IYRS School of Technology & Trades to Appear on This Old House Episode

Newport’s local post-secondary technical and trade school received a visit last year from hosts of This Old House® as they filmed a project in neighboring Jamestown. Hosts and crew from This Old House® had a chance to tour IYRS and meet with many of the talented student & faculty craftspeople across the campus. Here in the Rhode Island area, catch episode #3810, titled “Jamestown/ Powering Net Zero,” on Saturday, January 19th at 4:30pm EST. The episode is scheduled to rerun multiple times throughout next week.

For the date/time in your area, you can check your local listings by clicking the following link and entering your zipcode: http://thisoldhouse.com/tvschedule.

The episode may also be streamed online by visiting https://www.thisoldhouse.com.

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