If you remember your history you will recall that British Gas Three Star plans focused upon protecting the hot water and central heating system within your home.  This innovative and most dependable service provided an expert tradesmen, a British Gas engineer, following your phone call to advise that you had a problem with your central heating system.

Having several thousand fully trained heating engineers delivering a National although local service this provided the perfect solution for homeowners who were concerned about how the code access reliable plumbers should the dreaded day occur when they had a central heating problem.

British gas three star concentrated on simple service and actually was a comprehensive package looking after many of the components in a central heating system: -

System cover- the flagship offering gave comprehensive protection against any costs flowing from parts replacement or the associated labour for problems relating to your gas boiler or the full central heating system. Safety was a very important aspect and hence the package included an annual safety inspection and gas boiler service. Of course, anyone with this level of cover gained priority access to British gas engineers when they need to call upon their assistance.

Boiler and control’s cover-slightly kinder on the finances this moderately lower package looked after the boiler and heating controls. Once again costs relating to replacement parts or the manpower were included as was the safety and maintenance inspection of the boiler and propriety access to the trained heating engineers.

Gas appliance cover-if you didn’t have central heating and a gas boiler but actually did require assistance with a gas cooker or a gas fire then British gas offered appliance cover specifically designed to target these types of gas appliance. Recognising that safety and efficiency were very important this service package gave an annual service and a safety inspection.

Taking out a maintenance plan to get someone to look after your home Appliances at a time of emergency is difficult and less you know that you can trust the provider. As British Gas was the leading boiler installer and maintenance organisation in the country it was a natural fit that they offered this type of surface. Several thousand tradesmen, all fully trained, meant that they were a through offer 24 hour assistance seven days a week.

The innovative approach of including the parts and labour costs in a central heating or boiler breakdown was instrumental in giving homeowners great confidence that their problem would be resolved at a price they can afford if they needed to call out one of these expert heating engineers.

British Gas Three Star has now been rebranded as British gas homecare. That doesn’t mean that anything has changed and British Gas is still committed to delivering the same high standards and customer care so you can relax should a heating emergency occur.