A British gas boiler service is a constituent part of their home care product range.

The first level product, British Gas Homecare 100, looks after your gas boiler and controls. A broken boiler can be a severe problem in the winter leaving you without any heating or hot water. British Gas Homecare 100 gives you unlimited callouts and includes parts and labour with an annual safety and maintenance inspection. This means that the monthly fee should be the limit of your outgoings. There is an option to accept the first £50 of any expenditure in return for a lower monthly fee, this applies across the whole Homecare range which is outlined below.

If you want to extend the cover to include the additional parts of your central heating system you can take out the British gas Homecare 200 service. This builds up on the Homecare 100 product adding in care for your radiators, the pipework and hot water system.

Additional services to look after all the major features in any modern home available with plumbing and drains included in the Homecare 300 service and home electrics added in the Homecare 400 offer.  Whilst these movements away from direct protection of your boiler or central heating system the do focus on some of the main problem areas in the home.

All the above are available with a low monthly fee and no further cost to pay, or with an even lower monthly fee and a £50 charge for any completed repair.

Gas appliances and boilers must be serviced regularly to ensure they are safe within your home. A boiler which has not been serviced could produce lethal carbon monoxide gases which cannot be seen or tasted. The best protection for your family is to commission a 12 monthly service for your boiler. If you’re boiler is serviced by a “gas safe” registered engineer he or she will be fully aware of the latest safety requirements and what is needed to protect your family. When British Gas service a boiler they use a gas analyser to test for carbon monoxide levels in the exhaust gases from the gas appliance being tested. This gives accurate information on how safe the gas boiler is and ensures that servicing the boiler has not created a new problem.

A well serviced boiler will also be efficient which is essential to control your gas heating costs. And inefficient boiler will consume many more pounds via your gas Bill would be cost of a boiler service. These days energy costs of very high and none of those can afford to waste money by having an inefficient system that is literally throwing money away as the boiler exhaust gases float away outside.

Visit the British Gas site to view more details of the home care product range and select which option is right for your needs. The various levels of maintenance products incorporate the option to include or exclude an annual boiler service within your maintenance plan. Incorporating a British gas boiler service within an existing maintenance plan should mean that you get the combined offering at a lower price.