Man, I hear you on the shims. I swapped out a couple of windows in my 1950s place last spring, and wow, nothing was level or square. Ended up with a p...

I totally get what you mean—first time I used the consolidator, I was convinced I’d end up with my hands permanently attached to the sash. The trick f...

Totally nodding along with this. I’ve spent way too much time squinting at those stickers in the aisle, thinking I was making some big breakthrough, o...

That’s pretty much what I found, too. I swapped out the old single-pane windows in my kitchen a couple years back—went with new frames, argon-filled d...

Had a good laugh at the “flapping like a flag” bit—been there, done that. I’ll never forget the first time I tried those kits in my old hunting shack....

Yeah, I totally get where you’re coming from. I did the same thing—thought a couple silica packs and some careful taping would do the trick, but nope....

I had a similar thing happen after we swapped out our old drafty windows. The first winter, I thought for sure something was wrong because they’d fog ...

Funny you mention that—I actually noticed our darker frames do get a bit warmer on sunny days. Nothing drastic, but enough to feel the difference when...

That's a great point about orientation. When we upgraded our windows a few years back, I initially thought it wouldn't make that big of a difference, ...