Electric shutter doors that open when the thing turns on, and ordinarily they're closed

and they have a lot of foam insulation in there.

But when you turn the thing on, they electronically open it.

I would be tempted to put the thing it upside down just so I could see the doors open every

time I turn it on.

Of course it would be sucking the hot air out of the attic into the house, but, you know.

Welcome to the Fine Home Building podcast, our weekly discussion of building,

remodeling, and design topics aimed at anybody who cares deeply about the craft and science

of working on houses. This is Senior Editor Patrick

McHale-Come. Today I'm joined by our producer, Jeff Rose. Hi there. Green Building Advisor,

senior editor, Kylie Jacques. Hi, guys. Operations Manager for TDS Custom Construction, Ian Schwant.

How you doing, Patrick?

You can find previous podcast and check out the show notes at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast.

Well, it is a pleasure to see you all this morning.

Thank you for being on the show.

Thanks for having us.

Kylie, what have you been doing?

I did a little project recently that was very gratifying and kind of meditative.

I bought four yards of what amounted to on average two inch gravel, so some pretty fat crushed stone, and created a parking pad with it.

So I single-handedly, you know, when you have a pile of stuff to spread, you sort of figure out your method.

And mine turned into a shovel, a grating rake, and a bucket.

And it took me 12 hours.

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