by bungalow101 | May 17, 2022 | Features
I’m a gardener & a bungalow style custom shed for me was a much needed item. I love to buy pots, tools & soil supplements & I needed a place to stash the dang stuff. With only a porte cochere & lacking a garage, a shed was also required to store my husband’s items- hardware, tools & of course, the bar-be-que.
I’m also a big fan of tiny houses, so I wanted it to look like the wee folk could live there in comfort. And, it had to be lovely. It’s plunk in the middle of my backyard so it needed to complement the plants & ideally, mimic my bungalow.
It had taken me a year to choose my exterior colors & I was in love with my clipped gable & really wanted to see those again.
When I purchased my 1925 bungalow, it had a funky old shed that totally creeped me out to enter. In Florida, things get critter filled & really disgusting. As a gardener, I had to go in it often to access my supplies. Ick!
I decided that I needed something nicer, so I started pricing pre-built sheds. They were expensive, not historic & UGLY. So, I decided to go custom & I had some plans drawn by my friend, Tampa architect, Alan Dobbs, for a shed & got some prices for all the trades I would need- carpenter, roofer, painter- for a tiny shed! It all added up to too much plus, I had just completed the restoration of a 1907 Victorian that was in terrible shape & I sorely needed a rest from herding tradespeople & breathing sawdust.
MASTERS OF THE CUSTOM BUNGALOW SHED
I called Historic Shed & was happily surprised at the price they quoted for everything! Because of their great reputation, I even let them pick the hardware & design the doors. I never let anybody choose anything for me but I was tired of making choices. I was thrilled with the doors & the wonderful hinges they brought.
The best part was that it was installed in just over a day. They custom built it in their workshop & then hauled to my backyard, completed & even painted. I am sure that it would have taken a month-long project with all the trade coordinating that I would have had to have done.
I then had a shed that is the mini-me version of my beautiful bungalow. It holds everything I could need & it is clean & fresh. It made another season of gardening quite appealing!
The new custom shed incorporates the color, siding and trim details, roof-line, and outriggers of the bungalow while adding traditional elements such as the bead-board carriage house style doors. At 12’x12′, the storage shed did not require a permit for construction, but did have to undergo design approval by the City of Tampa historic preservation staff. They loved it!
Truth is, I’d like to live in it. I adore tiny spaces. But, it’s full of stuff, which is why we built it & I guess that I’ll just need to commission a doll house to live out my childhood fantasies with the fairies.
P.S. Historic Shed has moved on & is no longer building sheds, however, you can purchase their plans from Liberty House Plans.
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by bungalow101 | May 17, 2022 | The arts & the crafts
I love handmade bungalow tiles- Batchelder, Malibu, Catalina. But I don’t discriminate. I love tiles from all over the world. I adore the vivid colors of Mexican tile, Cuban tile, Moroccan tile, painted tile, relief tile- little pieces of art. It is a medium, first used in Ancient Egypt over 2,000 years ago that still enchants. But I especially love subtile tiles created during the era our bunaglows were built.
Arts & Crafts tile clearly reflects the philosophy & the beauty of the Movement. Using materials from the earth, adorned with forest animals, plants & trees & bugs (yes, lots of bugs) tiles compliment the other “honest” materials found in the bungalow- the wood, the brick, the linen.
Jane Powell, bungalow author extraordinaire quips that the original Movement lasted only a short time as compared to the longevity of the modern revival & one of the best examples of this is the work of today’s Arts & Crafts tile artists. Below are the words of one of the most talented.
FROM A MAKER OF HANDMADE BUNGALOW TILES
“I’m Faye Jones Day, a grandmother, a gardener and a reader. I make handmade, relief, accent tiles for Craftsman Bungalows and other home styles in my rural Oregon studio, inspired by the towering pines and oaks and the wildlife around me.Usually people use my tile on fireplaces & kitchen backsplashes. My clients are mostly proud homeowners. They tell me all about their old house they just bought, or sometimes it’s a new construction in the Craftsman style. They want to restore (or build) their Bungalow with the period correct tile.Maybe they saw some pictures of my tile, on Pinterest, Houzz or Facebook, and they finally found me where I actually sell my tile, which is on Etsy.As it turns out, I might just not be the big tile company that they were expecting. Instead, I’m an elderly, self-taught, (on the autism spectrum) woman making tiles by hand alone in my studio. I don’t have a show room, employees, machines, an art degree (or a business plan.)What they have found really, is a nature girl who loves to get her hands dirty.I have been making art tile for about 22 years. I have lots of very happy people who love the tiles that I have made them. I ship tiles all over the country.
