Window Installation

Read through step-by-step tutorials to help you prepare for any installation pertaining to your window.

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How to Repair a Double Pane Window

General contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner replace a cracked piece of glass, restoring her window’s looks and energy efficiency.
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Best Window Air Conditioners of 2023

Window air conditioners keep your home at a cool temperature during the summer months. To learn more about your air conditioning options, read our review below on the best window air conditioners. The products included in this article are available at various home improvement stores, local home centers, and online retailers like Amazon.
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How to Install Blinds

Blinds are a great way to add privacy to your home. Read this step-by-step guide to learn the best ways to install various types of blinds on your home’s windows.
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Installing Windows for Light, Views, & Durability | Westerly Project

See how Marvin let the light and ocean views into Season 41’s Westerly House.
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How To Install a Window Sash Replacement Kit

Tom Silva teaches three apprentices from our Generation NEXT program how to install a window sash replacement kit.
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How to Install an Egress Window

Although basement and attic conversions differ in many ways, they share a common and critical component: the egress window. Read on to learn the things to consider before installing an egress window in your lower level or basement.
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Window and Door Installation Master Class | Pro2Pro LIVE

Watch Kevin O’Connor and Building Science expert Christine Williamson discuss the key strategies to an air-tight installation that manages water.
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How to Properly Install a Window | Pro2Pro

Watch Tom Silva teach two apprentices how to correctly hang a flanged window.
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The Great Escape: Egress Doors and Window Wells

If your basement includes habitable space, it is required to have a means of egress for safe escape. Here’s how we chose the right doors and window wells for the luxuriously outfitted basement at the TOH 2018 Idea House.
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How to Seal Old Windows

Don’t replace those drafty old windows, here’s how to weatherstrip your double hung windows instead.
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How to Install Interior Window Trim

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva installs interior window trim using hand tools
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How to Attach Window Boxes to Brick Siding

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to securely fasten outdoor containers to masonry
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How to Replace a Door With a Window

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows the proper way to install a new window into an old—and oversized—doorway opening
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How to Install Window Casing for Vinyl Siding

Adding window trim with This Old House host Kevin O'Connor
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How to Install and Plant Window Boxes

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to properly mount window boxes, and This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares expert planting tips.
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How to Repair a Rotted Windowsill

A quick guide to fixing exterior window trim without replacing the window
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How to Replace a Window

Ready-to-install replacement units give you high performance and good looks with a minimum of fuss
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How to Install a Storm Window

In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows proper way to install a new storm window
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How to Replace a Window Pane

Tom Silva shows how easy it is to fix a single-glazed wood sash
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How to Install a Replacement Window

In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to put in a new bathroom window
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Waterproof Window Installation

In this how-to video, learn the correct way to install a waterproof window with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva.
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How to Install Window Shades

They look good, control light, and add insulation
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Weathering the Storm

A good storm window does the job of a replacement window, for a fraction of the cost.
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How to Trim Out a Window

Tom Silva's step-by-step instructions for one of his favorite jobs—installing window casings
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How to Install a Window

From waterproofing to insulating, Tom Silva's step-by-step guide to putting in a new window
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How to Build a Second-Story Bay in Three Days

It's a challenge to install, but a second-story bay window is a marvel of engineering and can do wonders for cramped dark spaces.