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Aluminum or Steel Frames? What Actually Survives a Southern California Home
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Aluminum or Steel Frames? What Actually Survives a Southern California Home

Two metal frames, one coastline, and a lot of bad advice. This guide sorts out which frame belongs on your house, from Malibu bluffs to Inland Empire cul-de-sacs.

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The Small Plastic Strip That Makes Aluminum Windows Feel Like a Different Product
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The Small Plastic Strip That Makes Aluminum Windows Feel Like a Different Product

A thermal break is a few millimeters of insulation hidden inside the frame, and it is the difference between a window that sweats and one that just works. Here is how it earns its keep.

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Your Metal Windows Can Last Decades. Here's How.
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Your Metal Windows Can Last Decades. Here's How.

Three connected guides that follow a metal window from the first draft you notice, through install week, to the seasonal care that keeps it tight for decades.

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Your Metal Windows Will Outlive You, If You Feed Them
7 min read

Your Metal Windows Will Outlive You, If You Feed Them

Weep holes, gaskets, hardware, and the orange freckle that becomes a hole. A four-season routine that takes twenty minutes and saves a frame.

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Install It Right Once, Stay Dry for Decades
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Install It Right Once, Stay Dry for Decades

Flashing order, shims, thermal breaks, and cure time. What a careful crew does during install week that a rushed one skips, and how to check their work.

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Your Windows Are Leaking Money Every Cold Snap
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Your Windows Are Leaking Money Every Cold Snap

Fogged panes, sweating frames, and drafts you can feel with the back of your hand. How to read the signs and pick a system and crew before winter books them out.

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