Gas Central Heating Cover

A central heating system breakdown could leave your home without hot water or heating at any time. With no care plan or insurance cover, stress and costs could soon add up.

Gas central heating breakdown cover and care plans can deliver prompt help in the form of a Gas Safe registered engineer, potentially the very same day. With some products, there's nothing extra to pay for repair call outs, parts or labour. Or you might prefer to pay less per month in return for paying a fixed fee per repair, which could work out cheaper if your central heating system behaves properly.

Many central heating cover products also come with annual gas boiler servicing included. An annual service is strongly recommended by the Government and by Gas Safe Register. As well as checking that your boiler is working safely, servicing can improve a boiler's efficiency and lead to lower gas bills.

Central heating cover and care plans with annual boiler servicing are available from 30p a day. See below for central heating cover / care from featured providers. For a one-off gas boiler service, gas boiler service.

More about central heating cover / care

All of the central heating cover or care products offered by our featured suppliers are designed to minimise worry, hassle and costs by providing customers with rapid service from qualified, Gas Safe registered engineers who have the appropriate skills and qualifications to repair central heating systems and/or other relevant products, according to the product held by the customer.

Central heating breakdown products can be either insurance-based (central heating cover) or service-based (central heating care). Both types typically provide for checking, maintaining and/or repairing most parts of a home's gas central heating system, including providing fast help in the case of a heating breakdown.

In particular, central heating cover / care products usually include much more than just gas boilers and boiler controls - also covering, for example, radiators, pipework, the hot water system, etc. It's important to keep this in mind when you compare prices for central heating and boiler cover.

When deciding whether central heating cover is worth having, consider potential situations and how you would manage without it. For example, how would you deal with a central heating breakdown during a cold snap, when you have visitors or when help is hard to find or especially expensive (eg public holidays, weekends, etc)? With a service agreement or central heating insurance in place, you could simply call the provider for fast help from a qualified engineer, potentially with nothing extra to pay.

British Gas, for example, usually provides same day repairs to eight out of ten HomeCare central heating customers who call before 9.30am to report boiler problems that have left them without hot water or heating. At the latest, they always aim to attend the very next day. There's also peace of mind in knowing that their engineers are properly registered with Gas Safe (as is the case with all of our featured providers).

Some providers also offer maintenance and protection for household plumbing, drainage, electrics and other electrical or gas appliances. These extras may be sold as separate services or bundled together as part of central heating cover or care.

Plumbing cover / care, for instance, can provide for parts and labour costs to replace or repair items including cold water storage tanks, toilet ball valves and siphons, burst pipes due to cold weather, etc - issues that wouldn't otherwise fall under central heating cover / care. Similarly, drainage cover typically provides for unblocking waste or rainwater drainage pipes - including sinks - within your property's boundaries or until they become connected to shared or public drains.

Having decided to buy central heating cover or care, many people take the opportunity to arrange affordable, all-in-one protection for their home's central heating, plumbing, drainage and electrics.