Imagine this: Youre taking one of your wood double-hung window sashes out of its frame when suddenly and violently, the spring-loaded balance releases and snaps up into the vinyl jamb liner. The ...

Double hung windows first rose in popularity during the 1600s, when they were developed as one of the early forms of air ...

The Siteline (C) clad wood double-hung sash kit from Jeld-Wen pack includes a lower and upper sash, finishing jamb liners and all other pieces needed to replace a window using the existing frame.

Here’s one final tip for sealing drafty double-hung windows. Most of them have a single sash lock installed at the horizontal meeting rails where the upper and lower sash meet.

2. If a double-hung window with tilt-in sashes becomes difficult to slide up and down for ventilation, try this method of lubricating it: Tilt in the balky sash all the way.