I hear you on the “boring” fixes making the biggest impact. Years ago, I blew a bunch of money on triple-pane windows with krypton gas for our old ran...

I’ve doubled up with the foam and film before—worked okay, but getting the window open in February was basically a no-go. The foam didn’t mess with th...

I know what you mean about those “self-priming” cans. I got suckered into trying one of those on our back porch windows—Andersen, too—and it looked gr...

Funny, I actually tried the plastic sheeting trick after reading about it on some handyman blog—ended up with more tape stuck to my arms than the wall...

Funny, I dragged my feet for ages on the window decision too—mostly because I just couldn’t stomach the idea of my 1959 place looking like some HGTV f...

I’ve been through this circus a couple times now—first with a heat pump water heater, then a new furnace. Both times, I asked my accountant and got th...

Funny you mention the shrink-wrap stuff—I tried it a couple winters ago when my wife insisted. Honestly, it was more of a pain than it was worth. Gett...

That price doesn’t sound out of touch to me, especially with Marvin. I had a similar sticker shock a couple years ago—our 1968 split-level had crusty ...

Definitely not just you. I've owned this old place for over twenty years and every time I think I've gotten ahead of the rot, it finds a new way to su...