I hear you on the hardware—ours started showing rust after just one winter, and we’re not even right on the water. We went fiberglass too, mostly for ...

I had the same hesitation, honestly. The Euro windows look amazing in the catalogs, but when I started asking around, it seemed like a lot of folks ra...

I get what you mean about less being more. I spent way too much time researching smart sensors and “moisture alert” gadgets after our first rainy seas...

Reinforcing sills sounded like a clever fix when my contractor first floated it, but once we started poking around, I realized my 1938 sills were basi...

I hear you on the vinegar debate. I tried it on our kitchen window frames (they’re painted, probably with whatever was cheapest back in the 80s), and ...

Honestly, reliability is a big deal—especially if you're new to home ownership like me. I once rented a place with motorized blinds, and they got stuc...

We just replaced ours last year and honestly, I was skeptical about vinyl too. Went mid-tier vinyl everywhere, but splurged on fiberglass in the kitch...

I dunno, fiberglass sounds great on paper, but my folks put in some high-end vinyl windows at their cabin up near Leadville about 8 years ago. They've...

I've got fiberglass windows at my place near the coast, and honestly, standard hardware has been okay so far—but it's only been two years. Makes me wo...

Scoring definitely helps, but honestly, even then it can still get dicey. Last summer, I figured I'd tackle the windows in our sunroom—thought it'd be...