Q: My house was built in 1953. It was a ranch, until we enlarged it in 1996 to a Colonial. I just noticed that the sill in my original picture window has started to rot and the sills in the upstairs ...

Are your windowsills looking a little cracked and outdated? Is the paint peeling or totally scratched off? It might be time for you to look into repairing your sills, not just to improve your home's ...

Rub them down with sandpaper, hacking out the rotten wood, then fill with a two-part epoxy resin, like Z-Poxy, about £11 per tube.