its a slab house if there is no basement, or there is no foundation that can
be entered to do work on the heating water. the one next door to my parents
house was a slab house, it had carpet and tile directly on the floor which
was concrete, but it was a brick home and quite cozy and warm in the
winter... an older couple lived there, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>> there are pros and cons to basement/slab/crawl space... we choose no
>> basement because we are with this house planning for being older, when we
>> choose the one that burnt my abject fear of stairs played in, we have
>> lived in houses/apts with stairs but its too strressful... storage is a
>> pro/con issue... on one hand it allows for easy keeping of things not
>> often used and things that fit into the memory catagor... but that is
>> also the con... the pro side of that isn't big enough to overcome my fear
>> of stairs.
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>> I don't know squat about slab housing as i never lived in one and didn't
>> do research as my father advised against it... Lee
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> I think this is a slab house. Not sure. My parents have a split level
> and it is a real pain for me now. I also worry that my dad will fall down
> the stairs. He has fallen a lot lately. And don't ask me why but...
> They put a fridge in their basement. Which is fine, but... They insist
> on keeping all of their beverages in it. So whenever someone wants a cold
> drink, they have to go downstairs. I always sneak an extra or two of my
> Lime Diet Cokes upstairs. They do have a beverage holder compartment in
> the door of their fridge. They don't use it. For the life of me I can't
> fathom why.
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