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Heating System Coverage (Gas/Electric Only) Rail
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Why choose this plan:
- $1,750 annual benefit amount
- Multiple service calls up to annual benefit
- 30-day wait period with a money-back guarantee
- One-year guarantee on all covered repairs
CenterPoint Energy has selected HomeServe,* an independent company, to provide their customers affordable emergency repair plans that help protect against costly and inconvenient covered repairs to systems through their homes and properties. CenterPoint Energy and HomeServe entered into an agreement to introduce these plans to CenterPoint Energy's customers.
What's covered
- Air scoops, aquastat, and barometric damper
- Belts, pulleys, blower motors, and blower assemblies
- Circuit boards, circulators and ECO safeties
- Fan controls, limit controls and fusible links
- Gas valves, ignition controls, and induced draft motor
- Blower, low water cutoff, main burners, pilot burners, pilots, and thermocouples
- Pressure switches and regulator valves
- Relays, spill switches, and transformers
Repairing a blower motor and wheel, fan/limit control switch and gas valve on your heating unit can cost an average of $1,561‡.
How a furnace heating system failure can affect your home:
- blower motor failure can mean the system won't supply enough heat
- broken circuit board could mean no heat
- lack of heat could cause pipes to freeze and induce water damage
As a homeowner, you are responsible for the heating system inside your home, and you will have to arrange and pay for any necessary repairs. This illustration shows a typical heating system found in your home. ‡National average repair costs as of January 2023. No charge for covered repairs up to your service call benefit amount.
Overview
If your heating system suddenly fails, you could face many long, cold days trying to find reliable repair help in the busy winter months. Many complicated parts keep your heating system functioning, and it can be costly to repair them.
Help protect yourself against the high cost of repairs with a home service repair plan from HomeServe. Heating Coverage includes the emergency breakdown repair costs of most major parts of home heating systems with up to $1,750 annually for covered repairs with multiple service calls.
Important coverage information
Eligible
- To be eligible, you must own the residential single structure or a unit within a structure
Not Eligible
- If your home is a recreational vehicle or otherwise intended to be moved; your property is used for commercial purposes; you know of any current problems with your system before enrollment; your system is shared with a 3rd party or covered by a homeowners' association or the like; has a furnace or boiler rated at inputs of 400,000 Btu/hr. or more; is installed on a roof, is a through-the-wall, hanging, geothermal heat pump, combination ambient heat/domestic hot water heating or oil unit; or is not installed according to manufacturer specifications
Exclusions
- Air ducts, registers, air filters, zoning components and electronics, electronic air cleaners, flue venting, humidifiers, thermostats, thermostat wiring, air balancing, chimney maintenance or repairs, heating jacket, asbestos or other insulation, heat exchangers, leaking boilers, boiler distribution piping, radiators, and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, wildlife, others or unusual circumstances. Costs on covered repairs may exceed the benefit limit, in which case you pay the difference between the cost and the benefit limit. Additional exclusions apply.
Benefit Details: Coverage provides, up to the applicable benefit limit, to repair or replace the following broken or failed parts of a central forced-air furnace or circulating hot water heating system fueled by natural gas, propane, or electricity that has experienced an operational failure, for which you have sole responsibility, that is damaged due to normal wear and tear, not accident or negligence: Air scoops, aquastat, barometric damper, belts, pulleys, blower motors, blower assemblies, circuit boards, circulators, ECO safeties, fan controls, limit controls, fusible links, gas valves, ignition controls, induced draft motor, blower, low water cutoff, main burners, pilot burners, pilots, thermocouples, pressure switches, regulator valves, relays, spill switches, and transformers. Coverage provides for repairs or replacement of parts only. Your system will not be replaced.
Not covered: Air ducts, registers, air filters, zoning components and electronics, electronic air cleaners, flue venting, humidifiers, thermostats, thermostat wiring, air balancing, chimney maintenance or repairs, heating jacket, asbestos or other insulation, heat exchangers, leaking boilers, boiler distribution piping, radiators, and damage from accidents, negligence or otherwise caused by you, wildlife, others or unusual circumstances. Costs on covered repairs may exceed the benefit limit, in which case you pay the difference between the cost and the benefit limit. Additional exclusions apply. Disputes resolved by arbitration, without class action or jury trial, unless otherwise stated in your full Terms and Conditions.
Making a Service Call: Your plan starts the day your enrollment is processed. There is an initial 30-day waiting period before you can make a service call, giving you 11 months of coverage during the first year. Upon renewal/reactivation (if applicable), there is no waiting period.
Cancellation: Cancel any time by calling HomeServe. If you cancel within 30 days of your start date, you will get a full refund (less claims paid, where applicable). Cancellations after the first 30 days will result in a pro-rata refund (less claims paid, where applicable).
Renewal: The plan is annual. Unless you cancel, your plan automatically renews annually at the then-current renewal price with your same payment terms.
Frequently asked questions
National Home Repair Warranty, Inc., 59 Maiden Lane, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10038 is the issuer of this optional service contract, which is administered by HomeServe USA Repair Management Corp. (“HomeServe”). HomeServe, with corporate offices located at 601 Merritt 7, 6th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851, is an independent company separate from CenterPoint Energy. This is a residential service contract; it is not an insurance policy and is not regulated or approved by the Texas Department of Insurance. Your choice of whether to participate in this service contract will not affect the price, availability or terms of service from CenterPoint Energy.
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