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 ...

Transparent wood has been reported in Woodworking Network for years, but now new research has taken the concept a step further. Researchers at the University of Colorado has developed a see-through ...

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 ...

The Boardman-Mitchell House, a looming, mid-19th-century, Italianate structure overlooking Bay Street in Stapleton, will be the site of a seminar on historic wood windows to be conducted Dec. 5 by the ...

Half wood and half polymer, Fibrex window frames are made to marry good looks with low maintenance. In its quest for a low-maintenance wood, American giant Andersen Windows finally found the answer to ...

This week saw me doing a lot of work on timber. I was speaking to Kgomotso who asked how to prevent wooden windows from rotting away. Repairs to wooden windows and sliding doors can be very costly as ...

One of these days, your windows may be made out of wood. Swedish researchers have developed a transparent, wood-based material that could be used to let light into buildings, as well as for making ...