I started making tile a bit late in life. I took a circuitous route. The year I became a grandmother (I was 37), I bought some clay and started making figurative sculpture. I did that obsessively for some years. (People called me the Goddess sculpture lady.) Only, I discovered what I loved was surface decoration.
Eventually I bought a house and made tile for the kitchen. I didn’t know anything about making tile, but I figured that if I could make sculpture, then I could make tile. I loved it, and was completely hooked.
My daughter asked me to make tile for her Craftsman Bungalow. I made hers slightly heavier. Then a buyer introduced me to American Bungalow Magazine. I found my niche! I make tile with nature themes, primarily leaves, and pollinators, and also coordinating WELCOME tiles. I use mostly muted Craftsman glazes, but I also use more vibrant colors to suit different needs. I love to try different designs, so I make lots of various shapes and sizes, textures and colors for all different types of spaces.
Best of luck to all of you Bungalow people. Enjoy your restorations. Have fun with your house and make it ‘your own.’”
You can see Faye’s work on Etsy here, & framed, at Family Woodworks, LLC.
Learn more about American art pottery here!
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by bungalow101 | May 17, 2022 | Doing it the right way
I wrote this article about restoring a bungalow the right wa-a-ay back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, around 2006 when I first moved to Tampa. I had left the little “town” of Eagle Rock, a historic neighborhood in N.E. Los Angeles, left the Hare House, a beautiful bungalow on the L.A. Historic Register which I had meticulously restored (the right way!), but brought with me new determination & a shiny new soapbox, after being defeated in the saving of the wonderful historic building, at our corners of Main & MainWe had fought a valiant fight, but greed & lack of our councilman’s foresight (He got slammed in the next election.) won out so instead of being treated to a view of one of the world’s most wonderful (& scarce) Streamline Moderne buildings on this planet, when you shop downtown, you encounter a Walgreens, sitting in a sea of parking.
I moved across the country, to one block away from a man who had defeated Walgreens, saving a block of historic bungalows & happily worked side-by-side in our neighborhood’s historic preservation committee with him until he died too soon. We had our work cut out for us in our neighborhood. Bisected by the I-275 in the early 70’s, the neighborhood suffered a sharp decline.
By the time I arrived in 2005, the neighborhood association had used its teeth to ignite a Renaissance, but what this meant was that our houses were ripe for flippers, looking to make a quick buck at our neighborhood’s expense. After experiencing a broken heart over & over in the search for my own bungalow, as I witnessed historic materials having been removed for builder grade garbage, I wrote this article for my wood flooring website. I was addressing homeowners, encouraging them to employ best preservation practices to their own historic bungalows, but hoped it would spill over to the flippers who cared zero about the neighborhood or history. A girl can dream!
RESTORING A BUNGALOW – THE RIGHT WAY-2006
Be a wise investor. Follow market trends & spend your money with an eye to the future- historic rehabilitation, rather than remodeling, modernizing or budget fix-up’s.
An older home is no different from any other antique. Would you replace the handles of a priceless Ming vase with new plastic ones in order to “modernize” or improve its use as a pitcher? Nope. It would be disrespectful to the culture & the artist who produced it & it wouldn’t be economical. You would reduce its value as an antique!
Craftsmanship has declined & the costs of both labor & materials have skyrocketed since these houses were built. You could not build a comparable house today for what you would pay for a fine old home with its antique features & wonderful character.
Here are some things I did (& did not do) & will (& will not do) to increase my home’s comfort, value & appeal, as well as lovingly preserve it for the next fortunate steward:
1. I researched my style of house, the bungalow, as well the philosophy behind its particular design, so that I could make correct decisions regarding its rehabilitation. It saved me much money & grief to learn from the experiences of others.
