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Posted by Goedjn on February 28, 2007, 11:04 am
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:36:27 -0600, "Steve Barker"
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>And have radiant heat tubing in them.
The trouble with that is, it's more stuff in the slab
that can't be maintained, and it's in the way if you need
to go through the slab to get at something underneath.
I'd rather wear slippers.
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Posted by Steve Barker on February 28, 2007, 8:12 pm
To each his own. It's not just a matter of having a warm floor. It is THE
heat for the house.
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Steve Barker
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> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:36:27 -0600, "Steve Barker"
>>And have radiant heat tubing in them.
> The trouble with that is, it's more stuff in the slab
> that can't be maintained, and it's in the way if you need
> to go through the slab to get at something underneath.
> I'd rather wear slippers.
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Posted by BillGill on February 28, 2007, 8:58 am
b13171@hotmail.com wrote:
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> A little off topic, but think those on this site may be a good
> judge. What are the up and downsides of
> a slab home other than the obvious storage advantage. My husband and
> I are thinking of moving and have found some homes we liked that were
> on slab. We have always lived in a house with basement , but now
> could live without a basement. We live in metro Atlanta. Thanks
> Liz
>
I'm with the ones who wouldn't live in a slab home. The
only advantage is that it is cheaper to build. But long
term maintenance can be a real pain. If there are
plumbing problems it will cost an arm and a leg and
there will be a lot of damage to the interior floors.
Bill Gill
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Posted by ameijers on March 2, 2007, 7:50 pm
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>> Obviously you have a crawl space.
> Obviously, you are wrong.
>> I have never heard
>> of a slab that wasn't poured on the ground. You may
>> have a concrete floor, but it must be different from
>> anything I have ever met.
> Nope, poured like any other.
>> No slab has plumbing in the basement, because they don't
>> have a basement. If you have a slab either the plumbing
>> is under the slab or it is in the attic.
> Nope, neither
>> Under the slab
>> means you have to dig a hole in the floor to work on it
>> and in the attic means it is liable to freeze in really
>> cold weather.
> Nope, I can work on it in the comfort of the conditioned space.
>> So I prefer my piping in the crawl space or basement
>> where they can be accessed for repair and are
>> protected from freezing.
> But there are other options. Open your mind, find out about other layouts
> and don't get hung up that one type basement or no basement is superior.
> Both have advantages and I've lived in both. Neither would be the
> deciding factor for me as there are plenty of variations that may or may
> not be suitable for my or your needs.
All right, Edwin- what is your floor system, if not slab or stickbuilt over
basement/crawl/piers? Rammed earth? Cave with internal plumbing run along
the walls? Bucky Dome with same? Inflatable? Inquiring minds want to know.
It wouldn't bother me living in a SIP or poured-concrete-in-foam-block house
with all plumbing, HVAC, electric, etc, exposed on the inside walls. Make
changes and upkeep a lot easier, and failure points easier to find.
aem sends...
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on March 2, 2007, 11:13 pm
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> All right, Edwin- what is your floor system, if not slab or stickbuilt
> over basement/crawl/piers? Rammed earth? Cave with internal plumbing run
> along the walls? Bucky Dome with same? Inflatable? Inquiring minds want to
> know.
> It wouldn't bother me living in a SIP or poured-concrete-in-foam-block
> house with all plumbing, HVAC, electric, etc, exposed on the inside walls.
> Make changes and upkeep a lot easier, and failure points easier to find.
> aem sends...
I have a raised ranch. Sometimes called a split entry. If you come in the
front door, you are in a foyer and have to either go up to the living room
or down to the family room. Well, I guess you cold just stand in the foyer
but that is not very sociable.
The lower level is a slab. The lower level has a bedroom/office/
whateverroom and bathroom in the front of the house. On the back side is
the utility/storage areas of about 500 square feet. The large family room is
at one end of the house and in some designs would have been a two car
garage, but we have a detached garage instead. When I moved in, the walls
in the utility area were unfinished, as is the ceiling. Plumbing to the
lower level bath runs across the ceiling, into the finished part and down to
the fixtures. The kitchen, another bath, bedrooms are on the upper level.
Plumbing for the kitchen and bath are in the ceiling of the utility area
making them easily accessible. I have the water filter for the kitchen
mounted on the joists in the utility area, right under the sink. Very easy
to get at instead of trying to squeeze into a sink cabinet.
The raised ranch is a combination of slab and regular ranch basement
construction. You can walk into my family room on the lower level from the
driveway. The back of the house is at ground level. The front of the house
is graded in such a way that the windows are exposed, as is about a foot of
foundation below them. It is stick built on top of a 4' concrete
foundation.
In the back of the house I have a deck off of the kitchen. Since the
kitchen is on the upper level, the deck is also 8' off the ground. Given
the height, I have a shaded patio under the deck too, doubling my outdoor
living space. Gas grill up on the deck, wood fire pit right off the patio.
My wife has CHF and cannot take steps very well. With our configuration, it
is easy for her to spend the entire day downstairs where there is a
refrigerator, microwave, full bath and laundry. She only have to take the
steps once a day to go to bed. I could make my office back into a bedroom
and even eliminate that.
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