Window Safety

Protect your home & family with our safety tutorials on all things window.

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How To Choose Hurricane Window Protection for Your Home

Hurricane window protection can protect your home and loved ones from storm surge, high winds, and heavy rainfall. Learn more in our guide.
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How To Install a Chimney Liner and Damper

We'll walk you through the steps to create a safe wood-burning fireplace with This Old House host Kevin O'Connor.
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Fire-Resistant Doors and Windows

Learn how heat-reflecting glass for windows and sturdy steel for doors can up your home's fire-safe quotient
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How To Board Up Windows for a Hurricane

Preparing your house for an impending hurricane or tropical storm? Here’s how to install plywood panels to keep flying debris at bay.
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Opening Jammed Windows

Windows painted shut? Patience pays off in getting them moving again.