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Our new stables are all but finished, just need hay rings, water installing etc. There is a lot of work around them to be done, half the building has to be fenced off with a wall to prevent them escaping into the log pile, the junk area etc, but I can order the shavings today..
EEeeek.. Five bales a bed times 6? That's going to be an expensive start..
What do you think, has it made you feel plastic isn't as bad to look at as you thought?
I'm very pleased, they look smart and hard wearing.
And the bonus is I won't be forced to listen to CCJ's choice of music blaring out all day long, I won't be able to hear it at all!!!!!!
 
I think they look great Sue!

The best bit of all is that your stables will always look that smart. Wood always looks great initially, but over the years it deteriorates doesn't it?

I think it's a great idea. I am almost chuckling at the thought of you going to this expense so as to save you from CCJ's music choices. Of course, I do know that's not the sole reason, but it has raised a smile.
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I'm so jealous! They look fantastic. I wish our stables were half that nice. You're going to have some very lucky horses. Btw I wouldn't have realised they weren't wood if you hadn't said so.
 
I went and viewed lots of manufacturers and husband rejected most, he is an engineer and he found fault with the construction or the quality.
Then Claire off here recommended IAE, (she's having 26!!!) so I contacted them and they arranged for me to view some.
The yard had wood and plastic, after a year the plastic looked brand new and the wood looked battered..
The plastic is really tough and thick (and heavy, ask CCJ who installed all 800 odd pieces herself) and should need no more than power washing once a year.
We learned a few things essential to get right and will be emailing the list to Claire , they took some building believe me..
The only problem now is of course another block opposite would look very nice...
(I'll let my husband settle down for a while first before I break the news to him we would like more..
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Very smart! When you say hay rings - could you explain, please?

And have you though about/tried a dust-extracted rape straw option? I don't think I would go back to shavings having used them! No dearer than shavings and they rot down extremely quickly, are mega absorbent and possibly cheaper at just over £4 a bale?

Sundowner Yellow or Nedz Bed Pro are both excellent
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Okay, mine would all like to move in asap, however, i did mention to them it would take me a while every day to commute
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So Im moving in at the end of the month
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No the plastic is the more expensive. We also went for V grills and sliding doors which added to the initial cost.
The hay nets need some sort of bar or ring to fasten to, but of course the fronts are grills so they won't work unless something can be fixed between two bars.
The water goes in the front corner and hay normally works best between that and the door, as the horses prefer to look out whilst they eat. (and drop it all over the floor in front of the boxes.....)
Have emailed the suppliers to ask for their solution..
 
YAY!!! They look amazing! You must be so pleased with them!
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They look sooooooo smart.

I want to get ours up NOW
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I don't know how many plastic boards ours will have, around 4,000
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for 35 stables? OMG!
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Still cannot wait though. My yard is being concreted next week at last and the last of the new building is being finished on Monday at 9am!

I'll get some piccies tomorrow.
 
Wow got room for a litttle one??? They look fab Sue, you must be so pleased!! And how nice, when the weather is horrible outside you can get all your boxes done under cover!!
 
Wow!

Looking fantastic. They are very similar to what they have over here in most barns. The lady I ride at had hers installed 6 years ago, and she says all she does is pressure wash them each spring. They look like new still!

I will have to come and visit you next time we are in Devon!
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We've got IAE boxes at work in our new barn and my friend has just put the same type in her new yard. She went for wood as her boxes as her boxes are all internal and she's varnished them. As for the plastic doors after a season of mouthy yearlings in the new barn, all the doors look fine, a few scuff marks where they have tried to chew but been unsuccessful.
 
Claire my husband says he is doing a tips list for you, which will help no end.
He did say something about concrete yesterday which was important for squaring them all up, so I'll nudge him into doing it..
Guess what he just said, that he too thought a row opposite would be the next plan!!
They do look good don't they, now to see if horses chew plastic...
Oh he did say invest in a special saw as it's hard without one of them..Will pm you.
 
HH they look amazing, CCJ is one lucky girl! WRT to haynets - on stables like that I've used, we just tied the nets to the top - not sure if yours are too tall for that though!
 
You could tie a loop of baler twine to the top of the stable grill and then fix the haynet to that. That's what we do and the stables are the same design (but with wood at the bottom). Our haynets are at the back of the stables so that the twine is not too obvious and therefore doesn't lower the tone so much of the perfect new stables!
 
OH WOW
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In my dreams!!!! They are stunning, you lucky lucky people (wouldn't like to pay for it though
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So, who are the lucky boys and girls that are going to get the luxury suites?
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Wel Jacques appears to be having what is supposed to be the stallion box (
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Chocx is happier with horses on both sides, Jonty will get one so will Layla , then William the fifth. We have a livery going in box 6, and that leaves four spares round the other yard.
We currently have a welsh cob in for breaking but as it grinds it's teeth along our current doors C says it's not moving into the new boxes!
I can see we are going to have to build more, but first the tackroom/loo cubicle etc needs doing, it's a long walk round with tack from the main yard.
C and her Dad are going auto drinker hunting on Monday, once they are done the horses will move in.
 
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