We tend to do, you know, the sizzle.

You know, it's a structural component, but it's an exposed structural component.

So when we're involved in a commercial project, especially, like, we're brought in to do the area that is designed to, like, wow, people.

And there's a lot of, you know, it feels good to be that guy.

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building

industry professionals. This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Ethan

Biederman, who works at South County Post and Beam in West Kingsen, Rhode Island.

You can find the Fine Homebuilding Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Homebuilding podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast. You can leave feedback and ask questions there, too.

Ethan, thank you so much for being on the show. How are you? Good, good. Good to see you guys.

We're having a pretty good time now that this weather is nice out there. How's everyone healthy

at your house? Everyone okay there? Yeah, yeah, we've been fortunate. There were some illnesses

in the extended family, but other than that in our little area, we've been doing pretty well.

What happened to your extended family, Ethan? Did folks get the COVID?

Yeah, we had an older relative that actually got COVID, I think about two months ago and passed away.

Sorry.

Yeah, and it was actually up in Vermont where there were very few cases, but it was kind of a

surprise and it happened very early on.

So it was a real shocker for us just to see somebody who lived so remotely.

Wow.

Get ill.

And what about your workplace?

Is that running as same as before or has that changed?

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