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  9. S

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  10. P

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  12. T

    Hot water is cold. Boiler or valve

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  13. C

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  14. N

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  16. D

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  17. M

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  18. B

    What happened to stop valve and hot water?

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  19. M

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  20. J

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    Hi,

 Our heating stopped working today. We've got a Veissmann boiler that's under a year old, and an older Megaflow cylinder, and two diverter valves (all about 10 years old). We also use a Hive thermostat.

 When I boost the hot water with Hive, the receiver near the boiler shows it's...
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