Recent content by dlrh

Last fall, I posted here about repair following a series of events that left my living room ceiling damaged and a rotted section of end joist in dire need. The end joist and floor joists have been repaired. I got a quote for the small (~2x4) section of ceiling drywall and had a bit of sticker...

Thanks for the supportive voices. The insulation - ha! - was actually in the ceiling area and not around the chimney. Having now dried it out a lot more, I also find that the supporting member (sill?) atop the wall has some rot. This makes it a lot trickier. At the same time, I am pretty...

New to this forum. I have had a series of small events that have left me with a bit of a challenge in my living room, which is on the first floor and below a second floor bathroom, with a chimney abutting on the outside. What happened: First, the flashing area around the chimney was not...