Historic windows are an important character-defining feature of old houses. For me, as a preservationist, that alone is enough reason to go to the mat. I wrote a piece for CIRCA Old Houses covering the history of window technology and

You've signed the pile of closing documents, officially hold the keys, and now stand in front of your house, realizing that smell is now YOUR very own damp plaster, mildew and mouse pee! What now? You might scan your memory for all