Your boiler is responsible for providing hot water and heating throughout your home. Should it break down you would be left without valued services and with a costly repair bill. Having adequate boiler cover in place to ensure that you are protected from spur of the moment bills and lengthy waits for repair is something ever home owner should consider.
British Gas has a range of boiler cover schemes in place for residential user who wants to have the peace of mind proper boiler cover provides. The HomeCare range of cover is flexible so that you can choose the boiler cover that best suits your needs and budget.
Key points about the HomeCare scheme:
• HomeCare boiler cover is available to anyone, regardless of whether they are a British Gas customer or not.
• You can be covered by HomeCare even if your boiler is an older model, provided that parts can still be sourced for it.
• Homecare is not just a boiler service cover plan. Qualified engineers can help with faulty electrics, burst pipes, blocked drains and more.
• All of the 7000+ engineers that British Gas have ready to assist their customers are registered as *Gas Safe. This means that they are able to work safely and legally on any of the gas appliances in your home.
• You can gain Nectar points for having HomeCare services for your home.
• As a customer of HomeCare you would have access to a 24hr a day, seven days a week emergency hotline.
• Boiler care via HomeCare can cost as little as £10.50 per month.
• Homecare also includes an annual service and energy efficiency test as well as ongoing general boiler cover.
• Boiler Cover call outs include parts and labour so there are no additional bills to pay.
• There is no limit to the amount of call outs you can have per year.
When you consider that it can cost as much as £70 per hour for some Gas Safe engineers to visit your home, before considering the costs of parts and that of an annual check-up you can see why having adequate boiler cover is less of a luxury and more of a necessity.
Keeping your boiler properly maintained not only ensures it’s efficiency and maintains the convenience of having hot water and heating on demand but also protects the safety of yourself and your family.
British Gas has a wide range of boiler cover, central heating cover and other essential services available and full information on these can be located on their website under Products and Services.
*The Gas Safe register was previously known as Corgi until April 2009.
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