I swapped out all the windows in my 1964 split-level about three years ago, and honestly, I was expecting my energy bills to plummet. They went down, ...

Yeah, that “lifetime” thing is super misleading. I actually tried to get rot covered a couple years back when I noticed some soft spots on the sills—t...

Tried doing a DIY reseal on one of my old double panes a few years back—scraped out the old sealant and used one of those kits. Looked good for a bit,...

Totally get this. I tried one of those “innovative” draft stoppers that’s supposed to slide under the window and seal everything up. Looked great on Y...

Yeah, that’s a good point about trapping moisture. I’ve noticed with my 1950s place, after I put up the window sealing film last winter, the condensat...

Yeah, that’s about where I landed too. I spent a whole weekend sanding and restaining one of our living room sills, trying to “bring out the grain.” E...

Laminated glass is a solid call if noise is the main headache. I swapped out a couple of windows in our old condo for laminated units after getting ti...

Yeah, totally get what you mean about blackout curtains being dust magnets. I've found that giving them a quick vacuum with the upholstery attachment ...

I saw some folks mention frame types, and I wanted to chime in on that. My home in Tampa had old aluminum-frame windows that were not only single-pane...

@poet45 – Happy to share my installation experience since we did ours not long ago. We also used Karoly Windows for our project, and they were great f...