(NewsUSA) - Mia Simmons of New York City's Rockaway Peninsula believes, more than ever, that good things do come in small packages.
Simmons had been without heat and hot water for over a month after Superstorm Sandy, but was delighted when contractors replaced her failed floor-standing heating system with a kitchen cabinet-sized Baxi wall-hung boiler.
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