Repairing Windows With Broken Seal | Drilling Through A Window | Hanging TV Antenna

We do a diy fix for a window that had condensation built up between the panes. #dontknockittillyoutryit #cheapfix #willitlast

[@AP-ph7hf]

So, I've done this window fix before. I drilled from the inside because you don't want bugs and dirt from the outside getting between the panes. I used a diamond bit set made for a Dremel that has really small bits of different shapes. To defog the window, I used an electric water pick and sprayed rubbing alcohol between the panes. It cleaned up nicely.

[@LaidBackLiving]

We’ll have to do the alcohol too. I like that idea! Thanks!

[@midasspider530]

Where on the window did you drill and how big of a bit? Thank you....

[@AP-ph7hf]

@@midasspider530 I drilled in the bottom center. I put a piece of clear tape over it when it was dry to seal it up.

[@terryayers7549]

drill a pilot hole in a piece of wood place the wood against the window. to hold it in place

[@richnusser6079]

Well done guys, just don’t quit! Congrats on the TV.

[@marydsmyth]

Thanks so much. Always good to see how something is done (like the idea of doing it from inside the house though as its always raining here in NI). Love your cat and dog. Good luck with everything.

[@wildgiver9922]

Progress is looking good. Great job!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks, getting there!

[@loucinci3922]

Nice work getting the TV to pickup channels. Good job.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks Lou!

[@ewidmer1]

Amazing on the window, great job.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks! We were happy with how it turned out

[@kdmathews2957]

Congratulations that you didn't end up with just a home shopping network on the television reception. Great job on the window, I think that solution will be the fix for one of mine. Keep up the good work!

[@LaidBackLiving]

We get two shopping channels and two news channels!

[@waynejoey2842]

Hey there Mike, I have to admire the amount of planning, effort & thought you put into all your tasks, all the time not letting the negative comments bother you. I do worry about some of the chances you take though. Stay safe & good luck on all your efforts.👍👍👍

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks Wayne! We appreciate you!

[@royhubbard6579]

Another good one, keep them coming and please try to make them longer, stay warm and safe!!!!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you!

[@rob3337]

Heck yea tv! Lol it’s good to see you both glad you got windows squared away! You both have come a long way in a short time. You should be very proud of yourselves.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks Rob! The windows were a big deal for us, we were super happy to get them in and have them be mostly functioning with only minor repairs

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks rob!

[@RonaldMedia]

Seems you can stay up to date on local news and even watch a movie. Very nice work on the antenna and window.

[@LaidBackLiving]

A movie every now and again is a nice treat

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

@@LaidBackLiving My TV has a slot to plug in an AMAZON FIRE STICK - you can jail break them ALSO!!!

[@ronald295]

Great that you have a solution for everything. It may not always be the choice of all better knowers, but it is a solution. Good luck with your adventure and enjoy every moment.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for the kind words, it’s appreciated!

[@shawsmining]

looking good guys

[@KoalityofLife]

Nice little trick for a fogged up window, never even heard of doing that. I figured the glass would shatter. Thanks :)

[@LaidBackLiving]

I had that thought too, it made me nervous but I’m happy it worked! Thanks ! -Liz

[@akyhne]

@@LaidBackLiving Was it originally a thermo glass window? Then it won't work half as good as before, holes or no holes. And it will probably get dirty over time between the glasses.

[@DennisGentry]

@@akyhne It will most likely work about as well as ever, especially if they plug one of the vents to stop convection. Ideally, they'd dry it out with some dry air or nitrogen to remove any water vapor, which probably causes the most heat loss. Ordinary double-pane windows are usually filled with dry air or nitrogen (because it's cheap and available), but you can get argon filled windows for ~100% more money and about a 30% performance improvement.

[@bobjoncas2814]

..lookin' good, nice job..stay safe and enjoy..

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks Bob!

[@andyteohockguan2235]

Awesome video

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you!

[@idadho]

A trick is to drill a hole in a piece of wood and use the wood to hold the hole saw in place.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Good idea

[@FuggleBuggle]

Still here and loving the progress! Just got here to Southern Idaho where I bought my house. Hopefully I can start putting up some videos of my journey on the homestead soon! How is Jed's eye healing up? Much love!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Good luck to you! Jeds eye is healing well. I think he’s getting more accustomed to the loss of sight

[@jacksak]

Now fill the glass up with water and put goldfish in there for your new aquarium. Aside from that, your videos get better and better each time... thanks... EDIT: PS: And, that was a very clever way to get rid of the moisture. I wouldn't have guessed it would work so well.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Hey thank you jack!

[@alexjimenez4823]

Cool nice house

[@LaidBackLiving]

Hey thanks!

[@mikeduda3173]

Yea!!! TV

[@armidaperez5360]

Hairdryer to dry it out pump air back into it & seal it

[@IamChrisL712]

Well Mike, hopefully now you'll get to watch the Patriots tank this year.

[@Sundance7055]

Da Bills

[@LaidBackLiving]

Lol

[@kerrybaker4512]

It's the simple things darlings 🍁

[@LaidBackLiving]

Cheers to that

[@popparob6174]

Nice, if you need to put a cable tv booster on it, also there are apps for your phone to aid you to fine tune your antenna direction and show where the stations are, I'll come back and add these to the comments, soon, same also for the cell phone and wi-fi, Later

[@LaidBackLiving]

Good to know!

