Built to Last® TV: Show to Premiere Nationally in July

From the homes we live in to the buildings we work in, the stores we shop in to the schools we learn in, few industries impact our daily lives as much as the construction industry. Built to Last®, a 13-episode public television series, offers a comprehensive look at the professionals and practices involved in every level of construction, from foundation to rooftop and everything in between. The 13-episode series will premiere nationally Sat., July 13, 2013, with new episodes airing every Saturday thereafter for 12 additional weeks. Please check with your TV content provider for station and air times. 

Host Jana Petersen takes viewers behind the scenes of residential and commercial building, exploring both the history and the future of the skills, materials and technology used to build the structures we depend on every day. Each half hour offers fans of home improvement television a new perspective on the genre from the inside out, from a tour of a carpenter apprentice program where centuries-old skills are kept alive to the manufacturing of the essential nails and drywall at the core of so many home improvement projects; from an afternoon on the job with the millwrights whose work keeps the lights on in homes across the country to the keys to protecting a home from mold and insects while gaining energy efficiency; and more.

Complementing Built to Last® and Built to Last® – "The Green Home"—scheduled to air nationally January 25, 2014—is the Built to Last® website: www.BuiltToLastTV.com. We invite all to follow along via TV and Web to learn how carpenters are constructing so many things that are built to last!

To go to the Built to Last® website, click here.