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   YesMaam27577 | Jul 09, 2006 10:17am | #1

   Not really any answers, but a few points to ponder:

   --Your question might get better responses over at Breaktime, the forum for Fine Homebuilding

   --If your current windows are airtight, then you will get very little real energy savings by making them double pane. If you already have storm windows, then the difference will be even smaller.

   --Depending on your climate, there might be some energy efficiency savings if you change to Low-E glass -- but be prepared for big bucks prices.

   --If the muntins and mullions in your current windows are big enough, there is a way that you can rout new "seats" for double pane panels. But that 'if' is a huge 'if'. Most windows made in the past 30 years won't make it.

    

    

   Unless you're the lead dog, the view just never changes.

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   Gnome | Jul 09, 2006 01:46pm | #2

   I did exactly what you want to do on a 100 yr. old house. It was easy. The windows, believe it or not, were a standard size. As long as the jambs, exterior frames and sills are still good you should have no problems. I bought them at Menard's. It was a special order and it took a few weeks to get them in. They have free instructions on how to measure the openings. The ones I got were pine and came primed on the outside. I only had to stain them, polyurathane the inside and paint the outside. The supplied jamb liners are easy to install and the windows tip out for cleaning. There is now a tremendous difference in the heat bill.