Couldn’t agree more on the maintenance front. I used to spend a weekend every spring scraping and painting our old wood frames—total chore. Switched t...

Funny, I actually went the opposite route and stuck with wood but switched to a pre-finished option (Marvin, in my case). I totally get the appeal of ...

I've had mixed luck with those rechargeable motorized shades personally. Installed some for my parents' place—windows weren't huge, but they faced dir...

Couldn't agree more. I remember trying every trick in the book—thermal blinds, plastic film, even those draft stoppers stuffed with rice (my cat loved...

Your tips are spot-on, especially the bit about patience. I remember the first time I tried applying window film—I thought it'd be a quick 10-minute j...

We had aluminum frames at our cabin up north for about ten years. Durability-wise, they were rock solid—handled snowstorms, ice, and even some pretty ...

Good point about the flashing—had a similar surprise myself a few years back. Thought it was just surface rot until I peeled back some siding and foun...

Totally agree with this. When we first got our cabin, I dragged my feet on upgrading the windows because of cost. But after a winter of scraping ice o...

Haha, sounds like you're already hooked. I installed something similar a couple years back—mostly because my workshop gets crazy hot in summer and I'd...