Stable / hay storage build

[WM75Guy]

It's a Morton building. They do top quality work and have a great design for stalls. I hired my own subs to do the wiring, plumbing and HVAC. My wife and I mounted all the hardware like the blanket bars and bucket holders in the stalls.

 

[Mike476]

I may have to do the same for the plumbing. Hope to get mats in the stalls, doors and dividers up when I'm home for two weeks in Dec.

 

[Graybeard315]

Really nice work Mike!

Curious, did you price a metal building to compare against the frame construction?

 

[Mike476]

Thanks. I did price out metal, and several friends have used it to build their stables. Nice buildings. Even with the materials we had milled it would still have been close to $1000 cheaper to go with steel (including steel roof, trusses were just over $2K for my build).

At the end of the day it boiled down to preferring stick and board construction over steel, can't offer an explanation why it's just a preference thing I guess.

 

[zing]

used drywall beading at edges to discourage the horses from chewing. Works well, I used it in our run-in shelter 15 years ago, still like the day I nailed it togerther.
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Great looking stable Mike, nice to see a family work together like that. Regarding the quote above, do you mean the 90 degree cornerbead like in the attached link? Bailey Metal Products | Cornerbead 1 1/4 Inch X10'Steel | Home Depot Canada If so, did you double it up over the top of the 2x6's so that it laps down both sides, or just one side. Do you get little raised areas between the screws or sharp edges at the corners that could cut the horses mouths? I have a mare that is a pain in the butt with her chewing, so I am interested in options to curtail it. It definitely looks tight in the picture, but it is a bit hard to tell without a closer look. Thanks.

 

[Mike476]

That's exactly what I use. Doubled up as you describe over both sides, when nailing with 1 1/2 roofing nails I would squeeze them together to make the holes line up, tack a nail through it and it keeps it nice and tight.

Edges are not an issue for concern at all for horses that chew (our thoroughbred mare chews) but I do round off the ends where there is a risk they my gouge themselves, tin snips makes short work of it.

 

[beeforty]

I like to paint my ceiling white so it reflects a lot more light down so you don't need a lot of glaring bright lights. And don't use flat paint because every time you rub the ceiling or wall it leaves a mark. Learned that the hard way.

 

[Mike476]

The windows we installed makes it quite bright in the day time, shorter days make evenings the challenge. Nothing worse than a dimly lit building if it's occupied for any purpose. I'll be taking a look at what I'll need to do to improve the lighting a little next time I'm home.

Not sure I want to paint the underside of my roof sheathing, though I can see how it would certainly brighten things up.

 

[Mike476]

I'm going to be home again in a few weeks (for a few weeks) and I'm thinking I want to either lay stone or concrete in the walkway in the barn. It is 24 foot by 7.5 foot, I estimate 3.5 - 4 yards of concrete to get it done or 180 sq of stone. Both involve similar prep, I would prefer the stone to be honest and have the tools to do either. Obviously with the horses I have to be concerned with clean up, safety when wet (particularly in winter) and ability to take the wear and tear these animals place on whatever product I choose.

Thoughts / concerns I maybe haven't considered?

 

[WM75Guy]

I'm going to be home again in a few weeks (for a few weeks) and I'm thinking I want to either lay stone or concrete in the walkway in the barn. It is 24 foot by 7.5 foot, I estimate 3.5 - 4 yards of concrete to get it done or 180 sq of stone. Both involve similar prep, I would prefer the stone to be honest and have the tools to do either. Obviously with the horses I have to be concerned with clean up, safety when wet (particularly in winter) and ability to take the wear and tear these animals place on whatever product I choose.

Thoughts / concerns I maybe haven't considered?

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Concrete would be my choice. Horses don't have "accidents", everything comes out on purpose. Cleaning up after is easier on concrete and urine won't run between the stone. After a while you might notice a smell with stone. I put mats down where the horses stand while being groomed to make it nicer for them to stand on.