Anybody ever had home warranty with heater problems

Lol

contact your home warranty company, they will handle the rest.

Hopefully they send someone other than Sears (A&E)

Yes!
They informed me the system was improperly installed and would not pay for anything, after the $50 co-pay.
AHS

I used to take jobs from AHS, they would instruct us to collect money and then find reasons to disqualify the repair.
Then it would always take two weeks to get approval and then you had to get the parts after approval. I stopped doing it because people were upset with me when my hands were tied.

I hated being the "bad" guy.

If your appliance is exposed to elements, outside or in an unattached building they would refuse to pay out. A lot of people had machines in the sheds and things like that. I would lie for them and say it was in the house. Fridges in the garage and second fridges were never covered and again depending on the customer I would fudge things so they would be covered. But after approval it still took be 30-60 days to get paid so warranty installs always got the lowest priority because I made less on them and took so long to get paid.
I hated collecting the money then had to deal with a customer who was upset that they couldn't get their unit fixed.

I couldn't not collect, as hell I have a business to run and service fees are important to collect.


Unless you have mostly high end appliances I would say home warranties aren't worth it at all.
If you have GE Monogram stuff 100% BUY A WARRANTY NOW!

Had replaced last year with ahs. Old system had rusted heat chamber. They paid to replace and install new furnace. I had to pay for additional items to bring up to code since old until was about 20 years old. About $1000 out of pocket.

It's not worth it unless you have mostly $1000 plus appliances and really high end fridges. They are not in the business of paying out for repairs promptly.

I do not like home warranties and would never deal with a home warranty company again. But there are some cases when it is worth it.

Also what is your deductible? If it's more than $75 it's almost never worth it. A lot of great repairmen will only charge $60-75 to come out and diagnose and most appliance repairs are less than $300 total (even when getting into major repairs) Home warranties cost a good bit more than $300 a year so if you just saved the amount you would pay them you would be better off. The big if would be if you have Dacor, DCS, Sub_Zero and GE Monogram, where repairs can get into the 800's easily.

Kitchen Aid has a built in fridge that has a control board that is $975 for the part. Luckily there is a company in Illinois that will repair it for $175 and warranty the repair for a year, but unless you have home warranty, high end appliances can shock you.

It is very rare to have two appliance break in a year. If one appliance broke a year, you would be better not having a warranty.

You will also get a lesser service from companies because they won't make nearly as much per job. I like to profit at least $100 per repair for the most part with warranty my profit was closer to $65-70 so of course those jobs would get pushed back. Larger companies do the same thing.

They are great if you aren't paying for them, but again unless you have $10k worth of appliances in your house, it's rarely worth it.

Though there are people who are very happy with them. I will say I think Old Republic was better than AHS.

Those are the only two I dealt with.

So would a leaking dish washer be fixed by the warranty? Glad to hear I have the better of the two you have dealt with.

How old is your heating and air conditioning systems. I've had both warranties with both companies and they can be annoying to work with but saved me a bundle when I had 2 air handlers replaced at the same time. Think the repairman fudged that one a bit. Old Republic gave me $1000 toward replacing my refrigerator about 18 months ago. I don't have one at the moment because everything is fairly new.