Respect your elders and save those windows!

If you are fortunate enough to still have your original windows, know they were made for your house with old growth wood. Maintain them and they'll probably outlast you.

Here's more from an expert, PBS's Bob Yapp.

With maintenance, weather-stripping, and storms, original windows can be energy efficient.
Don't put old windows in the landfill!

More about "replacement windows" from the Executive Director of the San Antonio Conservation Society, Vince Michael.

Click here to learn about financial incentives for restoring your windows (and the rest of your house) if you live in a National Register historic district.

Thanks, Wisconsin Historical Society!

Need someone to do the work? The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation knows some people.

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Respect your elders and save those windows!

With maintenance, weather-stripping, and storms, original windows can be energy efficient.Don't put old windows in the landfill!

Click here to learn about financial incentives for restoring your windows (and the rest of your house) if you live in a National Register historic district.

Thanks, Wisconsin Historical Society!

With maintenance, weather-stripping, and storms, original windows can be energy efficient.
Don't put old windows in the landfill!