buffalobill wrote:
yes, yes, yes.
maybe let everything dry out and come back and play with a helper,
bright worklights, and a garden hose.
i have from a dark attic look up on a windy sunny day sometimes the
chimney and the building will reveal they have shifted apart with a
visible gap.
in the attic feel for for an incoming draft around the chimney when you
run an exhaust fan or two blowing air out of the attic windows and/or
doors with all other openings closed.
on the rooftop look for any low spots that puddle or pitch due to
settling and send the water toward the chimney instead of away from it.


UMM, the Pacific Northwest isn't very definitive,
but most of the PN has been wet for a while and if
PN means Seattle to the OP, the rain has been
falling for a record long time. Waiting for it to
dry out, is probably not an option if things are
getting wet.