SkiFletch
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I was just thinking to myself, "I wonder if there's some group of people I know that have a lot of experience building things locally..." Should have thought about you guys first 
. Long story short, I'm re-doing my back porches this summer, completely. They're about 10x8 footprint, 2 stories, and covered on top with a roof (typical north buffalo double small back porch setup). The reason I'm replacing them is well cause they're about to fall over cause they were last replaced with 1x6's for headers and posts that are secured to nothing and are just floating 
:hmm2: :headwallblue:. In order to do this properly though I need some probably special lumber that I doubt I can just walk into HD and buy. What I need for SURE is an 18' long pressure treated 4x4 minimum (could be 4x6 or 6x6 too if I want overkill). 18' is the trick, that's pretty damned long. I could futz around with steel at the 2nd floor deck join, but I'd really rather a single piece of lumber (even if it costs more). Any idea if that can even be ordered by HD/Lowes, or am I going to have to drag myself out to the suburbs to a lumber mill to find out? If you have any experience ordering ludicrously long pressure-treated lumber and can save me some hassle, I'm all ears
. Long story short, I'm re-doing my back porches this summer, completely. They're about 10x8 footprint, 2 stories, and covered on top with a roof (typical north buffalo double small back porch setup). The reason I'm replacing them is well cause they're about to fall over cause they were last replaced with 1x6's for headers and posts that are secured to nothing and are just floating :hmm2: :headwallblue:. In order to do this properly though I need some probably special lumber that I doubt I can just walk into HD and buy. What I need for SURE is an 18' long pressure treated 4x4 minimum (could be 4x6 or 6x6 too if I want overkill). 18' is the trick, that's pretty damned long. I could futz around with steel at the 2nd floor deck join, but I'd really rather a single piece of lumber (even if it costs more). Any idea if that can even be ordered by HD/Lowes, or am I going to have to drag myself out to the suburbs to a lumber mill to find out? If you have any experience ordering ludicrously long pressure-treated lumber and can save me some hassle, I'm all ears 
