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July 1, 2022

This Old House Show Filmed at Capital Region BOCES Will Air on PBS in Early July

A segment of the national longtime home improvement show This Old House that was filmed at Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School will air in early July.

Christopher Ermides, a producer and editor of This Old House, said the segment featuring Welding and Metal Fabrication Class of 2022 graduate Francesco DelGallo showing host Kevin O’Connor how to weld and how he created a pair of hockey goals will be released by PBS on July 7.

Ermides said air dates vary by local PBS affiliate, but he said it would likely air on either July 7 or within a couple of days. It will then become available on ROKU and other streaming services the Monday after the release. Local station airdates are available at https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/tv-listings. The episode featuring BOCES is number 4335.

The segment of the popular TV show was filmed in February in Don Mattoon’s welding lab on the Career and Technical School, Albany Campus.

“Francesco did a great job with it. … There is also some nice footage of the classroom and students at work,” said Ermides.

DelGallo’s rise to national notoriety started last year when he was approached by Evan Williamson, a teacher at Schalmont High School, to put his welding skills to work making goals for a backyard ice rink. Williamson is rebuilding the ice rink as part of a larger restoration of his 1864 Saratoga Springs home that will be featured on This Old House that airs on PBS.

When Ermides and producers learned of DelGallo’s work on the ice rink goals, they wanted to include him.

Filming for the episode took several months at Williamson’s house.

DelGallo and Mattoon, as well as many of DelGallo’s former classmates, said they enjoyed being part of a national TV show.
“It was fun,” DelGallo said. “Nothing I ever thought I would be a part of – that’s for sure,” DelGallo said.