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40x60 Shouse Plans
A 2,400 sq ft shop house: a 24-foot shop with two 10-foot overhead doors beside a two-bedroom, two-bath home, under one 12-foot-wall roof with a back porch.
Plan specs
- Footprint
- 40' x 60'
- Floor area
- 2400 sq ft
- Porch
- 600 sq ft (10' deep, back)
- Wall height
- 12'
- Roof
- Gable, 4/12 pitch
- Roofing
- Standing-seam metal
- Siding
- Steel wall panels
- Foundation
- Concrete slab
- Rooms
- 2 bedrooms, 2 baths
- Windows / doors
- 11 / 5 (2 garage)
- Est. materials
- $74,854
Room sizes
- Shop
- 23'-4" x 39'-0" (909 sq ft)
- Living + kitchen
- 19'-8" x 28'-4" (556 sq ft)
- Mudroom + laundry
- 9'-8" x 10'-4" (99 sq ft)
- Bath 2
- 9'-8" x 10'-4" (99 sq ft)
- Bedroom 2
- 15'-4" x 14'-4" (219 sq ft)
- Primary bath
- 15'-4" x 8'-8" (132 sq ft)
- Primary bedroom
- 15'-4" x 15'-4" (234 sq ft)
Every figure here comes from the same engine the 3D builder runs, so it matches what you get when you open the plan.
About this plan
What the 40×60 Shouse is for.
A shouse is a shop and a house under one roof, and the whole design question is the wall between them. Here it runs front to back 24 feet in from one end, which leaves a 23-by-39-foot shop with two 10-by-10 overhead doors and a walk door out the back, and puts the only door between the two sides into the mudroom and laundry, so the shop never opens straight into the kitchen.
In places that adopt the International Residential Code, the wall between an attached garage or shop and the living space needs at least 1/2-inch gypsum board on the shop side (section R302.6), and the door between them must be solid wood or steel at least 1-3/8 inches thick, or a 20-minute rated door, and self-closing (section R302.5.1). Plan for that before you decide to leave the shop side unfinished.
The house side is a straightforward two-bedroom, two-bath plan: a 20-by-28-foot great room, a second bedroom at the front corner, the primary suite at the back, and a hall bath behind the great room. Twelve-foot walls are what make the 10-foot shop doors fit with room for a header; they also make the living side feel big, and they make the clear-span roof the most important thing to have engineered.
Good for
- Living next to the work, with a shop big enough for a tractor or a truck
- Building the shop first and finishing the house side later
- One roof, one slab, and one set of footings for both
The drawings
Elevations, section, and foundation.
The same views that are in the PDF, dimensioned in feet and inches. Download the PDF to print them at letter size.
Materials list
About $74,854 in materials.
Quantities come off the plan's dimensions with a 10 percent waste allowance, priced at typical U.S. retail. This is the shell only: labor, insulation, interior finishes, plumbing, and electrical are not included.
| Item | Qty | Unit | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | $8,664 | ||
| Concrete (ready-mix)4" slab with 5% waste | 32 | CY | $4,800 |
| #4 rebar18" grid | 3,220 | LF | $3,864 |
| Framing | $21,338 | ||
| 2x6 plates (bottom + double top)Treated bottom plate | 660 | LF | $1,188 |
| 2x6x12 wall studs16" OC | 250 | ea | $3,000 |
| 2x10 headers (doubled)Over window/door openings | 137 | LF | $384 |
| 1-3/4" x 11-7/8" LVL header (doubled)Over openings wider than 6 ft; have the size checked for your span | 44 | LF | $396 |
| 2x10x40 floor joists16" OC | 52 | ea | $5,824 |
| 2x10 rim joist | 221 | LF | $619 |
| 2x8x40 ceiling joists16" OC | 52 | ea | $4,576 |
| 2x8x23 rafters | 104 | ea | $5,167 |
| 2x10 ridge board | 66 | LF | $185 |
| Sheathing | $8,064 | ||
| 7/16" OSB wall sheathing (4x8) | 63 | sheets | $1,764 |
| 1/2" plywood roof sheathing (4x8) | 90 | sheets | $3,150 |
| 3/4" T&G plywood subfloor (4x8) | 75 | sheets | $3,150 |
| Roofing | $13,469 | ||
| Metal standing seam panels | 2,856 | sqft | $12,852 |
| Roof underlayment (synthetic)400 sqft/roll | 8 | rolls | $400 |
| Drip edge | 217 | LF | $217 |
| Siding | $6,684 | ||
| 29-ga steel wall panelsPBR/R-panel profile, screw-fastened | 2,195 | sqft | $4,829 |
| Steel trim (corners, base, openings) | 598 | LF | $1,495 |
| Housewrap9ft x 100ft rolls | 3 | rolls | $360 |
| Windows & Doors | $6,370 | ||
| WindowsStandard double-hung | 11 | ea | $2,200 |
| Window trim/casing | 11 | sets | $330 |
| Exterior doorsPre-hung exterior | 3 | ea | $750 |
| Door trim/casing | 3 | sets | $90 |
| Overhead garage door, 10 x 10 ftInsulated steel sectional, tracks and springs; opener not included | 2 | ea | $3,000 |
| Interior Walls | $4,553 | ||
| 2x4 plates (bottom + double top) | 461 | LF | $392 |
| 2x4x12 studs16" OC | 159 | ea | $1,431 |
| 1/2" drywall (4x8)Both faces of the partitions only | 108 | sheets | $1,620 |
| Pre-hung interior doors | 6 | ea | $960 |
| Interior door casing | 6 | sets | $150 |
| Porch | $4,032 | ||
| Deck boardsPressure-treated | 660 | sqft | $1,980 |
| 6x6 porch posts8ft pressure-treated | 11 | ea | $275 |
| 2x8 porch joists16" OC | 517 | LF | $1,137 |
| Porch railing | 80 | LF | $640 |
| Fasteners & Hardware | $1,680 | ||
| Nails, screws, joist hangersAssorted construction fasteners | 4,800 | sqft (est.) | $1,680 |
| Estimated materials total | $74,854 | ||
These are concept drawings for planning and estimating, not engineered or stamped plans. Have a builder or engineer check framing sizes, spans, and connections for your snow, wind, and soil conditions before you order materials.
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