I swapped out the old foam for silicone seals on my front door this winter, too. They held up better than foam but still got a bit squished where the ...

Not sure I totally buy that fiberglass is always the “no draft, no warping” solution. My cousin swapped to fiberglass in his place a couple years back...

That “new window smell” is real—mine lingered for weeks, and I was starting to wonder if it’d ever fade. About condensation: did you notice it more on...

I get what you’re saying, but I didn’t really notice much of a difference in brightness after switching to triple pane. My living room faces east and ...

I ran the numbers when I did mine last spring—materials alone ran about $350 per window (mid-range vinyl), plus another $30-40 for trim, spray foam, s...

Yeah, I noticed the same thing after I swapped out my old single panes for triple-pane last fall. The house felt way less drafty, but I did get some c...

Yeah, the lead paint thing is a real buzzkill. I tried stripping a couple of old frames from our 1950s place and just gave up halfway—way too much wor...

That sideways water travel is no joke—I had a similar thing happen when I first moved in. Thought I’d sealed everything around the window, but water w...

I've had fiberglass frames installed for about three years now, and UV resistance was actually one of the main reasons I chose them. My neighbor has v...

Had a similar battle myself after moving into our first place. Thought the new windows would magically fix everything, but nope, still had that annoyi...