Best boiler and heating cover

Mandyh8

Time to renew my cover currently with B/Gas full cover over£600 can anyone recommend cheaper cover boiler 13years old current excess £50

JJ_Egan

Find a local guy with a good reputation to fix .

Is £600 PA worth paying ??

SaverRate

As above but if you really need it have you spoken to British Gas to see if they can do anything with the price? 

tim_p

2-3 years paying that much would cover the cost of a new boiler install.  As previously said, find a good local plumber and save the money to have ready should you need it. 

daveyjp

House insurance with home emergency cover.

ARH_2

Self-insurance is always the best insurance. Put a little aside each month into a generic rainy day fund, and when the boiler gives out, buy a new one. 

The only things worth insuring are things you really couldn't afford to pay for should the worst happen (e.g buildings insurance).

Gerry1

ARH_2 said:

The only things worth insuring are things you really couldn't afford to pay for should the worst happen (e.g buildings insurance).

And motor insurance, which is compulsory unless you deposit £10 million or whatever with the government or take the vehicle off the public highway !

Brewer20

ARH_2 said:

Self-insurance is always the best insurance. Put a little aside each month into a generic rainy day fund, and when the boiler gives out, buy a new one. 

The only things worth insuring are things you really couldn't afford to pay for should the worst happen (e.g buildings insurance).

So true, we used to put money aside, an emergency fund, don't bother now as we have ready funds.

We currently have a decent heating engineer, he services the boiler for £50 each year and if I have any problems he'll be there within 24hrs.

Maybe we've been lucky over the years, never had any form of cover on any appliance, just have it fixed or replaced out of pocket.