Published on 07/17/2026 — By Jackson Neal
French casement windows are two side-hinged sashes that crank outward together and meet in the middle, with no center mullion between them when both are open. Nothing about them slides up or down. That’s what a double-hung window does, not a casement of any kind, and if you’ve read a different explanation somewhere else on […]
Published on 07/15/2026 — By Jackson Neal
I’m standing at one of the double-hung windows in my own dining room right now, so let me give you the fastest answer first: a double-hung window has two sashes, an upper sash and a lower sash, and both slide vertically and lock independently. That’s what separates it from a single-hung window, which looks nearly […]
Published on 07/12/2026 — By Jackson Neal
Yes. The standard door height in most US homes is 80 inches, or 6 feet 8 inches, and it applies to interior and exterior doors alike. That’s the number you’ll get if you walk into any home center and ask for a standard door. But 80 inches isn’t the only number that matters, and it’s […]
Published on 07/10/2026 — By Jackson Neal
I used to blame the cleaner. Streaks down the glass, a hazy film across my living room windows no matter how much elbow grease I put into it, and it took me an embarrassing number of Saturdays to figure out that more elbow grease was never going to fix it. The real problem was a […]
