My neighbor thought wiping his deck with a soaked towel was fine until the boards warped. Water really gets into everything.

My cousin's driveway we poured last year had fiber mesh, but the base was just gravel tossed over mud. Now it looks like a spiderweb every time it freezes. I was the one who said the prep was fine, so I guess I'm the reason for all those cracks. Learned the hard way that mesh can't fix a bad foundation, no matter how much you hope it will.

Posting my DIY work online has given me some really helpful feedback. Last year I put up a shed and someone caught a drainage flaw I overlooked. While @jordan653 is right about the noise, I've learned to ignore the nitpicky stuff and focus on the good tips. The community has saved me from a couple big mistakes actually.

Seriously, it's just chat about kids' soccer games. People always find stuff to talk about when they're stuck together, like on a boat. I doubt it means we're all having some big life crisis. It's probably just what happens when you get older and have families.

Wow, does that ever delay the job?