During WW2, defense workers were moving by the thousands into the KC area, into a community called Ruskin Heights. The government contractors put up hundreds of slab houses. They decide that if they poured a footing for the walls, they could pour the slab inside that, it would act as a form and they would go up faster and cheaper.
When I started carpeting some of them in the 80's, the slabs had shrunk 6-8 inches below the walls. That made the base boards up in the air. We stretched the carpet in and stapled it to the bottom of the baseboard to cover the gap. Has anyone else ever seen anything like that? I had someone ask about a slab like that and it's why I brought this up.
When I started carpeting some of them in the 80's, the slabs had shrunk 6-8 inches below the walls. That made the base boards up in the air. We stretched the carpet in and stapled it to the bottom of the baseboard to cover the gap. Has anyone else ever seen anything like that? I had someone ask about a slab like that and it's why I brought this up.