2. I DID NOT destroy historic materials. Where something needed repair, I gently repaired it, I did not replace it. Plaster, for example, provides a much more lovely surface than drywall & it is not difficult to patch. Wood floors can often be refinished. Do not replace them unless they are worn to below the tongue & groove. And if you must install new, use real wood. I had my lovely old wood windows restored when I painted my interior walls & they work smoothly, giving me a lovely, old world look into my gardens. It was not costly, which replacements would have been.
3. I did not remove or alter any character defining features. I DID NOT try to “modernize” or “improve” the house. I did not add odd bits of architecture, appropriate to other periods or styles of house. Consider how horrid a 60’s bathroom looks in a bungalow today. Well, 40 years from now, the currently fashionable spa style bathroom will strike the eye with the same degree of discord. Install a new “bungalow” bathroom (or one that suits the period of your old house) & it will never go out of style!
4. I handled the structural problems discovered in my pre-purchase home inspection, & I replaced the roof. Water intrusion destroys houses. I am ever watchful for signs of leaks.
5. I got my wood treated with Borates, naturally occurring mineral salts that are deadly to termites, carpenter ants & roaches. Considered harmless to humans & ecofriendly, I had all the wood that could be reached in the attic, crawlspace & everywhere, treated. I have my house inspected at least twice a year & keep an eagle eye out for signs of any & all types of nasty, wood destroying organisms.
6. Landscaped with plants that would do well in our climate & complement the style of my house. I did not use many Florida natives, instead going for an exotic tropical look, but I do recommend natives. I feed my plants with organic fertilizers & water the majority of them with a drip system which conserves water.
7. I planted a couple feet away from the house so moisture from the plants did not destroy the siding & it gave me room to do periodic inspections. I got new gutters which I had cleaned every year & put gutter extenders on them to run the water away from the house. My banana trees loved it!
8. I painted the exterior of my house with period appropriate colors. I made sure that all surfaces, inside & out, were well prepared so that the paint would adhere well & look good. If you have shingles, that have never been painted, keep them that way. Do not paint them. Just re-stain them. If some are damaged, replace those.
9. DO NOT stucco or put up siding which can become a haven for termites, rats and roaches & mold, & reduce the value of your property. If your house has these coverings, they actually can be removed. Often, the surface underneath is in surprisingly good condition!\n\n
10. I rebuilt the glass doored cabinets in the living room & dining room that had been removed by a previous owner. Prior to installing them, I photographed the areas where they would sit, documenting the fact that they were added, not original. I passed this information on to the person who bought my house.
11. I joined my bungalow neighborhood association & Tampa Preservation, Inc. I raised my voice for the built environment of our past. I encouraged others to raise theirs-LOUD!
12. Nearly 20 years later, I started a blog about bungalows, America’s favorite house. I’m hoping that my stories educate, enlighten & empower you in restoring a bungalow the right way!
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by bungalow101 | May 17, 2022 | Doors & windows
Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my custom made, tiger oak, square pegged, brass mesh, bungalow screen door.
Meet Mahjong the Amazing Wonder Kitten (furry face on the left) & his bro, Bukhai Thunder, on the right. When you have pussycats, it is a good idea to have a screen door so that they can experience nature without experiencing nature. We had ours at the Hare House custom made out of quartersawn white oak. We hand-picked the wood & chose where it would be placed. The bottom rail is 2 planks, heavily figured in a lose pattern. The top is 1 plank of the same heavy, large figuring. The side rails are less heavily figured. I do not like an object that has too much figuring. I feel like it doesn’t give you the opportunity to focus & can end up looking like porcupine with bedhead.
Our bungalow screen door is joined by mortise & tennon but we added decorative plugs of walnut, a darker wood. The mesh is brass, a traditional material. The screen is applied to a rabbet in the front of the door. We finished it with a oil-based poly, probably a floor finish because that’s what we do! We chose not to stain it because this type of finish ambers over time & we knew that it would get much darker.
Bungalow doors & screen doors are most often made of a higher grade wood, generally oak, & clear-coated, but sometimes both are painted. You want them to have the same finish.
