The charming details of your older or historic home that you loved about it when you bought it may be the cause of frustration, maintenance chores, and high utility bills. This is especially true of windows. Wooden windows deteriorate over time, shrinking in their openings, warping, and cracking. Plus wood ...
read moreAs most owners of historic and older homes know, often classic beauty comes with a price. Older homes are poorly insulated, and if they still contain original or older windows and doors, drafts and high heating and cooling bills come along with those gorgeous architectural touches you fell in love ...
read moreAs most owners of historic and older homes know, often classic beauty comes with a price. Older homes are poorly insulated, and if they still contain original or older windows and doors, drafts and high heating and cooling bills come along with those gorgeous architectural touches you fell in love ...
read moreOwners of historic homes as well as older properties built before 1978 face special challenges in addition to maintaining architectural integrity whenever they seek to remodel more than a very small area. Many building materials--more than just the commonly-known paint and pipes--used prior to 1978 may contain lead. And if ...
read moreMany older homes and especially historic homes in MN have window and door openings that are not standard to the industry today. Windows way back when served a different purpose than they do now. Back then the window played a much larger role -they were the homes only air conditioning. ...
read moreOlder and historic commercial properties can pose special challenges in terms of exterior renovation and preservation. And one of the most problematic areas can be the windows. Often windows in historic and older office buildings and other commercial products are an integral design feature, despite their lack of energy efficiency ...
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