12×16 workshop plans
On a slab, in 2x6, with light down one whole wall.
A workshop wants a floor that takes a table saw and walls that take insulation. This one stands on a concrete slab with the walls bolted down through a treated sill, is framed in 2x6 for the deeper batts, and has two windows along the bench wall and one at the back.
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
- 12' × 16' · 192 sq ft
- Walls
- 8'-0" high · 2x6 studs every 16"
- Roof
- 6:12 gable
- Roof structure
- Rafter ties across every pair of rafters, with a ridge board at the peak
- Foundation
- Slab on grade
- Siding
- T1-11 panel
- Overall height
- 11'-6 5/8", from the bottom of the foundation to the top of the roof
- Doors and windows
- Door, prehung unit — front wall, 38" × 82" rough opening
- Window — left wall, 36" × 36" rough opening
- Window — left wall, 36" × 36" rough opening
- Window — back wall, 36" × 24" 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.
What's in the build package
19 dimensioned drawings and a 12-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
- A slab and sill plan, and a roof framing plan
- A framing drawing for each wall
- Sheet layouts for each wall and the roof
- A detail of every rough opening
- 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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