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6/13/2010
Rick Ridley, UK Heating Engineer
Category: UK Plumbing
Satisfied Customers: 2,708
Experience: 30 Years on the tools, now retired, Ex CORGI
VerifiedHi I am Rick, UK Plumber, and I specialize on Boiler problems, your problem is almost certainly the flow switch, this the device that determines when you turn a tap on and fires the boiler accordingly, you will need a service engineer to sort this for you, Regards Rick
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