10×12 saltbox shed plans
A long low roofline, a tall wall for double doors, and a vault to the peak.
A saltbox is a gable with its ridge pushed two thirds of the way across: a long, low slope on one side and a short one over a tall wall on the other — the New England farmhouse shape, scaled to a backyard. The tall side takes a pair of site-built doors a mower drives through; the ridge is a beam on posts, so the inside is open to the peak.
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.
The design
- Footprint
- 10' × 12' · 120 sq ft
- Walls
- 6'-6" high on the low side, taller on the right · 2x4 studs every 16"
- Roof
- 6:12 saltbox, ridge two thirds of the way across
- Roof structure
- Open to the peak: a sized ridge beam on posts down through the gable walls
- Foundation
- Skids on grade
- Siding
- Lap siding
- Overall height
- 10'-10 3/8", from the bottom of the foundation to the top of the roof
- Doors and windows
- Double door, built on site — right wall, 60" × 80" rough opening
- Window — front wall, 24" × 24" rough opening
- Window — back wall, 24" × 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.
What's in the build package
21 dimensioned drawings and a 16-step build guide, in this order:
- What this package is, and what it is not
- A build guide, in the order the work happens
- Four framing elevations and a section, dimensioned
- Floor and roof framing plans
- A framing drawing for each wall
- Sheet layouts for the deck, each wall and each slope of the roof
- A detail of every rough opening
- A detail of every door it builds
- A door and window schedule
- A bill of materials
- A cutting plan, board by board
- 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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