It’s wild how one fix just shifts the problem somewhere else. I replaced a couple windows last winter thinking it’d sort out the condensation, but nop...

Glad you mentioned spacers and frames—I hadn't even thought about them until recently. Just bought my first place and I've been researching like crazy...

I went through a similar dilemma last winter—double pane argons vs triple panes. Ended up sticking with double panes mostly because of budget constrai...

I recently installed motorized honeycomb shades in my bedroom, and honestly, the noise isn't bad at all. You can definitely hear it if the room's dead...

Haha, I feel this. When we replaced our windows last year, we found some "creative" insulation choices—think newspaper from the 70s and random bits of...

Yeah, learned this the hard way myself. Fiberglass batting definitely makes sense if you're thinking ahead. Just wear gloves and a mask when installin...

Specialty foam is great, but honestly, I think sometimes people overemphasize it. When I did my first window install, I didn't even know specialty foa...

Totally get where you're coming from—I'm new to homeownership too, and the maintenance stuff definitely caught me off guard at first. Fiberglass windo...

I think you're onto something there. When we moved into our first home, the windows were painted too, and peeling badly. We decided to repaint, but ho...