That’s spot on about the painter’s tape trick—it’s helped me avoid peeling off even more paint, but I’ve had it lift in cold snaps, too. Funny enough,...

I hear you on the weatherstripping—makes a night-and-day difference if you’ve got those old, rattly windows. I actually tackled mine last fall after g...

That shrink film is a rite of passage, I swear. Every fall, I'd be up on a chair, hair dryer in hand, trying to seal out the arctic blast—never quite ...

That made me laugh—been there. I once tried turning old windows into a greenhouse lean-to, thinking it’d be charming and eco-friendly. Ended up with l...

Funny you mention the frames—when I swapped out the old wood sliders in our 70s ranch for new aluminum ones, I was a little bummed at first about the ...

I swapped out half my old wood windows for fiberglass last spring—couldn’t take another winter fighting drafts and plastic sheeting. The energy saving...

That sounds a lot like what happened at our place. I was determined to keep every bit of original wood, but after spending one January basically livin...

We put storm windows in about five years back—east side of the house, brutal wind exposure. Honestly, I dreaded the install, but once they were up, th...

Glad to hear the shrink-wrap kit worked out for you! I had a drafty bedroom window a couple winters ago—same story, rope caulk was useless. I eventual...

Interesting take—I actually found SageGlass easier to pick up than View. Maybe it's because I'm used to fiddling with quirky smart home apps, but once...