Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning is such a serious issue that it forms part of UK health and safety law. Legislation such as the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 exist in part to protect the public from CO, such as through their requirements for landlords to arrange annual gas appliance services and to ensure…
What is a condensing boiler? A condensing boiler is a highly energy-efficient water heater with considerably lower fuel and running costs than a conventional boiler. You may not have especially heard about condensing boilers before. Since they were first introduced to the market in the 1980s, there has been a general lack of awareness of…
A Darwen grandmother was left without central heating and hot water and a flooded storage room after ScottishPower failed to repair her boiler, despite the fact that she had taken out boiler breakdown cover. Scottish Power boiler cover failings June Eastham, 56, told the Lancashire Telegraph that she pays Scottish Power almost £100 a month…
If you ever need home repairs – if you experience a boiler breakdown or a home emergency – then you must use trusted, authoritative and qualified tradespeople. If you use someone a friend recommended, or someone who is advertising in the chip shop window, you must make sure that they hold the right accreditation and…
Gas appliances have added a lot to our lives, allowing us to enjoy warm homes, warm water and lower energy bills. There’s no reason to worry about your gas boiler and other appliances if you use a few simple safety measures. Top 10 Gas Safety Rules Check the ID card of any engineer that comes…
We often talk about how our boiler breakdown, appliance and home emergency cover could save you an awful lot of money by ensuring you do not have to pay out a fortune should your property ever stop working, but the safety implications of a 247 Home Rescue service plan are also huge. An electrical home…
The relentless rise in gas and electricity bills and an increasing interest in energy efficiency and eco-friendliness has seen thousands of people across the UK receive replacement gas boilers in recent months. And the growing uptake in efficient gas boilers is not solely driven by rising consumer demand – local authorities throughout the country are…
Home emergency cover will provide you with essential peace of mind against a huge range of issues, including problems with security, plumbing, drainage, pest infestations, the electric supply and the gas supply. 247 Home Rescue offers boiler breakdown cover and home emergency cover, protecting some of the most important aspects of your home, 24 hours…
In wider society and in most industries, loyalty is rewarded. You’d think all businesses would be interested in maintaining positive relations with their most reliable customers – a pub is far more likely to allow a regular to buy a drink today and pay for it tomorrow than to allow a new patron to do…
‘Big Six’ member SSE might be fixing its energy prices, but it isn’t fixing the prices of its boiler breakdown cover. Expensive Mistake? People could be drawn to switch their gas and electricity supplier as a result of the promised price freeze, but switching boiler breakdown cover as well could be an expensive mistake, as…
