Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...

Q: I am renting a small, old home without central air conditioning. I have a window air conditioner, and the past few years I’ve awkwardly filled in the space around it with a large piece of plywood.

Now on to the subject at hand: supplying power to the Electric-Life power window motors via AutoLoc crank switches, and installing new door glass and channel felt from Chevs of the 40's. Unlike ...