I hear you on the spray foam—learned the hard way after one window frame got a little too “puffy” and wouldn’t sit right. Found an old matchbox in one...
I hear you on the krypton vs argon debate. I did argon a couple years back because, honestly, my wallet started sweating just looking at the price for...
I hear you on the foam... first time I used it, I thought “more is better,” and ended up with a window that looked like it was trying to grow a beard....
Yeah, I totally get what you mean about the windows. We swapped ours a while back—helped with the drafts and I don’t hear the neighbor’s dog as much, ...
You nailed it—sometimes those old windows are money pits in disguise. I tried the whole “just caulk it” routine for a couple years, but when I started...
Funny, I had a similar situation with my '60s split-level. Thought about going all-in on fancy window coatings, but after I went nuts with the foam an...
Yeah, I ran into that too. Those panels sound great until you actually live with them through a winter. Static-cling film is way less of a mess, but I...
That trim is always the sneaky part, isn’t it? I thought the hard work was done once the window was in, but nope—spent way too long trying to get thos...
Couldn’t agree more—sometimes you just have to call it a win if the window opens and closes without a fight. My house is old enough that I think the f...
I looked into this a bit last year when we were renovating, and from what I found, tint-changing windows are mostly about controlling glare and privac...
