Well, I did talk to the electrician HJ, I think the 3 rd time he came out; and I asked him, if I can call him direct. Now, the way he explained it to me, was he can only take jobs through our gas company. Plus he is very very busy. So, he is under contract to them.
I pay for the electric service warranty per month just 3.25. I can't buy a cup of coffee that cheap. Each service is really a different price, some 2.25, the total is 16 a month. I don't pay for the restoration services, or the heating and cooling, since my furnace is new. Restoration is just throwing dirt and grass seed down, when they are finished digging, if need be. I can do that. For someone like me, who only knows ( but learning) a hammer from a screwdriver it is a good thing. If they screw up, they come back out, at no cost to me.
They have added the water heater repair and replacement. It is not in my area yet, not in my state. It will be around 3 a month. Wow. Think about it? It is an older water heater, maybe around well, I could be wrong, so won't say, but, not ancient but, not young like me.
I will pay 3 a month. If it needs fixed, I call them. It it needs replaced they will do it. It it is a crappy job, they are responsible. All I do, is use the water to take a hot bath, I don't care where it comes from, or how it gets there; just so it does.
I am waiting HJ, on the grandaddy of it all. The toilet. I will pay, 50 a month, for warranty on that gem.
I like these programs. They work for me. And, it they are hiring people or businesses under contract to do the work, their is a big need for electricians, and plumbers. I would think a good start...but, I am not a plumber, for if I were, my toilet would still not be leaking.
I have no idea---why homeowners pass this up.
I watched a neighbor's driveway roll down into her yard, when the pipe broke, with my kid on a sled yet. Now, she paid for that. Now, if my pipe breaks and my kids rolls down on the sled, he is stupid for he is too old now, lol, but, I don't pay a dime. I like that. Call it peace of mind. But, I don't have to find someone to call, I don't have to determine who do I call? I just dial one number and go back to bed.
I think, those warranty programs, are the best thing since, indoor plumbing. Bet you never heard that one before, eh?