With a little effort, you can eliminate gaps, glaze panes and use caulk to make old wood windows more energy efficient and to help minimize the toll that time has ...

A sheet of transparent new material at a University of Maryland lab looks like it might be plastic. But it’s actually wood—and it could eventually be used to make energy-efficient windows or even ...

Whether you’re running to the corner Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte, or watching golden sunsets and rich, red leaves hit the ground from your living room window, autumn is one of the coziest ...

A few months ago, we looked at the work of material scientists who had managed to make a block of linden wood see-through. Altering the molecular makeup to turn timber transparent is an impressive bit ...

Many UK homeowners adore their original timber sash windows but are tired of cold rooms, traffic noise and high energy bills. At the same time, the idea of ripping those windows out and replacing them ...

CR's wind- and rain-resistance tests reveal top performers from American Craftsman, Andersen, Jeld-Wen, Marvin, Pella, Preservation, and Reliabilt To test the quality of window replacements, CR ...

A team of engineers looking into different building materials in the home have found that the answer to better energy efficiency won’t be found by thickening glass, but by replacing it with ...

Creating transparent wood is primarily initiated through soaking its entire body to a chemical compound used in making toothpaste and bleach, the sodium chlorite.The compound will get rid of lignin, ...

Carminati Serramenti manufactures wooden frames, wood aluminum, and wood glass. Windows and doors from Carminati Serramenti were used in Villa Ostuni, a modern-looking house in Ostuni, Italy. Villa ...

Q: What’s the best product to use for finishing the interior of pine windows? I want to leave the wood its natural colour and I’m thinking of either waterbased urethane or tung oil. Which do you ...