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Moving through the doorway leads into the 149-square-foot living room. There are three double-hung windows on two exterior walls, white oak hardwood flooring (as in the foyer), and a cooling fan ...

Q: I live in a 1980 rancher with original wood, non-tilt, double-hung windows. I was raising the lower sash to let in fresh air when I heard a loud noise, like a metal spring breaking, and the ...

Moving to the right, there is the 218-square-foot living room with a pair of double-hung windows, hardwood flooring, and crown molding. A wood-burning fireplace is embedded into a chimney column ...

That’s particularly true if you’re replacing leaky old single-pane windows. Many new double-hung windows are also easier to clean and maintain than their older counterparts, and they can also ...

Most established window-repair shops specialize in tuning up or replicating double-hung windows, many with the old rope, pulley and weight system (spring-loaded balancers appeared in the late 1920s).

Not dangerously wrong, but that ringing she’d hear daily was a sign that the old double-hung ... windows with mechanical springs, which are prone to rusting in the city’s foggy climate. Those ...

Recognized for Excellence: Best-selling Simonton 5500 and 6500 Double Hung, 6200 Sliding and DaylightMax® Sliding windows have earned the coveted Good Housekeeping Seal. (Photo: Business Wire ...