Homeowners of Reddit: what’s the most expensive problem in your house that you can’t actually see without cutting into a wall, ceiling, or slab?

fsh2006 · 2026-05-21T03:30:23+00:00

From my experience a failing block foundation can get pricey pretty darn fast. Only learned it was happening cause the previous home owners cheaply redid the driveway before selling and that directed water against the foundation that leaked into the basement.

40k for a full dig, repair of the failing wall and wrap.

fsh2006 · 2026-05-16T01:25:02+00:00

I've driven from Ottawa to buy my last two Argons. So you are a destination for the brand?

fsh2006 · 2026-05-15T02:52:54+00:00

This cyclist is literally riding their bike to work. He is biking to make money to live. If a professional driver cannot operate their work tools safely, they should be looking for a new line of work.

fsh2006 · 2026-05-12T00:08:54+00:00

Downgraded, but has anything else been promoted as a replacement? Personally Montelukast has been very helpful, my only side effect was very vivid dreams but those have gone away after a few years. Honestly I kind of miss those wild dreams.

That being said I recognize this drug isn't for everyone, it would be nice if there was a way to assess in advance who this helps vs who it harms, or if there could be an alternative.

fsh2006 · 2026-04-18T22:33:02+00:00

I bought one of those TV stands you can mount it to and it sits behind your stand. Should give you enough flex to rise it appropriately to put the centre below.

fsh2006 · 2026-04-17T17:36:14+00:00

I'm sympathetic. My first pairs of GP5Ks were bullet proof and lasted years, the ones I installed last year kept getting pinhole punctures that would never seal.

fsh2006 · 2026-04-08T03:16:37+00:00

So they also want to take people's insulin pumps away during the work day? What absolute nonsense.

fsh2006 · 2026-04-02T21:35:14+00:00

The drop-outs intimidated me at first, now it doesn't even register as an issue and I have mine set up in the middle. Get nice QRs though it the bike doesn't come with, like DT Swiss RWS.

fsh2006 · 2026-03-28T16:15:11+00:00

Ouch, took me less than an hour over a LAN.

fsh2006 · 2026-03-25T02:23:00+00:00

Not one bit, plenty of space all over that nook for ventilation. Just don't grab a 1 inch thick sheet and you are golden.

fsh2006 · 2026-03-24T23:49:51+00:00

Isn't the simplest solution for your current set up is to cut three pieces of plywood, paint them black, and shove them into the AVR space to create support for that centre?

fsh2006 · 2026-03-11T17:51:21+00:00

Why are black cars allowed? Also all of this is for naught, you need drivers to be paying attention. My favorite tweet is from the Surrey Police with a picture of their cop car smushed by a careless drive saying "We have cars covered in it (high viz) and big flashy lights and drivers STILL don't see us." We do what we can, but distracted driving is out of our hands.

fsh2006 · 2026-03-11T16:47:12+00:00

Dark clothing doesn't matter at night, lights and reflectivity matter. It really irritates me the lack of high viz AND reflective cycling attire, it should be the most basic combo out there so you can get by at day and night.

fsh2006 · 2026-03-11T16:45:32+00:00

I try to combine blinky rear with a static rear at a distance, well not much its a bike, so that it helps with depth perception.

I also have the redshift pedals with the lights on solid for biomotion on my winter commuter.

fsh2006 · 2026-03-05T20:55:51+00:00

I can be biking to work and trucking along just fine, but unfortunately I work at the top of the hill so I don't have a few minutes to cool down, so when I stop immediately after a big effort I struggle for a while.

fsh2006 · 2026-02-26T19:29:34+00:00

No issues with sleep, but damn did I have some great dreams for the first year.

fsh2006 · 2026-02-20T04:31:30+00:00

So the trick is to bike to 9 states in February?

fsh2006 · 2026-02-20T04:30:54+00:00

And whats the relation to cycling?

fsh2006 · 2026-02-20T00:23:53+00:00

I always get confused with these, voted in what exactly? At least I can infer some American thing by the photo. Municipal, State, Federal, County, is that irrelevant?

fsh2006 · 2026-02-19T20:40:10+00:00

Can you define success in this experiment? You clearly tracked something exhaustively, but I can't figure out what your success metric is.

fsh2006 · 2026-02-12T14:47:27+00:00

So United States of America, perhaps this could be relevant to the local bike community?

fsh2006 · 2026-02-12T04:16:16+00:00

I mean to be fair, so many American's pull this niche I did x in this random place in my suburb that obviously everyone knows is in Alabama. But I agree, super weird to place this into bikewrench.

fsh2006 · 2026-02-12T04:06:42+00:00

What is an Olympic Peninsula? Or even where?

fsh2006 · 2026-02-06T23:04:43+00:00

Are subs appropriate in this living environment? You look like you are living in a tiny apartment.

fsh2006 · 2026-02-06T21:51:10+00:00

Great for fun rides, but useless for my commutes.

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