New day new topic. Building a 12x12 building.

[EddieWalker]

I googled "Framing a Shed" and came up with tons of great images. framing a shed - Google Search

You can cut a lot of corners building a simple storage shed, but with everything that you don't do, it will lead to problems down the road. In a perfect world, a concrete foundation is the best, long term way to go. Framing to residential standards will give you the strongest building. studs on 16 inch centers, double top plates, proper sized headers and trusses designed for the span.

Going long and narrow allows you to span the roof without splicing. The wider you go, the more you have to do for the roof. At 12 feet, you can use 2x6's to make a basic triangle and tie it together with a single chord from the peak to the center of the joist.

Sheeth it in OSB, wrap it in house wrap and side it in Hardie for long term, zero maintenance. If you use wood of any kind, especially T1-11, you will always have issues with it.

Same thing with a wood floor. Unless it's pier and beam on concrete and cement blocks, any wood to dirt contact will lead to problems down the road. How long do you want to keep it? How upset will you be when the floor becomes uneven? How big of a deal is it when animals make a home under it?

I like to plan long term. If I don't have enough money to do it all now, I will save up enough to get the foundation and utilities in. Then I can come back when I have more money and do the framing and seal it up. Then later on, finish it off when there isn't any pressure to beat the weather.

Eddie

 

[dave1949]

Wade, If part of your shed is going to function as a dog house, to keep them safe from whatever they might get into that is stored in the shed, you will need to fence off or enclose a part of your floor space. You can build a short "roof"/giant shelf over the dog portion and store stuff on that.

I guess for size, you need to make a scale drawing of the things you would put in the shed and see how much space that takes up, then triple it :laughing: Seriously, 12x12 with dog space is going to fill quickly. The usable interior dimensions will be more like 11x11, buildings are usually described by their outside dimensions.

I have a theory that once a shed gets anywhere near the size of a single car garage, you may as well make it large enough for a vehicle or tractor, why stop 2-4 feet short?

 

[GBOUTDOORS]

I was going to do a 12x16 shed but changed my plan after I bought my bx2360. I did a 12x32' with half being 12x16 with wood floor and half 12x16 with shell floor. The wood floor part has a 6' double door in front and windows in front side and back. The shell floor half I made two 8' rolling barn doors for the front and two 6' rolling doors at the end and the back wall solid for shelves and storage. I can fit the tractor, lawn mower, woodspliter, generator, and all my chainsaws and gear in the barn side and keep the shed side for a out door work shop with wood stove for heat in the winter. Wish I could fig. Out how to post pictures I have many of the shed and the house as my wife and i built then.