILDING SITE AND COMPLETION OF the WORK single Interlocutor, choice of qualified subcontractors, regular controls of building site, management of the deadlines...

RECEPTION OF the WORK Visits preliminary to the reception contradictory Réception with p.v. If necessary, raised reserves within the agreed times. Handing-over of a complete file:

THE FILE OF A " HOUSE TO BE LIVED "

- Plans of updated éxecution - List of the speakers
- Instructions of use and maintenance of the house
- Note of presentation of the after-sales service
- Step to be followed in the event of defect or of disaster
- Certificate NF House of the house


QUI EST TITULAIRE ?
A titular manufacturer, it is a professional who engages.

It proclams its will to bring additional guarantees to you It respects engagements of the rules of the mark: One to that on its organization, its means and its practices and of the checks relating to a sampling of its achievements.Itl is the subject of a monitoring: Audit of follow-up every 18 months, checking of houses, follow-up of the satisfaction of 100% of the awarding authorities. These controls are carried out by a network of listeners and inspectors qualified by CEQUAMI, independent and objective third organization. The committee of Application guarantees the respect of the impartiality of the process of certification