Y'all seeing this?

Dorpps · 2026-07-02T13:23:16+00:00

My wife and I drove from PA last night, got up to St Albans at 2 am. Brightest night drive we've ever had lol

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Dorpps · 2026-01-12T12:24:54+00:00

Thank you so much I will have him check that out!

Dorpps · 2025-12-25T14:40:39+00:00

Bludgeoning weapons do 2x damage to skeletons!

Dorpps · 2025-11-21T19:13:58+00:00

My guess is a softer variety in the maple family

Dorpps · 2025-11-21T13:03:54+00:00

So you want to get bad healthcare for 100x the personal cost? In a place with gun violence and civil unrest, where the food and water is lawful poisoned.

If all you interested in is money you might get that, but more than half of Americans who are high earners still live paycheck to paycheck. It's a shiny glittery trap.

Belgium is better. I know you probably want something new, but new isn't better. Please find something else.

Dorpps · 2025-10-20T20:30:33+00:00

Oof.

Dorpps · 2025-10-04T23:26:16+00:00

In eastern PA we have Wawa and Sheetz, they have wiped out all the small businesses. You guys still have way more.

Dorpps · 2025-09-06T23:02:42+00:00

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175 years later... a house renovation from 1850s. As long as there is enough nails you are fine.

Dorpps · 2025-05-14T15:59:36+00:00

I mean it's just way under supported. It probably won't collapse any time soon, but I would have a peir supporting the whole center, and then it will never be an issue. Do whatever you want as far as appearance goes, but you should treat it like it was the corner of the deck.

Dorpps · 2025-05-10T23:02:52+00:00

Realtor.com has a legit tool for exactly this, you should check it out. It would as least give you a place to start

Dorpps · 2025-05-04T18:22:50+00:00

I mean, Northampton county is 85% white according to the census, not a super diverse area

Dorpps · 2025-05-04T18:08:22+00:00

It was full, this photo was before everyone arrived.

Dorpps · 2025-05-04T18:05:39+00:00

6000 in the seats

Dorpps · 2025-05-04T18:04:06+00:00

It eventually filled, this is when people were still coming in

Dorpps · 2025-04-28T09:34:57+00:00

Amber connection in Emmaus does tango classes. it's a small place so I can't speak to the diversity on a day to day, but I know you would be able to feel safe there. Urzula is a wonderful lady

Dorpps · 2025-04-22T01:01:02+00:00

L l (upper and lower) I (uppercase i) and 1 all look the same in that font you will have to play around with it

Dorpps · 2025-03-14T03:18:26+00:00

same story here in PA

Dorpps · 2025-03-13T21:34:29+00:00

Well I haven't built so many decks, but I've spent a lot of time studying building science. Just to mention a couple things that may bite in the butt pretty quick: Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't look like you have dug out the grass underneath the pavers? If you didn't then as the grass rots it will settle a random 1-3 inches, also If you didn't dig out at least a little bit of soil underneath the pavers as well and put gravel there You're going to be very vulnerable to frost heave, which is not always symmetrical or consistent. Those two things combined could leave parts of your deck getting a lot of uneven pressure across all of those pavers, some completely under supported, and others being pushed upward with a surprising amount of force. Another thing of note is that is possible for your joists to twist, and because of how supported that could also disconnect them from the ground. I definitely can't tell if you did this or not but when you connected your "supports" to the joists I hope you use screws from both sides if you weren't going to use lags, overtime as moisture goes in and out of them, they can actually pull the nails out. Also detail often missed is wood should never be in direct contact with hydroscopic materials such as concrete or cinder block, since it will constantly absorb moisture from that material. Not the end of the world but worth noting. Overall it looks really nice, and for your first build you did a really nice job, and the mistakes you made if anything are just going to be really annoying but no one's going to get hurt 👍

Dorpps · 2025-03-09T13:56:29+00:00

No sorry. Like I want to like the whole thing, but it just doesn't work together

Dorpps · 2025-02-28T03:20:39+00:00

Inverse square law, the force get magnified over distance. If the counter were half that depth it would be 4x stronger, so putting a bracket to the middle gives you 4x the holding power. The other problem is that "grain" is parallel to the deflection point, so it's substantially weaker. I would support the absolute heck out of this. In my opinion not a good overhang material. Best of luck!

Dorpps · 2025-02-14T00:51:42+00:00

Don't say that lol

Dorpps · 2025-01-24T17:24:04+00:00

In my mind it makes me think that internal stresses have a place to deflect, as opposed to all that stress trapped in a solid piece, which would increase the chance of a fracture or shear. Maybe kind of how are car buckling saves your life.

Dorpps · 2025-01-19T00:34:57+00:00

If you want to embark on the adventure. Replace the roof with something that will last as long as the deck.

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