2 free starting plans
Garage workshop plans
A garage with a bench. Both plans draw a workbench along the back wall, and the 30x40 adds a second door and room for machines.
- Plans
- 2
- Floor, sq ft
- 720 to 1,200
- Materials, about
- $14,400 to $21,500
- Preliminary checks
- All passed at 30 psf
Every size, drawn by the designer
Pick a garage workshop size.
Each one is a full starting plan: framed, checked for 30 psf of ground snow, 115 mph of wind and a 36 in frost line, and priced. Switch the view to see the frame or the dimensions.
Drawn by the designer from this plan30x40
30x40 three-car garage
Three cars or two and a shop: a 16 ft and a 9 ft door on the long wall, 10 ft walls and a workbench along the back.
- Floor
- 1,200 sq ft
- Walls
- 10 ft
- Doors
- 16' x 7' overhead, 9' x 7' overhead, walk door
- Trusses
- 21 at 2', 30' span
- Slab
- 4 in, frost wall
38 of 38 automated checks passed · 4 external items remain. Local approval not checked. 1 item for your builder or engineer: seismic design category.
Materials about $21,500, before tax and delivery
What it needs
A bench on the back wall and a wide door.
A workshop is a garage with more floor kept clear. The bench is a convention we draw, not a code rule.
01Bench
The bench along the back wall.
The bench is 24 in deep and 36 in high, our convention (rule ED-BENCH), set along the back wall of the 24x30 and the 30x40. It is a drawing aid: you build the bench you want, and the designer keeps the wall clear of it.
03Snow and wind
Every check runs at your loads.
These starting plans are drawn for 30 psf of ground snow, 115 mph of wind and a 36 in frost line. Change the snow, the wind or the frost line in the designer and the headers, the studs, the trusses and the footing follow. Above 70 psf of ground snow the roof needs an engineer, and the designer says so.
Side by side
Both garage workshop plans compared.
| Plan | Floor | Walls | Doors | Trusses | Materials, about | Labor if hired, broad reference | Build time | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 24x3024x30 two-car garage | 720 sq ft | 9 ft | 9' x 7' overhead, 9' x 7' overhead, walk door | 16 at 2' | $14,400 | $14,400 to $36,000 | 125 to 185 h | Passed, 1 for your builder |
| 30x4030x40 three-car garage | 1,200 sq ft | 10 ft | 16' x 7' overhead, 9' x 7' overhead, walk door | 21 at 2' | $21,500 | $24,000 to $60,000 | 155 to 230 h | Passed, 1 for your builder |
Each row is the starting plan as drawn, for 30 psf of ground snow, 115 mph of wind and a 36 in frost line. Materials are rounded: shelf prices plus the estimated trusses and concrete, before sales tax, delivery, labor and site work. Each plan page keeps the shelf prices, the estimate and the exact sum apart. Labor is the published range for hiring it out, a broad reference and not a quote; build time is total labor hours. Passed means the preliminary checks passed for those loads; local approval is not checked.
What they cost
What a garage workshop costs.
Materials for both plans at dated store prices, before the bench, the electrical and the tools.
- Materials, about
- $14,400 to $21,500
- Per sq ft of floor
- $17.88 to $19.95
- Labor if hired
- $14,400 to $60,000
- Lines priced
- 46
Excluded: sales tax, delivery, permits, site work and excavation, engineering, electrical, door openers, paint and equipment rental
The garage cost guide breaks it down by group, and the garage cost calculator runs the same numbers for your own size.
Materials for each garage workshop plan
Shelf prices from Lowe's, Home Depot and Summertown Metals, read Sep 30, 2026 to Oct 25, 2026. Trusses and concrete estimated from published ranges.
Each total is the shelf-price lines plus the trusses and the concrete, estimated from published ranges and kept apart on each plan page.
Labor if hired, 24x30: $14,400 to $36,000. A broad reference from published price guides, not a quote or a forecast for your site.
The $79 builder's plan
Free to plan. $79 to build from.
Every plan above is free to open, check and price. The builder's plan is drawn from the garage you finish, for one payment. These are real sheets from the 34-sheet plan for the 24x24 garage.
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- The design in 3D, and every change you make to it
- Every preliminary check, with its rule
- The materials list priced line by line
- A summary PDF of the design and its checks
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- The dimensioned layout
- Every wall framed, with openings and heights
- The roof frame
- The cut list, the shopping list with store prices and the build, step by step
You check out in the designer, with your design loaded. If the plan has an error, we fix it or refund you within 30 days. Guarantee terms.
Real sheets from the 34-sheet sample plan for the 24x24 garage
01Foundation and slab
02Complete before construction
03Build steps
04Shopping list
Questions
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Questions about garage workshop plans
We draw 24 in deep and 36 in high, a common bench size and our own convention rather than a code figure (rule ED-BENCH). Deeper benches take more floor; pick the depth by what you work on and how far you reach.
It depends on the work. Our two start at 24x30 (720 sq ft) with two 9 ft doors and 30x40 (1,200 sq ft), which also parks a third car. Count the bench, the machines and the clear floor around them, then pick the plan that holds them.
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