Q: On one side of the house, I have old-style wood windows with the lead counterweight on a rope. They were painted closed decades ago. I am planning to replace them with vinyl windows. When I did ...

Dear James: The wood frame windows in my vintage house are pretty deteriorated. I want to repair them, not replace them, to maintain its character. What repairs to them can I do myself? — Don H. Dear ...

i now own a house! well, actually it's a condo, 3rd floor of a triplex. it's fantastic. building is 100 years old, of course, as these things go in Boston. it was renovated and condo-ized in 2003. so ...