My Tampa house had a Victorian looking door when I bought it & we replaced it with a pine door that I zhuzhed up with way too many colors. I then got a salvaged screen door that had already been painted, & chose for it also, one of the way too many colors on the door, as well as adding some pieces to stabilize it. It was not as heavy as my oak screen door, & was already 100 years old. The poor door was always a bit wobbly & I was a little concerned the one time I told someone, “Don’t let the screen door hit you on the a$$,” but it was really appropriate at the time. I expect the chunky oak at the Hare House one will hang in there for another 100 years.
For the oak, we chose heavy, reproduction brass hinges & pull. For a lock, I used a simple hook & eye inside. I used a vintage reproduction doorknob on the painted pine screen door, but the oak is rather chunky & the knobs tend to be rather delicate, both in look & in function. The good thing about the knobs is that they do have a locking mechanism & if you make friends with your hardware specialist, she will teach you how to keep them operational.
The hinges have a spring in them that you can calibrate to customize the strength of the door swing so that they will be easy to open, & will self-close without whacking you. You have to fool around with them for a bit to figure out the swing pressure. And then calibrate the second one so that you don’t have a wobbly door.
It is not difficult to build a beautiful screen door. My YouTube channel has many videos about the care & feeding of bungalows. You (or your carpenter/handyman) can learn how to make an authentic screen door here.
THE BEST PART OF A BUNGALOW SCREEN DOOR- THE CAT!
My elderly Pouella moved into the Hare House with us, got to see the beginning of the third millennium on the lap of a dear friend devoted to kitties, & is now buried in the garden under the David Austen roses with a little kitty-cat plaque. She had been sliding downhill fast & I asked her to please hang on until Home Tour so that I could help pull off this important neighborhood event. The day of Home Tour came. She could not rise from her little nest on the floor. She very clearly said, “Ok, Mom. I made it to Home Tour day. Now, can I go?” We zipped her over to the vet & her beloved Daddy, my wonderful husband held her as she drifted away.
At Home Tour everyone asked about her. Not wanting to ruin the committee’s day, I told them all that she was just fine. Home Tour saved me. I got to spend the day with my dearest friends at my favorite activity & the joy of the event buoyed me for going home to no Pouella.
After a period of mourning, during which I moved numbly about my house all day, crying much of the night, one day I woke up, strangely free of the grief that had held me. New kitten day had miraculously dawned! I called my friend Joanne who at Pou’s memorial service, had offered to come with me to choose the newbie and she was at my door in about 3 minutes. (One of the beauties of neighborhood activism- all your friends live real close!)
THE NEW BUNGALOW KITTY
We trotted into the Pasadena Humane society & there he was- 2 lbs. of wild man- my bouncing, squeaking (He never did develop a proper meow.) cage rattling, blue-eyed boy, who had arrived that morning from foster care. The facility was closing soon, so I couldn’t adopt him that day. We stayed playing with him until sternly asked to leave. I was emphatically told that it was first come, first served, so I should be sure to come early.
They opened at 9 the next morning. I had been there with my carrier since 7. When the first volunteer arrived at 8:59, I ran at her yelling, “See, I’m here first. He’s mine!!!!”
He truly was. I brought him home to the Hare House & locked us in the study, the smallest room in the house, so he could get accustomed to his new surroundings. This tiny bundle of fur sniffed the entire floor- rugs, chair legs, fireplace, bookcase, with his tiny super-vacuum nostrils. Satisfied, he hopped up on the desk, speed dialed a couple folks, & sent a fax. Then he looked at me, hopped down & sat by the door, craning his little neck to look up at the doorknob, squeaking. And squeaking. And squeaking.
Later that day, tired from exploring the whole house, he purred on my bosom. I told him, “Thank you for mending my broken heart.”
He answered, “Thank you for mending mine. I missed my mother.”
He had been in foster care for several weeks getting enough weight on him to be adopted. One of the great mysteries of my life is how the foster mom could have given him up.
I guess it was so that I could wake up one morning, from blocks away, hear his tiny squeaks for “Mom!” causing my grief to melt away, & fall in love with this amazing individual who enchants everyone he meets.
He inspires me every day with his joyous spirit, unflagging persistence & creative intelligence. And when we moved to a new house in Florida, he got a new bungalow screen door- one with a shorter bottom rail so he could see over it without having to stand up like a prairie dog. “Thanks, Mom.”
