Q: My house has a hip roof with a large chimney at the end of the house. No matter how much goop I put on the roof at the chimney, it always leaks after a year or two. Can you help me? A: What you ...

Q: My house has a hip roof with a large chimney at the end of the house. No matter how much goop I put on the roof at the chimney, it always leaks after a year or two. Can you help me?

The cost of replacing chimney flashing starts at around $400 and ranges up to $1,600 for more complicated jobs or for double chimneys, for an overall average of about $1,000.Chimney flashing is ...

A: Most roof leaks happen in the same place as Geri’s.Based on my 40-plus years of clambering around on roofs, I’d estimate that well over 90 percent of roof leaks happen at flashings.

Roof leaks plague countless homeowners each year. Talk to experienced roofers, and they’ll tell you the vast majority of leaks happen at flashings. A roof flashing is a transitional material.… ...

Q: My house has a hip roof with a large chimney at the end of the house. No matter how much goop I put on the roof at the chimney, it always leaks after a year or two. Can you help me?