HVAC/ HYDRONICS
36 JANUARY 2015 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com
I
t's not often that you'll find more than two oil-fired
boilers serving the same hydronic system. With a little
creativity and a lot of technical aptitude, profession-
als at Petro Home Heating & Air Conditioning were
able to provide a unique commercial solution in rural
Rhode Island.
This staged-fire oil installation recently proved its worth
at the Brothers of the Sacred Heart Provincial Community,
in Pascoag, R.I. It's a retirement community for Catholic
School clergy, but is often referred to as a monastery.
In corners of Rhode Island, natural gas lines are still a
pipe dream. But the oil-fired solution that the monastery
By Dan Vastyan
Eight stages of Oil Input
What do you get when you replace two 59-year-old boilers
with eight modern units? Heavenly satisfaction.
Eight, 230 MBH Burnham
MPO-IQ boilers serve the 50,000 square-
foot Sacred Heart Provincial Community