TIP: READ ABOUT BUKHAI THE BIGHEARTED BUNGALOW CAT HERE.
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by bungalow101 | May 17, 2022 | Doing it the right way
by Matthew Steger
With 20 years of inspecting bungalows under his belt, Owner/ ASHI Certified Inspector at WIN Home Inspection (Lancaster, PA) follows the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) Standard of Practice, the nationally recognized GOLD standard for home inspectors.
Well respected in his field, Matthew teaches “Home Inspection 101” at LCAR (Lancaster County Association of Realtors) for Realtor continuing education.
Whether buying or already owning a bungalow, or any house built pre-1950, there are many things to keep in mind in terms of maintenance. Of course, if buying any home, whether it’s brand new or 250 years old, it is critical to get it professionally inspected. The inspector will spend about 3 hours going inside and out, top to bottom visually inspecting the home’s components and testing the systems to ensure that they are in working order and safe to use.
I’ve been inspecting homes since 2002 and, just when I think I’ve ‘seen it all’, something new seems to pop up. How well a home has been maintained over the years seems to be the key factor in what we find when inspecting it. I’ve inspected homes from the 1700s that are in better condition than ones built in 2000. Of course, a bungalow built in 1910 and still standing, shows resilience in its construction, such as its foundation. Even more interesting is when you realize that many areas only instituted building codes more recently. In PA, for example, we didn’t have a state-wide building code for homes until 2004!
Keep in mind, though, that home inspectors don’t only inspect bungalows that are being bought and sold. We also inspect homes for homeowners with no plans on moving but want a professional evaluation on the key components so they know what systems are in need of maintenance, areas that may be unsafe, or simply wondering how to help keep the home’s operating efficiency high. We recommend that all homeowners consider having a professional home inspection performed periodically. The things that we often find can more than enough pay for the inspection in terms of damage that may be caught now before things get worse in your cozy bungalow, even lives saved.
LOOKING AT THE SYSTEMS IN A BUNGALOW HOME INSPECTION
The main key components when looking at older homes are things like the electrical system, plumbing system, structural system, and the HVAC system.
BUNGALOW ELECTRICAL
Your bungalow, like all homes built before approximately 1940, would have typically been wired with knob and tube (K&T) wiring. It was an ungrounded wiring type that relied on 2 conductors meeting only at light fixtures, receptacles, wall switches, etc. It was also cloth-covered and splices were often only soldered and electrical taped. This type of wiring was also meant to be air-cooled meaning it relied on the air around it to not overheat. There should be no thermal insulation around knob and tube wiring, otherwise, it can potentially overheat.
If you think of what homes had in them, say, in 1920, and then compare to a home in 2022, there are night-and-day differences that will turn up in a bungalow home inspection. Homes in 1920 had basic appliances and most rooms had only 1 or 2 receptacles. Kitchen appliances were also minimal. Electrical services to homes in that era were often only 30 or 60 Amp which was sufficient for the electrical needs of those homes. Flash forward to 2022 and look at the modern use of homes. Multiple TVs, central heating and cooling, computers, many kitchen appliances, etc. Since the 1970s, 200 Amp service has been pretty much the normal for modern homes. Also, modern wire types, such as NM cable (also referred to by one of the product trade names, Romex) is standard which is a grounded, fully-sheathed wire type. In my home inspection travels I tend to find lots of homeowner (DIY) electrical work which can lead to a fire or someone getting electrocuted.
Wiring doesn’t get better with age and splices in older wiring tend to not be up to today’s safety standards. This is generally why many home insurance companies will no longer insure homes with knob and tube wiring. There is an increased fire risk. As part of a home inspection, the inspector will test the receptacles, permanent lighting, breaker panel, etc. and will note the presence of live knob and tube wiring, if visible. Most of these older homes, however, have been upgraded over the decades with modern wiring and modern breaker panels and fixtures. A lot of the time, I think, this was done to due ever-increasing electrical needs in these homes over the years. Also, most homes originally wired with fuses have been upgraded to more modern circuit breakers. Again, many insurance companies will no longer insure homes with fuses since they are more likely to present a fire hazard since the homeowner is more likely to install an improperly-rated fuse if prior fuses keep blowing.
