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CottonBear

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2. Thanks for the reply. The windows are old but the exteriors of the windows are newly painted.
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:10 PM
Feb 2012

The HOA contracts for painting of the exteriors of our homes (mine was painted last summer) and I have recently painted the inside of the windows.

That said, I've already had so much interior condensation over the years, that I think reducing it can only help keep the old window frames in OK shape at this point in time.

The windows have individual panes of glass so I need to install a "sheet" of something over the overall inside of the window frame. I need this for the winter months mostly but the storm windows would help in the summertime when I run the AC. I live in the Southeast. We get some really cold weather, mostly nice and temperate weather and then brutally hot and hunid summers.

No one in the HOA minds what you do on the inside of the windows. (We can even put up political signs! I'll need an Obama 2012 sign soon!) It is the exterior improvements that require approval and I'm OK with that HOA rule.

I will take your advice and keep an eye on condensation after installation. Thanks again! CB

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