Originally Posted by
Dexter McLaughlin
I really appreciate the opinions and advice offered so far, and I hate to question any of you, but it is possible you are mistaken about the necessity of these? I’ve visited 5 of my neighboring homes (with permission, lol) and none of them have these. The houses of this neighborhood were all built by the same company with identical plans. I’m not saying it’s impossible that all the neighboring houses simply made hazardous decisions to remove them without regard for physics, but I’m wondering if I took some more precise photos, or provided photos of the other attics, would that help at all?