Boiler Servicing: Need, and Best Deals?

steelrattus

Hi folks,

We have a 4-year old Glow-worm boiler.

For good or for bad we've never had it serviced.

Corgi Home Plan dot co dot uk have written to us offering a combined service and insurance for around £200 a year.

Firstly, how necessary is it to service a "young" boiler? (My guess is "necessary")

Secondly, are there any better deals for a combined insurance and service contract?

TIA

Pincher

£200 sounds high.
Some boilers are more expensive than others.
The manufacturer's price is obviously a good benchmark.

http://www.glow-wormheating.co.uk/boiler-servicing/book-a-service.php

macman

If it's not been serviced in 4 years, that has presumably invalidated whatever warranty you originally had.
Just get a local independent GSR RGI to do an annual service, and put the savings in the bank for a rainy day.
A service is typically around £75.

Rupert_Bear

We have a service agreement with BG and cover unlimited callouts, electrics and plumbing and it costa £30 a month. The boiler is 10 years old and have had the cover for about 4 years. In that time the boiler has gone wrong about 4 times and would have been expensive if we had not had cover.

macman

But you've paid out £1,440 in 4 years-that would have paid for a new boiler!
4 service calls would not necessarily have cost that much, depending on what was required.

HappyMJ

Rupert_Bear wrote: »

We have a service agreement with BG and cover unlimited callouts, electrics and plumbing and it costa £30 a month. The boiler is 10 years old and have had the cover for about 4 years. In that time the boiler has gone wrong about 4 times and would have been expensive if we had not had cover.

Hang on a sec you pay £360 a year (£1440 over 4 years) and you think that's a good deal. My logic says that 4 callouts and repairs at £200 a time (Your local gas engineer would be cheaper but I'll quote Npower's offer at £250 -- http://www.npower.com/Home/npower-hometeam/Repair/Fixed-price-boiler-repair/ppc/index.htm) that would have cost £800 plus 4 annual services at £75 a time with your local gas engineer (£99 with Npower http://www.npower.com/Home/npower-hometeam/Servicing/Gas-boiler-service/index.htm) costing £300. You would have saved £340 over the 4 years.