BUNGALOW PLUMBING
Copper plumbing has been in use going back before the 1940s although other types with shorter design lives were also common. Lead and galvanized steel pipe were not uncommon in a bungalow home inspection. Lead, of course, can leech into the water supply and lead to neurological issues over time. Galvanized steel pipe rusts from the inside out leading to low flow over time. Galvanized steel pipe was generally last used in the 1950s and has an approx. 40 year design life. Leaking or rusting at plumbing connections and fixtures is not uncommon in older homes.
Drain pipes in older homes tended to be clay or cast iron. Galvanized steel drain pipes were also common. The underground sewer line between the home and the street is often original still in these older homes. I offer SewerScan inspections which is a video-recorded inspection of the underground sewer pipe to see what’s going on in there. I sometimes find breakages, blockages, tree roots, etc. Most homeowners assume the city sewer authority is responsible for the maintenance of these underground sewer pipes, but it is actually the property owner who must maintain and repair, when needed, these sewer lines. Some bungalows have been upgraded over the years with more modern plumbing materials, but that is not always the case. DIY plumbing tends to be somewhat common.
Just because you don’t see a tree in the front yard doesn’t mean a tree wasn’t taken down in the past and the tree roots are still there underground, searching for water. Tree roots can often detect water in nearby sewer lines and, in some cases, will grow into the sewer pipe leading to a blockage.
BUNGALOW STRUCTURAL
As mentioned above, homes from the early turn of the century that are still standing today is a testament to how they were built. Lumber from that era wasn’t kiln-dried like today’s lumber is. Balloon framing was common. A common thing, however, is that we rarely find walls and floors in older homes that are straight. Sometimes that is due to settlement over the years and sometimes we can sometimes guess that the floor or wall may not have been straight to begin with. Remember, these homes were often built to no building code so this is acrucial part of your bungalow home inspection.
In older homes, however, finding wood destroying insect (WDI) damage is more likely. Some of which is purely due to time.. the home has been there longer so it’s been exposed to potential WDI infestations a lot longer than a 20 year old home. Also, due to the lack of kiln-dried wood, insects that may have been in the wood prior to construction (such as beetles) often would survive and be introduced into the home to further infest in many cases. Also, many basements in older homes had dirt floors (compared to concrete today) so things like wooden supports and basement staircases were often in direct dirt contact which leads to rot and increases the chance of insect damage over time. Most of these older homes had their original dirt floors cemented at some point, however.
BUNGALOW HVAC
Heating and cooling systems have the shortest life span of any of the above mentioned systems so it is very rare that an original heating system in a home built in 1920, for example, would even exist anymore. In my home inspection travels of 2 decades, I have found maybe 10 heating systems (furnaces or boilers) that likely were installed pre-1950. They just wear out and fail over time not to mention the operating efficiencies that those older systems likely had (less than 30%) compared to modern systems (90+%). Finding parts to repair these older systems is often impossible. Also, homes were often not insulated up to the 1950s as energy was cheap, compared to today. By the 1970s, energy prices rose considerably and building codes required minimal insulation in attics, basements, walls, and crawl spaces. Properly installed insulation as well as higher efficiency heating systems have made homes more comfortable and more more efficient. Many turn-of-the-century homes were still using wood or coal up into the 1940s. Today, natural gas, electric, and fuel oil are the predominant heating fuel types.
Home cooling was around in the 1940s but didn’t really become the norm until the 1980s, at least in my neck of the woods (PA). In southern climates, it was earlier than that.
Heating and cooling systems should be professionally-installed and professionally-serviced on an annual basis. Basic home maintenance tasks such as regularly changing your air filter (if you have a furnace or heat pump) is a must. Regular maintenance and annual servicing of your HVAC system helps ensure it is safe to use, running as efficiently as possibly, and more likely to last a long time.
YOUR BUNGALOW HOME INSPECTION IS THE SUM OF ITS SYSTEMS
When I inspect, I consider each one and if you can think of each one of them separately, you’ll be more comfortable with your whole house.
Matthew Steger
Owner/ASHI Certified Inspector
A final word, because we know all know that I like having the last one- check out my article on how to restore a house correctly. It mentions several points that will help preserve your bungalow & help it inspect well when you decide to sell it.
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