Oil Heat Cares

Pioneer Valley Chapter Project 2


The students on this project learned more than how to install a system...	Mr. Murphy and students	Bob Murphy and his new Weil-McLain Boiler and Indirect hot water heater.

When Bob Murphy saw his new steam boiler installed, his reply was “I am so fortunate.” Murphy is a retired homeowner in Greenfield, Massachusetts. His financial situation put him beyond certain state aid programs, but prohibited upgrading his old boiler himself.

The Plumbing and HVAC students at the Franklin County Technical School partnered with Mackin, on the initiative of Mr. George Milton, Service Manager at Mackin, Inc.

HVAC instructor, John Hicks undertook the task of replacing the boiler and the piping after the heating season concluded. Additionally, Mackin provided technicians to safely remove the old boiler and hoist in the new one. Upgraded piping and set-up was done jointly by Mackin’s (contracted) plumber and the students.

“[The students] got a firm grasp of exactly what was happening during that week—who the contributors to the cause were, whom they were helping, and why an ethic of service is so important to learn” explains John Carey, the Director of Curriculum & Instruction for the technical high school.

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