Author Archives: abernat

Weatherstripping windows (for fun and little profit)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by abernat

As I mentioned below, my house has a lot of old double-hung windows. They leak. A lot. And it’s endemic to the design of a double-hung window; there’s a lot of surface area to leak with very little way to … Continue reading →

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Window trim

Posted on July 25, 2011 by abernat

I spent most of the day yesterday milling new window trim. One of the nice things about older windows is that there aren’t a lot of fancy shapes involved; everything was made by hand, and so there were a lot … Continue reading →

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On shaving

Posted on July 21, 2011 by abernat

As some may know, I’m a huge fan of old-fashioned safety razors for shaving. I’m not sufficiently crazy to use a straight razor, and modern cartridge razors are a) quite expensive, b) quite wasteful, and c) not nearly as effective … Continue reading →

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Windows 2.0 – and not by Microsoft

Posted on July 20, 2011 by abernat

I own an older house, built in 1906, in a time when materials were expensive, labor was cheap, and energy was not cheap but less of a focus than it is now. Since I’m a bad combination of a poor … Continue reading →

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