Parametric Plans

10×16 garden-tractor shed plans

Six-foot double doors on the gable end, a man door on the side.

Long enough to drive a lawn tractor in through the front and still walk round it. A pair of built doors six feet wide on the gable end, an ordinary prehung door on the long wall for everyday use, and a pier foundation that copes with a sloping yard.

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 10×16 garden-tractor shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Front framing elevation

The design

Footprint
10' × 16' · 160 sq ft
Walls
8'-0" high · 2x4 studs every 16"
Roof
5:12 gable
Roof structure
Rafter ties across every pair of rafters, with a ridge board at the peak
Foundation
Piers and beams
Siding
T1-11 panel
Overall height
11'-11 5/16", from the bottom of the foundation to the top of the roof
Doors and windows
  • Double door, built on site — front wall, 72" × 80" rough opening
  • Window — left wall, 36" × 24" rough opening
  • Window — right wall, 36" × 24" rough opening
  • Door, prehung unit — right wall, 36" × 80" rough opening

Permits. Inside the 200 sq ft the model residential code exempts, but past the 120 sq ft some places use. Check your local limit.

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 10×16 garden-tractor shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Transverse section
Left framing elevation of the 10×16 garden-tractor shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Left framing elevation
Floor framing plan of the 10×16 garden-tractor shed, from its plan, with the dimension figures left off as in the free preview
Floor framing plan

What's in the build package

21 dimensioned drawings and a 17-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.

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