Please read all these terms and conditions.
As we can accept your order and make a legally enforceable agreement without further reference to you, you must read these terms and conditions to make sure that they contain all that you want and nothing that you are not happy with. It is Your responsibility to ensure that service agreement you have purchased meets Your exact requirements. If you are not sure about anything, just phone us on 0800 188 4864.
1 – Application
1.1 – These Terms and Conditions will apply to the purchase of the services and goods by you (the Customer or you). We are Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd a company registered in England and Wales under number 13384142 whose registered office is at 12 Runwell Raod, Wickford, Essex, United Kingdom, SS11 7AB with email address [email protected]; telephone number 0800 188 4864; (the Supplier or us or we).
1.2 – These are the terms on which we sell all Services to you. Before placing an order on the Website, you will be asked to agree to these Terms and Conditions by clicking on the button marked ‘I Accept’. If you do not click on the button, you will not be able to complete your Order. If you place your order over the phone, you should read the terms and conditions available on our website. You can only purchase the Services and Goods from the Website or over the phone if you are eligible to enter into a contract and are at least 18 years old.
2.Interpretation
Wherever the following words and phrases appear, they will have the following meaning:
Service agreement – your contract with Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd as per our terms and conditions and plan overview.
Contract Price – the price You must pay for Your Service Contract as per the agreed plan.
Commencement Date – means the Start Date of Your Service Contract.
Period of Protection – Mean the length of service agreement, usually a minimum of 12 months rolling contract.
Claims Limit – There is no claims value limit applicable. You can make unlimited claims as long as your boiler or claim is not assessed to be Beyond Economical Repair (BER).
Controls – means the room thermostat, programmer, cylinder thermostat (if fitted), and motorized zone valves.
Domestic Central System – means domestic boiler and the radiated within your home, running on natural gas.
Excess – means the minimum amount that is paid by the customer each time a new claim is made before Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd engineer attends.
Home – domestic dwelling. A house or flat.
Beyond Economical Repair (BER) – After our engineer has assessed your boiler and diagnosed the fault, we will then assess the total cost of the repair including parts
and labour (Including VAT) to repair the boiler using a reputable supplier. Please see the Beyond Economical Repair section in Exclusions for more details.
Qualified Engineer – means engineer with appropriate qualifications and it could be Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd Employed engineer or a sub-contractor used to carry out the work.
Monthly Payments – Fixed Price you must pay every month agreed by You, when you purchase the service agreement.
Normal Operating Hours – means our opening hours between 9.00am and 7.00pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Excluding public holidays.
Renewal – Your plan will automatically be renewed at the anniversary of your plan unless you opt out. Customers who opted to pay annually, payment for the full year will be taken on the anniversary of the plan.
Plan – It means Service agreement/contract
Plan Features – means the Schedule that We will send You at the start of Your Service Contract, which will show overview of what is covered.
Exclusions – means any circumstance where we will not cover against any loss or claim.
Terms & Conditions
Service – means an annual boiler we will carry out to ensure boiler is operating safely. This will be carried out usually between May and September.
Unoccupied – Means when nobody has been living in the house for 28 days or more.
Intermittent fault – means a problem is not consistent /permanent (i.e. causing the boiler to work on occasions). If the problem is resolved on inspection by the engineer any further reporting of this same issue will be deemed to be intermittent. If the fault is deemed intermittent, future claims with the same issue will be declined. In these circumstances, we can offer a Pay as you go Service.
Pay as you go service – This Service is offered outside of the service agreement if you are not covered under your policy and your claim is declined. Pay as you go facility is offered. The cost of any repair (parts and labour) will be your responsibility.
You, Your – means the person who has signed up for the service agreement and is named on the service agreement.
We, Us, Our – Means Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd
3.Service Agreement Conditions
3.1 – Length of Service Contract
Our service agreement is a 30 day rolling contract with a minimum of 12 months payable by recurring payments every month. We will take the first payment when you sign up and 11 monthly instalments thereafter on the same date every month. Your Service contract will start on the day you sign up.
3.2 – Payments
Payments should be made according to the terms of the plan. Monthly payments must be paid by recurring payment every month, as the payment is due for that month. If you have chosen to pay annually, payment for the full year must be paid at the point of signing up. If you decide to cancel the policy within the initial 14 days cooling-off period, any payment made by you will be refunded. If you have made a claim within the initial 14 days and you cancel the service agreement, you will be required to pay for the services and any parts claimed under the service agreement.
If you cancel the policy after the initial 14 days, you will be liable to pay for the full-service contract and the payment for this will be due immediately. If a fault is developed within the initial 28 days, in such circumstances pay as you go service is available.
Monthly Payments must strictly be paid on the agreed date of each month by recurring payment. We may ask you to pay part or full amount of the service contract in advance, which will be due immediately on the receipt of the invoice. If we don’t receive the monthly payments or full payment on the agreed date:
3.3 – Fixed Fees, Excess and Additional Charges
Fixed fee or Excess is a minimum fixed amount that is paid by You to Us each time a new claim is made before our engineer attends the callout.
