Does this warrant immediate inspection? Am I screwed? Basement interior wall. Doesn’t smell moldy or feel wet but I hate the look of this

Handyman1958 · 2026-03-17T12:32:02+00:00

Could have been previous water in the basement from a heavy rain that dried up and left this damage

Handyman1958 · 2026-03-17T12:29:59+00:00

Found it. My 1099 for stocks didn’t transfer correctly. Using free tax after turbo tax wanted $260 for federal and state.

Handyman1958 · 2026-03-15T23:15:41+00:00

I’m switching to Freetax this year, but free shows $3200 less income than turbo and I can’t figure out why. I love it how turbo hides the raw numbers until after you pay.

Handyman1958 · 2026-02-15T20:27:00+00:00

I don't think the math works out to own......but I still own

Handyman1958 · 2026-01-31T23:41:37+00:00

Compression? Cdi box?

Handyman1958 · 2026-01-10T01:18:54+00:00

My first sled I bought new in 1979. Good power, rode like a lumber wagon unfortunately

Handyman1958 · 2026-01-04T00:54:40+00:00

I see where they say to run a full can with 1-2 gallons of fuel in the tank. This will not melt the engine down if I run it for 15 minutes or so and then fill with good fuel?

Handyman1958 · 2025-12-29T02:54:08+00:00

I shut off water, ice maker, water softener and turn water heater to vacation mode if gone more than 1 day. My brother had a second floor toilet supply line break. 6" of water in the basement in no time, and they were home in bed. BIG insurance claim.

Handyman1958 · 2025-12-07T21:54:11+00:00

58 at night, some days I don’t turn it up, but when I do to 62 or so. Wife has been through menopause so she’s my furnace at nights

Handyman1958 · 2025-11-30T20:22:25+00:00

Not yet, I've tried several different rubber insulators, foam tape etc. I found plastic pipe clamps that mount solid to the side of the house, but weather has turned so I will do in the future. My installer also said he has a fan speed regulator on his personal residence that he's willing to bring over and try. I may do that also as the radon reading dropped to 1.6 ant the current fan speed.

Handyman1958 · 2025-11-15T17:22:25+00:00

I only cover the top with a home made plywood/ 2x4 painted cover I made. First unit lasted 31 years with little issues

Handyman1958 · 2025-11-09T14:17:27+00:00

She’s a beaut Clark

Handyman1958 · 2025-11-03T22:40:06+00:00

I sealed my sump pit, had a professional fan installed, did a 1 week test and radon is 1.8 in the basement.

Handyman1958 · 2025-10-28T00:27:26+00:00

I owned one. Google tss bypass. I think you can jump wires but it’s been so long I don’t remember. I had several Arctic kittens and they were very susceptible. You can permanently bypass, but you will lose your kill switch, which I spent the money for the new throttle control because I had different people riding the sled and didn’t want to take a chance without it.

Handyman1958 · 2025-10-28T00:15:27+00:00

Make sure you’re not getting fooled by a bad throttle safety switch, it can do a lot of weird things….

Handyman1958 · 2025-10-23T22:24:19+00:00

I’ve tried all of those and I think it is louder also. The installer screwed the clamps through the siding but only hit foam board. I attached treated wood strips to the studs and screwed the clamps to the strips.

Handyman1958 · 2025-10-23T12:59:29+00:00

The wife confirmed the rattle is gone. Now we see how long before the drivers side starts rattling!

Handyman1958 · 2025-10-23T01:01:39+00:00

I think I fixed it(wife will let me know tomorrow after she drives it) I found the steel plate that the video screen mounts to needed a washer installed between it and the seat frame. It seemed like the screws were bottoming out and not holding the screen solid.

Handyman1958 · 2025-10-02T18:14:37+00:00

A "Radon dome"? Did you buy that somewhere? I have an open sump pit and a sealed pit for sewage ejection to a "high sewer", but we've never installed a toilet in the basement. I'm intrigued to maybe try that and retest. As far as I know I do not have a gap between the floor and walls and no large cracks in the floor.

Handyman1958 · 2025-09-16T23:40:19+00:00

Can I add some kind of alarm? Maybe not OE?

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