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8x24 Tiny House Plans
A 192 sq ft tiny house floor plan, 8 feet wide, with a bedroom at one end, a bath at the other, and a kitchen and living room between, on skids under a shed roof.
Plan specs
- Footprint
- 8' x 24'
- Floor area
- 192 sq ft
- Wall height
- 9'-6"
- Roof
- Shed (single slope), 2/12 pitch
- Roofing
- Standing-seam metal
- Siding
- Lap siding
- Foundation
- Treated skids
- Rooms
- 1 bedroom, 1 bath
- Windows / doors
- 6 / 1
- Est. materials
- $9,859
Room sizes
- Bath
- 5'-4" x 7'-0" (37 sq ft)
- Kitchen + living
- 10'-8" x 7'-0" (74 sq ft)
- Bedroom
- 6'-4" x 7'-0" (44 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 8×24 Tiny House is for.
Most tiny house floor plans put the bed in a loft, which means a ladder every night. This one keeps everything on one floor: a 6-by-7-foot bedroom at one end with a window on each of its three outside walls, a 5-by-7-foot bath at the other, and a 10-foot kitchen and living room between them with the front door in the middle.
Eight feet is just under the 8.5-foot width a trailer can travel on U.S. highways without a wide-load permit, which is why tiny houses are this narrow. This plan sits on treated skids rather than a trailer, so it can be dragged into place and re-leveled, but it is not drawn as a road-going build.
The 2/12 shed roof sheds water toward the back and leaves the front wall tallest, where the door and the biggest window are. The International Residential Code has an appendix written for houses of 400 sq ft or less (Appendix Q, renamed AQ in the 2021 edition), but not every state adopts it, so check before you plan to live in it full time.
Good for
- One or two people living small on their own land
- A ground-floor bedroom, with no loft ladder
- A guest house or rental cabin behind a main home
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 $9,859 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 | $120 | ||
| 6x6 treated runners2 runners x 24ft | 48 | LF | $120 |
| Framing | $2,998 | ||
| 2x6 plates (bottom + double top)Treated bottom plate | 212 | LF | $382 |
| 2x6x10 wall studs16" OC | 98 | ea | $931 |
| 2x10 headers (doubled)Over window/door openings | 59 | LF | $165 |
| 2x10x8 floor joists16" OC | 22 | ea | $493 |
| 2x10 rim joist | 71 | LF | $199 |
| 2x8x8 ceiling joists16" OC | 22 | ea | $387 |
| 2x8x10 rafters | 22 | ea | $441 |
| Sheathing | $1,008 | ||
| 7/16" OSB wall sheathing (4x8) | 17 | sheets | $476 |
| 1/2" plywood roof sheathing (4x8) | 8 | sheets | $280 |
| 3/4" T&G plywood subfloor (4x8) | 6 | sheets | $252 |
| Roofing | $1,192 | ||
| Metal standing seam panels | 238 | sqft | $1,071 |
| Roof underlayment (synthetic)400 sqft/roll | 1 | rolls | $50 |
| Drip edge | 71 | LF | $71 |
| Siding | $1,898 | ||
| 1x6 lap siding | 1,185 | LF | $1,778 |
| Housewrap9ft x 100ft rolls | 1 | rolls | $120 |
| Windows & Doors | $1,660 | ||
| WindowsStandard double-hung | 6 | ea | $1,200 |
| Window trim/casing | 6 | sets | $180 |
| Exterior doorsPre-hung exterior | 1 | ea | $250 |
| Door trim/casing | 1 | sets | $30 |
| Interior Walls | $704 | ||
| 2x4 plates (bottom + double top) | 47 | LF | $40 |
| 2x4x10 studs16" OC | 27 | ea | $189 |
| 1/2" drywall (4x8)Both faces of the partitions only | 7 | sheets | $105 |
| Pre-hung interior doors | 2 | ea | $320 |
| Interior door casing | 2 | sets | $50 |
| Fasteners & Hardware | $280 | ||
| Nails, screws, joist hangersAssorted construction fasteners | 800 | sqft (est.) | $280 |
| Estimated materials total | $9,859 | ||
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.
Common questions
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