Planning to Build a Shed
or Shop?
You Need to
Get Shed Design Software!
When you are building a storage or garden shed
from scratch it's a good idea to have a design or
plan on hand. Shed building plans will provide you
with the details and information you need to ensure
you have a successful project. You can purchase
construction shed software and create your own
storage shed plans.
Designing your own shed and shop building plans
provides you with the flexibility to add or remove
features and design the perfect building that fits
your landscape and property. Features you might want
to change or add include:
 | Location and quantity of doors |
| Location and quantity of windows |
| Location of a porch |
| Style of roof: hip or gable |
| Do you want to have a ramp in front of a
door or have stairs |
With Design Software you can also modify the
width, length and height of your shed to make sure
you get all of your stuff inside. I recommend that
you determine what you are using your new shed for
and determine how much room you need. I would even
go the extent of laying out every thing you want to
get inside using one of the following methods:
| Lay it out on graph paper, to scale |
| Use a rope or garden hose to mark out your
new storage space and then put everything where
you think it should go. Then make sure you can
get things in and out with no problems. Consider
large items like: lawn mower, wheel barrow or
large shop tools. |
| Use the design software to layout your
storage space and add and move all of your
stuff. |
Once you feel your shed or shop is large enough
for your stuff, I would add on a few extra feet if
you can. You need to think about:
| Is there enough room on your property for
the new structure |
| The new building isn't so big that it looks
out of place |
| Doesn't infringe on local building code: too
tall, too close to the property line, etc. |
 I
have a friend who recently built a 22'x26' shop on
his 1 acre property and it looks great. It would fit
on my 1/3 of an acre property, but my neighbors and
wife would freak out! Here's a picture of his shop
under construction.
Our existing shed is about 8'x10' but we are
planning on building a bigger shed in the back near
the fence and it will be probably be 10'x12' feet.
Which will look fine on our property.
If you are interested in shed plans, please check
out these storage shed
plans.
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