Totally get what you mean—when we did our reno, I thought those big casements were the answer to everything. But yeah, sometimes I just want to crack ...
I hear you on the plywood—mine slipped once and I nearly took out a banister, so I’m a bit gun-shy now. Those work platforms are worth their weight in...
That draft story hits close to home. I used to ignore my windows unless they were obviously jammed or fogged up, too. Then a couple years back, I noti...
Funny, this reminds me of when we first moved into our place—mid-winter, wind howling through every crack, me with a roll of weatherstripping and a pr...
That lines up with my experience too—never quite know what you’re going to find until you start pulling things apart. I swapped out the original windo...
That sounds about right. I tried the solar-powered route in our upstairs den a couple years ago, thinking I’d be clever and skip the battery charging....
We did the argon-filled windows about five years ago when we were redoing the siding. Our house is a mid-60s split-level and always had that “cold spo...
That first quote can really knock the wind out of you, right? When we bought our place, I figured new windows would be a quick fix—until I saw the pri...
I’ll second the plastic film kits—they look a little odd, but I swear by them every winter. We used to have these old single-pane windows and, before ...
