Couldn’t agree more. I tried to rush one once—thought, “Eh, it’s close enough.” Next rainstorm, I found out just how much water those little gaps let ...

Yeah, that’s the story of my house too. Pulled off some drywall once and found a random sock stuffed in the stud bay—guess that was their version of i...

I get where you’re coming from, but I’ve learned the hard way that sometimes those “tiny cracks” are like gremlins—they start small, then next thing y...

I hear you on the “crime scene” look. I tried that clear shrink film one year—looked like my house was permanently under renovation. Ended up using si...

Yeah, humidity’s a sneaky one. I swear, my basement windows could have a moat around them and still end up smelling like wet socks if I slack off on t...

Honestly, I get what you’re saying about labor being the wild card, but I’ve had just as many headaches with materials as with the install itself. Las...

Yeah, sealing definitely helps. But have you tried window film kits yet? I swear by them now—cheap fix and oddly satisfying to shrink-wrap your window...

Had the same issue a couple years back—spent hours caulking around the window only to realize water was actually sneaking in from a loose piece of sid...

Good tips there—wish I'd known the candle trick before spending an entire afternoon chasing drafts with my bare hand like some kind of DIY ghostbuster...

Same here, my DIY film job has surprisingly held up pretty well too—going on three years now. I did have one window where the corner started peeling a...