I hear you on the color-matching thing—fiberglass definitely has fewer choices. When I did my back porch windows, I had to compromise a bit on shade, ...

I hear you on the heat gun—makes me nervous too, especially with wavy old glass. What’s worked for me is running a thin putty knife (the flexible kind...

That’s hilarious—been there with the rice, except mine split open on a speed bump. Total mess. I started keeping a cheap microfiber towel on the dash ...

Yeah, I’ve been down that road too—did all the caulking and weatherstripping, then splurged on those heavy blackout curtains. Honestly, it helped a li...

Funny, I was convinced composite shims were gonna be my “forever shim” after the first couple installs, but then winter hit…and yeah, they just didn’t...

I hear you on the “marine grade” hardware. I went that route too, thinking stainless was the holy grail, and it definitely lasted longer than the chea...

I get where you’re coming from, but I actually had the opposite happen. When I started sealing up my old place, I worried about trapping moisture insi...

I totally get where you’re coming from—when I did my kitchen reno, I spent ages debating this exact thing. Here’s what tipped it for me: I live in a d...

That’s pretty much my experience too—old windows just love to find new ways to leak, no matter how many tubes of caulk I go through. I’ve had better l...