Double hung windows are significantly easier to clean than single hung windows because the top sash can open, allowing you to ...

We test double-hung windows for resistance to wind and rain. (We don’t test single-hung windows because they’re less common.) Working with an outside lab, we subject the windows to heavy wind ...

To paint the interior of a double-hung window, begin by raising the inside sash up to about an inch from the top and pulling the outside sash down as far as it will go, ...

In warm weather, there’s nothing better than opening a double-hung window to let a cooling breeze inside a stuffy room; but when the weather turns cold, you want that window to be tight and keep ...

On double-hung windows, apply ... Felt is used as a compression weather stripping around the inside of double-hung, casement, and sliding windows.

Virginia Window Repair in Lorton, Va. (571-228-7551; vawindowrepair.com), typically charges around $200 to repair old double-hung windows with steel weights that move up and down on ropes.

Consider the historic double-hung window: two sashes glide effortlessly up and down, counterbalanced by iron weights attached to ropes strung through pulleys –– all hidden within walls.

Single-hung windows tend to be the cheapest options, with an average cost of $560 per window. Double-hung windows. Double-hung windows look just like single-hung, but both sashes can be moved up ...

Most window unit ACs fit in standard double hung or single hung windows: the type with sashes that slide upward. Generally, the window should be between 23 and 36 inches wide to allow the unit and ...

Cleaning with a razor or the abrasive often goes slowly, so Window Genie charges an extra $3 on top of its typical fee of about $10 to clean a double-hung window inside and out, Diggs said. But ...

If you have an older home with double-hung wood windows, you know that every so often the ropes that hold the counter weights rot and break — sending the counterweight into window oblivion.