Boiler Upgrades Improve Efficiency at Zion Episcopal Church
Schulte Heating installs two Weil-Mclain Evergreen boilers
Zion Episcopal Church is a Wisconsin landmark founded more than a century and a half ago. In 1846, the Rt. Reverend, Jackson Kemper, the first missionary Episcopal Bishop, established the Zion Episcopal community in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The present day stone church situated on Fowler Lake was built in 1889. With failing boilers and an inefficient heating system, the historic Zion Episcopal Church needed guidance and help. The latest high-efficiency condensing boilers from Weil-McLain provided the answer to solve their heating woes.
The existing heating system consisted of four 12-year old 199 MBH boilers. Two of the four boilers were no longer functioning, and management was convinced the other two would fail because one was leaking. Zion was distressed to experience failures this large on units that had been considered state-of-the-art at the time they were purchased. The boiler manufacturer offered to honor the warranty and install new units, but Zion declined. Instead, Linda Georgeson, senior warden at Zion, requested bids from three mechanical contractors, including local Oconomowoc, Wisconsin-based Schulte Heating. Schulte submitted a bid to install Weil-McLain Evergreen boilers.