On a new visit, the excess is still charged before the engineer attends. If this is related to the previous repair carried out within 28 days. We will refund the additional excess.
We will always take the payment for the excess before we book the engineer to attend the callout.
We give 28 days guarantee on all the repairs subject to our general terms and conditions.
Please note the excess payments are non-refundable irrespective of whether a repair is carried out or not.
3.4 – Selecting the Right Service Plan and Correspondence
We give you a choice of various different types of service plans. It is your responsibility to ensure that the service plan you are signing up for meets your exact needs.
We try to keep the cost of the service plans low by keeping everything electronic. Our Online portal allows you to change your contact details and much more, free of charge. You can also download your policy documents Online. However, if you require a copy of the document by post, a £30 administration fee will apply.
3.5 – Annual Boiler Service
If Your service plan includes an annual boiler Service visit, which we will carry out once every contracted year. During this boiler service, we will do the following:
3.6 – Gas Safety Check
On our Landlords Plans, we will carry out Gas Safety Check (CP12). We will check up to 2 appliances under these plans. Any additional appliances will be charged at £3.50 per appliance. Your Gas Safety certificate will be emailed to you after completion.
We will make all reasonable attempts to contact you to arrange boiler service/ gas safety inspection via email, phone or text. In the event of no response from you, we will assume that you don’t wish to have an annual boiler service/ gas safety inspection and we will automatically move the boiler service to the following contracted year same time. We will not reimburse any of the Service Contract fees. You can still contact us before the end of the contracted year to have a boiler service/ gas safety inspection booked in as part of your service agreement.
We usually carry out boiler services and gas safety inspections between May and September. If our engineer attends a call out at your property before that or in between, we will carry out the boiler
service at the same time and will not attend again in that contracted year to do the boiler service again. A gas safety inspection will only be carried out between May and September if otherwise instructed by the customer. It is Your responsibility to keep your legal obligation and we will not be legally responsible for any failure on your part to ensure these checks are carried out. If we have not carried out gas safety check, it is Your responsibility to contact us to request for gas safety to be booked in.
3.7 – Arranging Appointments and Access To The Property
You must give the engineer reasonable access to enable appropriate work to be carried out including removing furniture if this is deemed necessary.
Our engineer will not work on your appliance if there is not someone present in the house of an age of 18 years or over. If We cannot gain access, We will not be able to carry out the necessary Work, and You will need to arrange another appointment. If You call Us out and nobody is in, a second visit will be chargeable at £65 +VAT. This is applicable every time we are not able to gain access to the property.
3.7.1 – Free Call Outs
Up to three call outs per year are included in relevant care plans
Subsequent call outs are charged at £65 plus vat
Landlord- You may authorize your tenant on the account to contact us directly in the event of a breakdown. Providing that you take the full responsibility for any extra cost incurred due to any false information given by your tenant.
Gas Safety Certificate (CP12) – All our landlord plans include a gas safety check. It is Your responsibility to keep your legal obligation and we will not be legally responsible for any failure on your part to ensure these checks are carried out. If we have not carried out gas safety check, it is Your responsibility to contact us to request for gas safety to be booked in.
3.8 – Part Required for the Repair
If the repair requires a part and is not available in the van stock, we will try to get hold of the part next working day, if not as soon as possible. We will contact you to arrange an appointment as soon as the part is available. At our absolute sole discretion, we reserve the right to use replacement parts supplied from third parties in addition to those parts that may be sourced from the manufacturer or their approved distributors. We are not responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience resulting from a delay in obtaining or receiving delivery from the relevant supplier of any spare parts. The part is supplied to you free of charge.
3.8.1 – Engineers
We will use either our own employed engineer or a qualified sub-contractor to carry out the job.
3.8.2 – Workmanship and Parts Guarantees
All the jobs we will carry out will come with the guarantee of 28 days, subject to our general terms and conditions.
3.9 – Safety Advice
Our engineers may advise you to rectify any safety issues during the visit. It is your responsibility to get the remedial work done. You contract in such circumstances will continue unless it’s cancelled.
4.0 – General Terms and Conditions – Our Right to Change Price and Change or Cancel Service Agreement
4.1 – We May Also Cancel The Service Agreement
4.2 – Your Cancellation Rights
You may cancel or terminate this agreement at any time by notifying us in writing at Cancellations, Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd, 12 Runwell Raod, Wickford, Essex, United Kingdom, SS11 7AB. or by emailing us [email protected] giving us 30 days notification.
