I was reading a building science blog last month that said roof flashing is one of the most common failure points in a house. They did a study on 500 homes with water damage and something like 60% of the issues traced back to flashing that was either missing or installed wrong. A $400 fix now is cheap insurance when you consider what a full wall cavity mold remediation costs.

Wait, isn't the fluid flush thing overhyped by shops trying to upsell?

OH MAN I can TOTALLY relate to this! We had the exact same nightmare with my daughter's birth certificate last year. I ordered it right after the adoption was final because I was paranoid about losing the paperwork, and it STILL took 7 weeks to show up! The state office kept saying "it's in the mail" but then they'd find out they actually lost it twice. I called them every single week for like two months straight. The worst part was the school enrollment deadline was already past by the time it finally arrived. I honestly think you're better off ordering it IMMEDIATELY so you have it sitting around, because waiting just adds more stress.

@the_john, at least your buddy didn't drive to Portland for bad coffee, which is what most people get.

Ngl, I half expected this story to end with the guy trying to sell you a timeshare or a slightly used engine block. But honestly, Phoenix heat is a whole different beast. I've seen plastic trim literally bubble and warp there just from sitting in the sun, so I believe that 25 degree drop was like magic. Random strangers at gas stations either give you the best advice of your life or try to tell you about their cousin's crypto scheme, sounds like you got lucky.