This type of repair is always easier if you can access the sill plate from the basement, but oftentimes we do the work from the outside. I’m betting that this area is also under the kitchen window, ...

Q: My house was built in 1953. It was a ranch, until we enlarged it in 1996 to a Colonial. I just noticed that the sill in my original picture window has started to rot and the sills in the upstairs ...

I received a call from a regular reader this week, asking how to replace a rotten window sill. I said, “I’m not sure if I can articulate the detail involved in a written article.” I told him I would ...

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