[@MrSpotlucy]

congrats on the window i had to do the same thing to one of my windows but i used a kit that fixes to a Dremel and comes with little valves to let the air in and out but what you did was just as good but still very nerv racking is it or isnt going to shatter/crack

[@LaidBackLiving]

We were nervous too, it turned out better than we expected!

[@jeffreyc6508]

Cut the cable years ago !! FREE TV is the way to go, I watch more YOU TUBE then TV anyways (but I pay for internet)

[@LaidBackLiving]

KZbin is where it’s at!

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

@@LaidBackLiving I made a TV antenna! From Mechanics Illiterated I get 63 channels in SoCalif - of which i can not understand most of them because they are foreign language TV stations!!! www.popularmechanics.com/culture/tv/how-to/a6608/build-your-own-digital-tv-antenna/

[@richardmilner4392]

Depending on how long that antenna run is you may need a repeater on that cable to get a much better signal.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@FrugalBuilding]

You can use www.antennaweb.org/ to locate the direction of all the TV stations in your area. This will give you the direction to point your antenna for the most stations or the ones that you want to see.

[@jeffsmith4525]

Magic🙂

[@LaidBackLiving]

Craziness

[@jacksak]

My cousin has a property like yours where he leases to several communication companies where they built a cell transmission tower on top of his property and gave him free communications access. I wonder if you could make a deal with a communications company in your area. EDIT: I wrote this before i saw the end of the video where you got reception. Nice work...

[@LaidBackLiving]

We talked with a local company about doing this, we are still in the process of figuring it out!

[@jacksak]

@@LaidBackLiving Good luck with it...

[@DennisGentry]

How far away are you from the TV broadcast antennas? I got my Dad's Starlink working on Moscow Mountain, and we mostly of don't care about broadcast TV anymore.

[@scottwolfe3333]

TV, wonderful, just skip the news though!

[@LaidBackLiving]

No doubt, it’s a crazy time out there!

[@ksmith3997]

It does work, but pretty sure it should be on the inside as you’ll get rain in now 😬

[@ksmith3997]

Ignore me I commented before watching the rest 😄 would work with just the holes inside though 👍🏻

[@edwardseth1230]

Also put up a long range 3/4g external antenna powered via a 24w solar near the antenna..connected physically by a cat 5 or 6 lan/wan cable..coming from the antenna to someplace inside the home to a internal WiFi/ADSL router...unless ur internet signal is good then..never mind., question what company is that LCD TV?

[@LaidBackLiving]

Visio

[@erlwindegans3954]

No more fog but also no more insulation as all the gas has now disapeard from inbetween the glass

[@DennisGentry]

It was water vapor (a gas) and something else before; now it's nitrogen, oxygen, and less water vapor. There isn't a magical gas you can put between panes of glass for insulation, although they often leave the factory with dry 99% nitrogen. You can pay extra for argon filled windows, but a) the insulation improvement is about 30% at most over dry air or nitrogen, and b) I'm not convinced that the argon stays sealed in for the long term. It certainly didn't in this case.

[@rixtrix11]

Where is all the flashing and metal trim that goes around windows BEFORE the siding goes on? Going to get a lot of water on the inside of your siding...

[@odin8214]

Im guessing once money is not an issue some of these older windows will be changed?

[@LaidBackLiving]

Maybe, we are good with them as long as they function well!

[@sethgthomas]

Seems like an odd way to "solve" this; and will cause other issues like the window filling with water. Are you using an impact driver rather than a drill to do this? That could explain the jumping around.

[@LaidBackLiving]

We are hoping the rubber tubing will keep the water out, it turned out better than expected

[@sethgthomas]

@@LaidBackLiving Hope it holds, at least for the foreseeable future. Materials are so expensive and delayed now. Get doing a patch for now.

[@texdiy4851]

Why you hating on cheap stripers 😎

[@LaidBackLiving]

Lol glad someone caught that

[@graze2963]

You dont got Satelite TV in US? Why use this Stoneage Antennas?

[@LaidBackLiving]

Digital antennas

[@FrugalBuilding]

Satellite TV requires a subscription which costs Money and is usually compressed so lower fidelity. Antenna TV is free and is broadcast uncompressed so better fidelity!

[@graze2963]

@@FrugalBuilding in Europe Satelite tv does not need any subscription just an smale satellite dish and you got Thousands of Chanels ;)

[@petegingras3760]

a dremel would give you the high speed you need. But good work anyway. MTV on the RCA, no A/C in the vents. We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby, born in the USA, apologies to Kenny C.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Love that song!

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

Why would you drill through the glass??? Drill through the frame and then reseal the holes!!! Any time you mess with glass you are messing with disaster! And why would you drill the holes outside???

[@IamChrisL712]

That would be a good idea but I'm not sure you reseal the hole at all. Once the outside air gets in, you'll get moisture anyway. Most of those windows have Argon gas in them and once it leaks it's more cost effective to just get a new window.

[@LaidBackLiving]

It’s an old window that had quite a bit of moisture in it. We were trying to avoid taking the window out again. It’s working so far, we will see how it holds up!

[@at347est]

Why why why .....Oh geez !

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

@@LaidBackLiving The holes should have been on inside and drilled after the home was finished and air tight!!! But you do not watch Matt Risinger and do not UNDERSTAND How Important having an Air Tight home is. I would have drilled hole on the outer edge and put a small fan such as from a computer to constantly blow air through space - requiring a box with the fan four holes and oppositely a vent for air to escape BUT ALL IN THE INSIDE...somehow I’d find a way to make the air dehumidified!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thanks for letting us know how YOU would do it! How many windows have you drilled through and repaired?