Couldn’t agree more. I tried that landscape fabric once too—just turned my petunias into a swamp. I’ve stuck with a thin layer of gravel since, but ye...

That hits home. I went with “high efficiency” windows too, and I swear the old single panes with a sheet of plastic and some painter’s tape did a bett...

That IR thermometer trick is genius. I borrowed my buddy’s once and, man, I found cold spots in places I didn’t even know air could sneak through. It ...

Honestly, I eyeball it and cross my fingers half the time. 😂 If it's within a quarter-inch or so, I'll usually risk standard and just shim it ...

Yeah, the extra light is awesome, but honestly, we went traditional because cleaning huge windows is a total pain...especially with kids and dogs leav...

Haha, exactly why I steered clear of wood too—my weekends are precious, and ladders aren't my idea of relaxing. Fiberglass was tempting, but we ended ...

We did our kitchen windows last year, and honestly, I mostly just wanted to stop the neighbors from seeing me stumble around making coffee in my pajam...

I've tried Rain-X too, and yeah, it's decent, but honestly it didn't blow me away. Maybe I'm just lazy, but even the "easy" application felt like a ch...

We went through a similar thing a couple years back—big south-facing windows that looked amazing but turned our living room into an icebox every winte...