Parametric Plans

10×12 storage shed plans

Double doors, lap siding and a window either side.

Ten by twelve is the size most people mean by “a shed”. This one has a pair of site-built doors wide enough for a wheelbarrow, lap siding to match a house, and a 6:12 roof that sheds snow and reads as a small building rather than a box.

Customize this shed What's in the plan

Opens in the designer with this shed loaded. Change anything first — the build package is $10, drawn for the shed you end up with, and the watermarked preview is free.

Front framing elevation of the 10×12 storage shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Front framing elevation

The design

Footprint
10' × 12' · 120 sq ft
Walls
7'-6" high · 2x4 studs every 16"
Roof
6:12 gable
Roof structure
Rafter ties across every pair of rafters, with a ridge board at the peak
Foundation
Skids on grade
Siding
Lap siding
Overall height
11'-0 3/8", from the bottom of the foundation to the top of the roof
Doors and windows
  • Double door, built on site — front wall, 62" × 72" rough opening
  • Window — left wall, 30" × 24" rough opening
  • Window — right wall, 30" × 24" rough opening

Permits. Inside the limits commonly exempt from a building permit, including the stricter 120 sq ft some places use.

From the plan

Pages from this shed's own plan, as the free preview shows them: every member drawn where it goes, with the figures left for the bought copy.

Transverse section of the 10×12 storage shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Transverse section
Left framing elevation of the 10×12 storage shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Left framing elevation
Floor framing plan of the 10×12 storage shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Floor framing plan

What's in the build package

20 dimensioned drawings and a 16-step build guide, in this order:

  1. What this package is, and what it is not
  2. A build guide, in the order the work happens
  3. Four framing elevations and a section, dimensioned
  4. Floor and roof framing plans
  5. A framing drawing for each wall
  6. Sheet layouts for the deck, each wall and the roof
  7. A detail of every rough opening
  8. A detail of every door it builds
  9. A door and window schedule
  10. A bill of materials
  11. A cutting plan, board by board
  12. Groundwork, fasteners, weatherproofing and finishes

Make it yours

Wider, longer, a steeper roof, a door on the other wall: change it in the designer and the drawings, the bill and the cut list follow.

Customize the 10×12 storage shed

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