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Plumbing insurance from Homeserve - we say let them do the work
for you. To show you why we think Homeserve is the way forward for plumbing insurance,
we have the two companies battling it out in the table below...British Gas vs Homeserve!
The figures in the table are
accurate as of April 2008, but cantfixwontfix cannot take responsibility for
policy changes, or company small print - please visit their respective websites for details of all
their Terms and Conditions!
Some General Observations:
== Homeserve has a broader range of home emergency products with more cover options tailored to the individual home.
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== British Gas products include an annual/biannual safety and maintenance visit.
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== British Gas “Flexi” and Homeserve EasyPay have a £50 fixed call out fee/excess for each completed repair.
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== A £50 excess fee does not apply to Homeserve Plumbing and Drainage Cover + Homeserve Electrics Cover.
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| British Gas Product |
British Gas Price |
Homeserve Product |
Homeserve Price |
Saving with Homeserve |
Homecare Flexi 100
(boiler and controls) |
£9.00 |
EasyPay Boiler Cover
(boiler and controls) |
£5.99 |
£3.01 |
Homecare 100
(boiler and controls) |
£12.00 |
Boiler Cover
(boiler and controls) |
£8.99 |
£3.01 |
Homecare Flexi 200
(Central heating) |
£11.00 |
EasyPay Gas Central Heating Cover
(Central heating) |
£7.99 |
£3.01 |
Homecare 200
(Central heating) |
£16.00 |
Central Heating Cover
(Central heating) |
£11.99 |
£4.01 |
Homecare Flexi 300
(Central heating) |
£14.00 |
EasyPay Gas Central Heating Cover + Plumbing and Drainage Cover |
£11.99 (flat)
£14.25 (house) |
£2.01
-£0.25 |
Homecare 300
(Central heating, plumbing and drainage) |
£21.00 |
Central Heating Cover
+ Plumbing and Drainage Cover |
£15.99 (flat)
£18.24 (house) |
£5.01
-£2.76
|
Homecare Flexi 400
Central heating, plumbing and drainage) |
£17.00 |
EasyPay Gas Central Heating Cover + Plumbing and Drainage Cover |
£16.16 (flat)
£18.41 (house) |
£0.84
£-1.41
|
Homecare 400
Central heating, plumbing, drainage and electrics) |
£25.00 |
Central Heating Cover + Plumbing and Drainage Cover + Electrics Cover |
£20.16 (flat)
£22.41 (house) |
£4.84
£2.59
|
PropertyCare
(Not available online) |
£19.00 |
Landlord's Gas Central Heating Cover |
£17.67 |
£1.33 |
| Plumbing & Drains Care |
£5.75 |
Plumbing and Drainage Cover |
£6.25 (house) |
£-0.50 |
| Home Electrical Care |
£4.50 |
Electrical Emergency and Breakdown Cover |
£4.00 (flat)
£4.17(house) |
£1.75
£0.33 |
As stated above, please visit their respective websites for
details of all
their Ts and Cs, and disclaimers and what not. Hopefully you're at least curious to
check out what our favourite company Homeserve can offer you, so we have a link here
directly to the plumbing insurance section of their website, where you can get all other
answers you may have, answered!
Homeserve plumbing insurance from only £3.99 per month*.
FEATURED ARTICLE :: APRIL 2008
How to unblock your gutters and avoid plumbing nightmares
What you need:
A brush
A long hose pipe
It’s important to keep your gutters clear, otherwise metal gutters will rust away and you’ll have water pouring down and causing all types of problems for you,
leaving you needing drainage repairs, or having to deal with blocked drains
. It’s not too tricky to do them yourself,
and it’s essential to get it sorted if you have a tree overhanging your property to avoid an expensive repair…
Step 1
Get a ladder! Make sure it’s safe, if you don’t feel confident enough to do it then don’t take any risks and get professional help.
Try not to rest your ladder on the gutter if you can avoid it.
For Steps 2 and 3 of gutter fixing, read on in the
Plumbing Insurance & Repairs Articles page, where more info on
plumbing insurance and plumbing repair can be found.
For any other particular
plumbing insurance query or drainage problem, get in touch and we'll try and post
some
plumbing insurance and repair advice suited to your particular issue.
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