Custom Milled Storm Windows: The Real Value in Old Windows

Old windows are so worth saving and so much a part of a house’s style and character.
Unfortunately, many old houses have lost their windows after manufacturers claimed thermopaned windows offered such superior
energy effeciency. Civil engineers from the University of Vermont, The Vermont Energy Investment Corp., and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory [...]

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Ugly Things Done to Old Houses or “Old House Atrocities”

Take a walk in any urban neighbourhood and you are going to find old houses that have been “destroyed” in any number of ways. Here is my list of some of the worst offences, that is not meant to offend, but will. Feel free to disagree or add your own old house atrocity. This list, [...]

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