Q:After a hard rain, we found water in our basement near where our chimney attaches to the house. We noticed that the caulking between the chimney and the house is dry and cracking. We also noticed ...

Q: My house is 16 years old, and I noticed that 1 1/2 to 2 feet below the top of the chimney, there is a crack that appears to go all around the chimney but in some areas, going up the side of a brick ...

Q. My chimney needs some tender loving care. I had a few contractors come to assess the repairs, but none of them made me feel very comfortable. They all talked about how my chimney top (some called ...

Q. We have a ranch style home with a large, second floor attic. Recently, we were getting Christmas decorations down and noticed that there was water leaking into the attic from around the chimney. It ...

Q. After our brick chimney deteriorated severely, we had the top six rows of brick replaced and a new concrete chimney cap put on top. The first year went fine, and we were happy with the work. But ...

QUESTION: The fireplace chimney in my 1956 Cape-style house has a cricket where it goes through the roof. It has been leaking, and no one can find the leak, let alone fix it. A roofer has applied ...

Q I want to caulk and weatherstrip the exterior of my house to keep out mice and bugs and, hopefully, improve the energy efficiency. I know very little about caulking and weatherstripping. Can you ...