The treadmill, which is running at speed, acts as a conveyor belt and fires the wood through a little hatch on the side of the house. This acts as a chute to the basement, which is where the wood ...

Like a helpful friend, laundry chutes have transported generations of dirty clothes from a home’s upper floors to the washer in the basement, never complaining, always ready to assist.

32nd St. Jazmin got a rope from the basement. She tied one end to ... “When I pulled the drywall away I saw the chute and it was solid wood. I said, ‘How am I going to get through this?”‘ ...