split level

[John Dirks Jr]

I'm just curious about this but when did the split level home design first show up on the scene? I'm doing one tomorrow and it's said to be built in 1965. I didn't think they were around that early.

[Rick Hurst]

Split level homes most started back in the 1950's and 60's. Some are even older.

Most common problems I've seen is:

Stair problems
Improper grading
Uneven heating / cooling
Outdated equipment
Electrical Service equipment problems

Just to name a few.

rick

[Brandon Whitmore]

50's according to this article

An American Vernacular: The What, How & Why of Bi-level and Split-level homes (http://www.splitlevel.net/background.html)

[Jack Feldmann]

We have tons of split foyer homes that were built in the 70's and 80's. Odd design.

[Ted Menelly]

We have tons of split foyer homes that were built in the 70's and 80's. Odd design.

Split foyer as in raised ranch?

By level and tri level have been around a long time. Those along with raised ranches and bilevels or side to side split level and trilevels were very popular in the 60's and earlier 70's in Mass.

[John Dirks Jr]

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize they were around that early

[Jack Feldmann]

Split foyer:
You walk in the front door and there is a landing, maybe 5'x6' with a short stair going up on the right, and a short stair going down on the left.

So it's really a 2 story house (bottom level is usually a walk out basement) and the garage is a part of the bottom level.

Downstairs is usually a 2 car garage, laundry room/1/2 bath, and then there is either one big room (sometimes a fireplace), or a bedroom and a family room/den. Upstairs is the normal 3/2.5, kitchen, dining room, living room.
Here's a couple photos of one........

[Mike Schulz]

Split levels I see would be you walk into the front door with stairs going up and down. The section of the upper is on a dirt crawl space and of course the lower is slab. You go through a scuttle hole on the lower section to get under the upper floor crawl space. Sort of like a half basement.

[Ted Menelly]

Split foyer:
You walk in the front door and there is a landing, maybe 5'x6' with a short stair going up on the right, and a short stair going down on the left.

So it's really a 2 story house (bottom level is usually a walk out basement) and the garage is a part of the bottom level.

Downstairs is usually a 2 car garage, laundry room/1/2 bath, and then there is either one big room (sometimes a fireplace), or a bedroom and a family room/den. Upstairs is the normal 3/2.5, kitchen, dining room, living room.
Here's a couple photos of one........

That is a raised ranch Jack. They started in the mid to late 60'o maybe early 70's

[Brandon Chew]

That is a raised ranch Jack. They started in the mid to late 60'o maybe early 70's

Around here, we also call those a raised ranch. Could be a Northeast thing ...

[Sal Castro]

Here on Long Island they call them "High Ranches".
I find many with foundation waterproofing seepage causing problems at the bottom of the finished wall of the lower level where it is below grade.

[Darren Miller]

In New Jersey we call them Bi-levels

[Joe Klampfer]

In New Jersey we call them Bi-levels

You're right - That one is a bi-level... a split-level looks more like...

[Ted Menelly]

You're right - That one is a bi-level... a split-level looks more like...

Now that picture is a tri-level or is it a qud level???