QuickTips Index
Cutting Drywall to Install Wires in Closed Walls
A few tips on cutting drywall to install wiring behind closed walls.
Why Use a Tapered Brush When Painting Windows?
Why you need to use a sash or tapered brush when painting windows.
Learn a Few Tips About Applying Heat Control Window Film
Learn a few tips about applying heat control window film.
Does Window Film Work?
What about that insulating window film. Does it work?
Should You Remove Rafters for a Skylight? How Many?
Should you remove a rafter to install a skylight?
Advantages of Tubular Skylight Over a Conventional Skylight
What are the advantages of a tubular skylight vs. a conventional skylight?
Do You Need a Window Well to Install a Basement Window?
Do you need to dig a window well before installing a basement window?
How to Remove a Wood Window Sash
Learn the easy way to remove a window sash.
Should You Insulate the Skylight Shaft?
Should you insulate the skylight shaft?
Should You Paint the Skylight Shaft? What Color and Finish?
Should you paint the skylight shaft and if so, what color and finish?
What are Normal Window Well Dimensions?
Find out the normal window well dimensions for a basement window.
Paint Window Sash Before Replacement?
It's a great idea to forgo the expensive process of completely replacing your windows if you can get by with replacing just the window sashes. Window sash replacement kits let you replace just the top and bottom sashes, keeping window framing and other key architectural elements.
Replace Sash Weight
When you decide to replace your window sashes instead of replacing the entire window, you may wonder what to do with the balancing weight.
Sash Replacement Kit
Did you know that instead of investing in expensive replacement windows you can buy something called a sash replacement kit?
Skylight vs Window? Which Wins Out?
Is a skylight instead of a window ever an option? Let's look at the skylight vs. window issue.
What is the Advantage of Fixed Windows?
There is one clear advantage to fixed windows: energy savings.
Consider the View Through Skylight Before Installation
What about the skylight view?
How to Position Skylight on Roof
Most of us, when we consider skylight positioning, only think about the interior of our houses. After all, it's the house interior that will get all of the benefit from the skylight.
A Skylight Positioning Tip
Skylights seem to be the answer to our window woes. After all, if we cannot have a window due to some obstruction or another, why not just punch a hole in the ceiling for a skylight? It seems like they could be positioned anywhere we want.
Tip: Horizontal Slider Windows are Better Now
Many homeowners—especially some of us who are advancing in age—remember those horizontal slider windows from our childhood, and they were bad.
A Tip About Casement Window Screens
Casement windows are quirky. But screens for casement windows are something that few homeowners think about when shopping for windows.
Window Units and Casement Windows
The cons seem to outweigh the pros when it comes to casement windows. Casement windows have balky mechanisms; can get ripped away in a strong wind gust; and opened casement window sashes can conflict with each other.
Are Double-Hung the Cheapest Replacement Windows?
When you stack up all of your replacement window options, it can be difficult to determine which are cheapest. The biggest problem is that you're often comparing apples to oranges. After all, how can you compare fixed windows (unmovable sashes) to double-hung to casement to anything else?
How Hard is it to Enlarge Window Opening?
As you might suspect, it's no easy task to enlarge a window opening to accommodate a newer, larger-sized window. But does it require ripping out all of the wallboard and siding? No.
Remove Siding to Replace Windows?
Are you in the unfortunate position of removing siding for a window replacement job? Don't despair.