If this service agreement does not meet your requirements, You can cancel your policy within the initial 14 days by emailing us at [email protected]. If you decide to cancel the policy within initial 14 days cooling off period, any payment made by you will be refunded. If you have made a claim within the initial 14 days and you cancel you will be required to pay for the services and any parts. If you cancel the policy after the initial 14 days, you will be liable to pay for the full-service contract and the payment for this will be due immediately. You will NOT be refunded any monthly payments.
4.3 – Renewal
Your service agreement will automatically renew at the end of the service-contracted year. Unless you tell us to cancel it, we will renew the service agreement for a further 12 months. At the end of the service agreement, if there are any changes to the renewal quote, we will notify you via email. Factors that may affect your renewal quote are; inflation, claims frequency and length of time on the cover. If we don’t hear from you, we will renew the service agreement based on your renewal price. If you pay annually, we will automatically take out the amount for the full year on the service agreement anniversary. If you pay monthly, we will continue to take payments as normal every month.
4.4 – Moving Home
If you are moving home, we can move this policy to your new home after reviewing the change of circumstances accordingly, such as the age of the boiler as this could have an impact on the price of the service agreement. If you wish to cancel the policy as you are moving home. We will assess if you have made any claims and if the total cost on the claims exceeds the payments made to us, we will invoice you for the difference. There will also be £20 cancellation fee at this stage. This payment will be due immediately. We will not reimburse any of the service contract fees.
4.5 – Domestic Use
Our service plans are only for domestic properties, we will not cover any commercial property. If we discover the property to be of a commercial on our engineer visit then we will cancel the service plan. In these circumstances You will be entitled to a refund of the Monthly Payments You have paid in that Contract year. However, there will be a call out charge of £95.00 +VAT which will also include the admin cost/fee.
5 – Applicable Law
This service agreement may only be relied on and enforced by the Service Providers and you and cannot be directly or indirectly enforceable by any third party under The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise. This Service agreement shall in all respects be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
6 – Upgrades or Improvements
All the service agreements we offer do not include upgrade or improvements to your heating system, such as changing radiators, power-flush, Magnetic central heating filters, scale reducers and replacing lockshield. If power-flush or an upgrade is required, we will require proof of the work carried out, in order to carry out any further repair unless our general exclusions apply.
7 – Heating Controls
For heating controls that work with the Internet connection and mobile phones such as Hive and Nest, Internet connections or any issue with mobiles phones will not be covered.
8 – Reporting a Fault
All the faults must be reported within 24 hours of the occurrence and where requested details should be provided in writing. Also if additional documents are required, they should be provided within 3 days. All the claims will be deemed invalid if these conditions are not met.
9 – Exclusions
Certain exclusions apply to your service agreement. Please read through these carefully.
10.1 – Covered
Natural Gas Boiler – we will cover repair to a single gas boiler (depending on plan) including parts and labour.
Annual Boiler Service – We will carry out annual boiler service (depending on the plan).
Landlord Gas Safety Inspection – We will carry this out once every year (depending on the plan).
Plumbing – we will repair the cold and water pipes (after the main stop tap) inside the house and will pay for the parts and labour (depending on the plan).
Boiler Controls and Central Heating System – We will repair the following under this:
Internal Drains – we will cover:
Taps and Toilets – we will cover:
Boiler Replacement – If your boiler is 7 years old or less at the initial policy start date and 10 years old or less at renewal and it is BER we will give you £900 off a new boiler installation as long as it is provided and installed by us.
Documents – on request original documents should be provided to support the claim. Handwritten documents or receipts are not accepted. We may contact the manufacturer to verify the age of the boiler.
Exclusion Period: when you sign up for the service agreement, there will be initial 30 days exclusion. You will not be able to make a claim within the initial 30 days.
10.2 – We Do Not Cover
10.2.1 – Boiler
10.2.2 – Boiler Controls and Central Heating System
10.2.3 – Plumbing, Taps and Toilets
10.2.4 – Gas Supply Pipes
10.2.6 – Internal Drains
10.2.7 – Landlord Plans
11 – Important Information
This is a Service agreement and not an insurance policy; any benefit You receive from this Service Contract will be at Our absolute sole discretion. This operational model allows us discretion to approve claims, which on the strict interpretation of the Terms and Conditions would be declined.
12 – Complaints
We will always aim to do Our best, however, there may be times when things go wrong. If You have a complaint about any part of Our Service, or Our products, please contact Us by phone on 0800 188 4864 or write to Us at [email protected].
This is a Service agreement and not an insurance policy; any benefit You receive from this Service Contract will be at Our absolute sole discretion. This means that this Service Contract falls outside the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Any complaints You make to Us will be governed by the following applicable law:
This Service Contract may only be relied on and enforced by Us and You, and shall not be directly or indirectly enforceable by any third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise. This Service Contract shall in all respects be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and, subject to the terms of this clause, any disputes arising between the parties under this Contract shall be referred to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, unless the protected Home is located in Scotland, in which case the law of Scotland shall apply.