I’ve lived in my house, it was built in 1954, since 1976 with little or no problems with the chimney. About 5 years ago I had a new furnace installed. High efficiency but not a real high efficiency one as it still had to go out the brick chimney. Now I started having a problem with the chimney brick faces falling off. From the ground I can see at least 2 complete faces that have done this. Could the new furnace be causing this to happen? If so is there something such as a liner that I can have installed to prevent this. DLH

Hi all, this is my first post so please bare with me. We bought our house in 2006. At the time the inspector said the roof had about 3 years of life left in it. Needless to say I have doubled that. We started getting a leak when it rained. My husband and I climbed up on the roof today and it was a piece of metal flashing that was pulled up. We put sealant under it, nailed it back down and sealed over the nails. This is definitely a very temporary fix. Walking across the roof there are [B][I][U]multiple[/U][/I][/B] soft spots on the roof. We absolutely cannot afford to have someone come and replace the roof with decking. So I have multiple questions: [LIST=1] [*]Would it be completely insane to do it ourselves? [*]What would my approximate cost be if we did it ourselves for a 23 square roof replacing the decking and shingles? [*]What thickness should we use on the decking and would it be plywood? [*]What is a good inexpensive shingle to use that will withstand a hurricane prone area? [*]What (other than just messing up the job) should I be prepared for when removing the decking? i.e. what other potential disasters underneath might be waiting for me? [/LIST] Thank you so much for your time and I really hope ya'll can help us out. I am nervous about the idea of doing it ourselves but we do not have 5-7k to get it done. Sherry