How To Build a Storage Shed / Garden Shed

These free shed plans are for a 8x8 barn style storage shed, garden shed. Once you have decided on the type of storage shed , you will need some storage shed plans.

If you have decided to build an 8x8 gamrel roof storage shed take a look around at my free storage shed plans. If you decide to build this type of storage shed, start by cutting all your material then assemble your shed.

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I hope this blog helps you building your storage shed / garden shed. I have put lots of pictures, and will try to explain the steps, to build this 8x8 gambrel roof storage shed.
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step 3 Framing the Storage Shed Roof

How to build a storage shed
Material for roof frame

20- 2x4x 36"- Rafters (22 1/2 deg each end)
24- Gussetts



Lay them on a table or floor.

Spread the bottom and make sure it is the exact same distance of shed, and the peak is in the center.

Nail a gusset where the rafters join.

Make sure all your trusses are exactlly the same, use your first truss as a template to build the rest.



Set truss in place, directly over the wall studs, and nail them.

Free Shed Plans - Step-By-Step: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7

- Glossary of Terms -

  • auger - A tool for drillingholes in wood, consisting of a bit with a spirally inclined plane and a handle.
  • baluster - A rod supporting a stair or porch railing.
  • bar clamp - A long metal bar with an adjustable clamp.
  • batten - A strip of wood, or a board, used to bridge or seal a gap between two other boards.
  • beveled cut - An angle cut.
  • bit- That part of a drill or auger which actually makes the hole.
  • block plane - A small hand tool used to shave off or smooth lumber.
  • box nail - A thin shanked , flat headed nail.
  • centers - The measured distance between the center of one stud or joist, rafter, etc. and its neighbor.
  • chalk line - A string coated with chalk dust, used to mark long, strieght lines.
  • chisel - A straight or beveled edge tool used for paring wood.
  • combination square - A 12 inch long measuring toolwith a sliding head, which can be adjusted at different lengths. The head has one at a 90 degree -right- angle to the blade and the other edge at a 45 degree angel.
  • common nail - A flat headed nail with a heavier head and thicker chank than a box nail.
  • counterbore - To bore a hole in order to recess a screw head. The hole is often filled with a wooden plug.
  • countersink - To drive a nail or screw until the head is below the surface of the wood.
  • finishing nail - A headless or nearly headless nail.
  • gusset- A flat brace joining two boards, often a triangle of plywood joining two rafters at the roof peak.
  • jamb - The inner framework of a door facing the edge of the door.
  • rafter - A timber extending from roof peak to wall top.
  • skid - A foundation board for small building, like a little storage shed or dog house
  • wood clamp - Two wooden jaws with a adjustable threaded steel rods running through them.
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