The summer of 2008 was an experience we’ll never forget.   Keating Plumbing & Heating was contracted by Bensonwood Homes to install a plumbing system in a pre-fabricated home that was televised on This Old House. The series was a 16 episode program, that was filmed both at the Bensonwood facility in Walpole, NH; and at the jobsite in Weston, MA. KPH plumbers piped in two bathrooms in pre built boxes; which were then moved on site and set into place by a crane. At the house site, a master bath, and two other bathrooms were piped in, along with the kitchen. The heating system had radiant tubing pre-piped at the Bensonwood facility. When the floor systems were moved on site, we assisted in the boiler room piping. Radiant ran throughout the house, including the lower level slab, the first floor and the second floor. Solar panels were installed on the roof; KPH installed the piping for the solar into the boiler room along with the solar tank. This home achieved Silver LEED Certification due to its use of green technologies and low impact on the environment. Throughout this project, filming was going on. You can catch our crew in the background, and also in two programs where Lynne Keating and Rich Trethewey, the plumbing and heating specialist of This Old House, are demonstrating the plumbing work going on.
To see more of the The Weston House project, please visit either of these links. Project Overview Site      Hard-hat Site

What an adventure to work side by side with several of the finest professionals in the home building trades.

 

Norm Abrams, Lynne, Rich Trethewey, Mark Feranti, Tony of Bensonwood, and Tom Silva on site

Boby of KPH working in the boiler room

Lynne & Rich with the Plumber's handshake

Kevin O'Connor, Lynne & Tom Silva Day 1

Bob and David of KPH on site

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Norm Abrams, Lynne, Rich Trethewey, Mark Feranti, Tony of Bensonwood, and Tom Silva on site