Appliance cover
Microwave cover
It hums and turns as normal, but the food still comes out cold.
Built-in microwaves are worth repairing; countertop ones often aren't. We'll tell you which yours is before an engineer is sent out.
- From
- £9.99 /mo
- Common faults
- 5
- Typical repair
- £60–£220
Common faults
The parts that most often fail, and typical repair costs.
Typical UK parts-and-labour figures for a single repair. On a plan, a breakdown in any of these is covered once the appliance’s 60-day waiting period has passed. Without a plan, you’d pay the bill yourself.
Magnetron
Runs normally, heats nothing.
£130–£220
Control board
Display dead or keypad unresponsive.
£120–£210
High-voltage transformer
Trips the electrics when it starts.
£110–£190
Door switches
Won't start with the door shut.
£70–£120
Turntable motor
Plate stops rotating, food heats unevenly.
£60–£105
Figures are typical, not a quote. On a plan, the repair is covered whichever part has failed, as long as the fault isn’t one of the exclusions below.
Cover it from £9.99 a monthBuild a plan
Add your microwave to a plan.
Your microwaveis already in the picker. Add anything else you’d like covered and the price adds up on the screen, with each extra appliance costing a little less than the one before.
What would you like covered?
Tap all that apply.
One appliance · cancel any time
No card needed to see your price, and nobody will ring you unless you ask.
What’s included
What every plan includes.
Unlimited callouts
Report as many separate faults as you need to during your plan year. There's no cap on how many times you can call us out.
Parts and labour together
The price of your plan covers the engineer’s time and the parts they fit. You don’t get a second bill after the visit.
Replacement if it can't be repaired
If our engineer decides your appliance can't be economically repaired, we replace it rather than leaving you with a dead machine.
Mechanical and electrical breakdown
Both sides of a failure are covered: the moving parts that wear out and the electronics that stop talking to them.
A UK helpdesk
You speak to someone in the UK who can see your plan and book the engineer on the same call.
Discounts when you upgrade
If you decide to replace an appliance yourself rather than repair it, we'll put our trade discount towards the new one.
Before you buy
What microwavecover doesn’t include.
The same exclusions apply to every appliance, and you shouldn’t have to go looking for them. Here are the first six, and the full list is one click away.
Anything that breaks in your first 60 days
Each appliance has a 60-day waiting period from the day it's added to your plan before you can book a repair on it, and a breakdown in that window isn't covered. It stops people signing up with a machine that's already broken, which is what keeps the price where it is. If something fails during those 60 days, call us anyway, and we'll quote you for a one-off repair at our normal rate. This is separate from your 14-day right to cancel.
A fault that was already there
If the appliance was faulty, noisy, leaking or intermittent before you took cover out, that fault isn't covered. Cover is for things that go wrong after you're on the plan, not things that already have.
Scratches, dents and marks
Cosmetic damage isn't covered. If the door is scuffed but the machine works, that's not a breakdown. Handles, trims and fascias are only covered when the appliance won't function without them.
Accidental damage and misuse
Dropping it, overloading it, running it without water, putting the wrong thing through it. If the failure was caused rather than worn, it isn't a breakdown.
Bad installation
Transit bolts left in, no earth, an unvented dryer in a sealed cupboard, a waste pipe plumbed uphill. If the appliance failed because of how it was fitted, that's a job for whoever fitted it.
Consumables and routine maintenance
Filters, bags, belts on vacuum brush bars, bulbs, shelves, seals you're meant to wipe, descaling, cleaning a blocked pump of coins and hair grips. Wear items and upkeep are yours.
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