I've ordered and received 7 new renovation style windows, with attached brickmould, to replace my 36 year old rotten wood windows. After seemingly endless research and asking different professionals, I think im more confused now than I was before I started researching. The amount of conflicting opinions is ridiculous. Anyways, to get to the point. 1. Seeing as siding is not being removed, I'm seeing it would be nearly impossible to try and install flashing tape around the rough opening, as very little of the wood sheeting is going to be exposed. It's my understanding that most renovation guys just put a bead of caulking under the window flange and call it a day. 2. If the above statement is true, that leads to the next piece of conflict. Some say put a bead of caulking all around the flange, some say not to put any on the bottom flange so water can escape, and some say to caulk the bottom as well but to leave gaps for the water to exit. Which is it? 3. What is the best caulking to put under the window nailing flange? Just a high quality exterior grade silicone? Or a different type? 4. Half the windows on my house were replaced shortly before we bought the house, and I've noticed there is no drip cap installed. I'm thinking perhaps because its a bungalow and most of the windows are close enough under the roofs overhang. But should I be installing drip caps on these ones regardless of how the other ones were done? I an located in Saskatchewan Canada, if you need to know. Thanks for any knowledge you can spare, TTiffin

In the past few days our front door no longer latches/locks into place. On the door where you have the knob, when I use the key to lock and close the door, I can just push the door slightly and it will open even in the locked position. One thing I noticed is if I lift the door while closing it, then lock it, the latch then works. So Im guessing the door is like a millimeter out of whack somewhere. Been looking at youtube videos and don't seem to find a similar problem where I can fix it on my own. If I have to slightly lift the door to get the latch to lock, where could the problem be? Maybe a hinge screw is loose on the bottom of the door? or top/middle? or could it be something else?