"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> 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

Our water heater is in the tiny garage. It is called a garage because there
is a garage door but you couldn't fit a car in there. There is a crawlspace
under the house. So maybe not a slab?