I want to share a word of caution about dealing with salespeople and quotes. When we were shopping for window contractors in Pinellas, we encountered ...

I went through a full replacement on my home in St. Petersburg (built 2001) a couple of years ago, and I have a few lessons learned and minor regrets ...

This might be a slightly different perspective: we actually chose to install non-impact windows on our home, and we kept our existing hurricane shutte...

I totally get what you're saying about the climate thing. When we moved into our place, I figured windows were windows, right? Didn't even cross my mi...

Agreed, excellent recap. Good luck with your window project, @crafter11 – be sure to share pics when it’s done!

One more tidbit on dealing with the Florida sun: I had some west-facing windows that even with Low-E glass, my living room was getting warm in late af...

I've actually tried misting the gap before using foam, and honestly, it did seem to help. At first, I thought it was just one of those random tips peo...

Interesting to hear that triple-pane helped with noise. We went double-pane last year, and honestly, noise wasn't something we even thought about. Now...

Yeah, learned that lesson myself too, though in my case it wasn't windows—it was a skylight. Thought I'd gotten away with just sealing around the edge...

Weirdly enough, I had almost the opposite experience. When we got our storm-rated windows installed, I was expecting a huge difference in noise reduct...