JadeWisc
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Do you keep your horses at home? Let's see your stables! Especially want to see them if you made them yourselves.
Are your stables at home? Let's see them
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sjstar23
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How do I get pictures up on here?! I have my horsies at home. I didn't make my stables myself though! x
Enfys
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At home but we didn't do much to them.
Painted them green:
Trying to find some interior shots...
Painted them green:
Trying to find some interior shots...
catembi
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I didn't make mine either, but I painted them!
They don't show up very well cos they're black. That is o/h putting my old mare's rug on.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0009-1.jpg
They don't show up very well cos they're black. That is o/h putting my old mare's rug on.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0009-1.jpg
JadeWisc
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Have any of the inside? I really want to see stalls/stables
Looking for a few ideas and just love seeing the set up of others
littlemiss...do you have a photobucket account? They are free and you can upload pics and they give you a url to share right on here
Looking for a few ideas and just love seeing the set up of others
littlemiss...do you have a photobucket account? They are free and you can upload pics and they give you a url to share right on here
JadeWisc
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Enfys...what did it entail to have your steel barn painted? I have always wanted to look into that. Is it expensive? Did you do it yourself? Will it last as long as a factory finsih without chipping?
catembi
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The late Catembi in his stable...
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0005.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0006.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0005.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0006.jpg
JadeWisc
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I didn't make mine either, but I painted them!
They don't show up very well cos they're black. That is o/h putting my old mare's rug on.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0009-1.jpg
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I would love a long row of stables like that
You don't get a lot of the outdoor facing ones here ( most are interior in a barn)
I didn't make mine either, but I painted them!
They don't show up very well cos they're black. That is o/h putting my old mare's rug on.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/catembi/SP_A0009-1.jpg
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I would love a long row of stables like that
Lanky Loll
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No pics I'm afraid but the stables are at home.
They're integral barn stables. The barn is concrete block to about 7 or 8feet high then corrugated sheet above that.
The barn is high enough that we can get the lorry through it so has a wide aisle down the middle for this and it has large solid gates on either end two at each so that they can be left like stable doors (top one open) or shut completely depending on the weather/
6 stables arranged 3 per side they're 12x15 I think. Breeze block to 4ft then metal bars to 8 ft so they can see one another but not fight.
Tack room and feedroom on opposite sides at the end of the rows of stables in the middle of the barn Then about 45 x 30 ft covered hard standing - the treadmill is down there and we keep the hay there in the summer. In the winter this can be gated off so that we can keep the youngsters penned in or they can have direct access to the field depending on the weather.
They're integral barn stables. The barn is concrete block to about 7 or 8feet high then corrugated sheet above that.
The barn is high enough that we can get the lorry through it so has a wide aisle down the middle for this and it has large solid gates on either end two at each so that they can be left like stable doors (top one open) or shut completely depending on the weather/
6 stables arranged 3 per side they're 12x15 I think. Breeze block to 4ft then metal bars to 8 ft so they can see one another but not fight.
Tack room and feedroom on opposite sides at the end of the rows of stables in the middle of the barn Then about 45 x 30 ft covered hard standing - the treadmill is down there and we keep the hay there in the summer. In the winter this can be gated off so that we can keep the youngsters penned in or they can have direct access to the field depending on the weather.
JadeWisc
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Sounds amazing! I wish you had some photos
laurenn1010
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me and the bf made these! well all the interior steel work and wooden bits
Lanky Loll
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We're in the middle of painting the interiors at the moment - I'll try and get some when it's all looking pretty
Because of the harness horses it's designed around them really - being able to cross tie and harness up in the aisle.
JadeWisc
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You did all the welding yourselves!? Impressive
I am adding some of the clear panels to my roof too for light. I added a half wall of them in the front of the barn and it really lets in so much light I am excited to add more
I am adding some of the clear panels to my roof too for light. I added a half wall of them in the front of the barn and it really lets in so much light I am excited to add more
chickeninabun
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Ours are breeze block. We built them ourselves, inc the doors and everything. They're not brilliant but they do the job.
Sandy when she arrived and the stables were brand new (they are not this shiny white now
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Cori, blocking most of the view but there are three stables altogether, in a kind of L shape. Behind his bum is one stable door, on his far side is another and by his head is the third.
Molly, now blocking the view.
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Behind her is our feed freezer and then there's more feed bins, etc along that wall.
Hope you get the idea!
Sandy when she arrived and the stables were brand new (they are not this shiny white now
Cori, blocking most of the view but there are three stables altogether, in a kind of L shape. Behind his bum is one stable door, on his far side is another and by his head is the third.
Molly, now blocking the view.
Behind her is our feed freezer and then there's more feed bins, etc along that wall.
Hope you get the idea!
Enfys
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Enfys...what did it entail to have your steel barn painted? I have always wanted to look into that. Is it expensive? Did you do it yourself? Will it last as long as a factory finsih without chipping?
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Hi,
Barn painting- we got someone in to do it because one of them is very tall and needed scaffolding. The men just spray painted them, so far (2 years now) they are standing up to the weather OK, I wouldn't expect it to last as long as a factory finish, but I like it an awful lot better than the rather depressing grey. I actually wanted turquoise barns, lots around here, but OH said "No!"
We only paid $500 because we knew the man and he was using up paint left from a farm job.
I found a photo of the inside for you. When we moved in all 10 stalls looked like the unfinished one on the right, full of junk, walls were 10' high (double layer 1" oak) painted black and the bars were mainly rusted and falling down. We ripped most of the bars out, chainsawed the walls lower, put doors on rather than stall gates and painted everything white. I made 4 of the stalls into 2 larger 20' foaling stalls as well. No frills, and not a lot of money spent, the floors are soil and the aisle is still soil covered with rubber, but the horses don't care if they have $10,000 stalls or not, it is warm and dry and OURS!
Enfys...what did it entail to have your steel barn painted? I have always wanted to look into that. Is it expensive? Did you do it yourself? Will it last as long as a factory finsih without chipping?
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Hi,
Barn painting- we got someone in to do it because one of them is very tall and needed scaffolding. The men just spray painted them, so far (2 years now) they are standing up to the weather OK, I wouldn't expect it to last as long as a factory finish, but I like it an awful lot better than the rather depressing grey. I actually wanted turquoise barns, lots around here, but OH said "No!"
I found a photo of the inside for you. When we moved in all 10 stalls looked like the unfinished one on the right, full of junk, walls were 10' high (double layer 1" oak) painted black and the bars were mainly rusted and falling down. We ripped most of the bars out, chainsawed the walls lower, put doors on rather than stall gates and painted everything white. I made 4 of the stalls into 2 larger 20' foaling stalls as well. No frills, and not a lot of money spent, the floors are soil and the aisle is still soil covered with rubber, but the horses don't care if they have $10,000 stalls or not, it is warm and dry and OURS!
Enfys
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We're in the middle of painting the interiors at the moment - I'll try and get some when it's all looking pretty
Because of the harness horses it's designed around them really - being able to cross tie and harness up in the aisle.
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My yard was a standardbred barn, and our aisles are extra wide at 15' specifically so horses could be harnessed inside, the exercise track is 10' outside the back door!
I love having such a wide aisle.
We're in the middle of painting the interiors at the moment - I'll try and get some when it's all looking pretty
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My yard was a standardbred barn, and our aisles are extra wide at 15' specifically so horses could be harnessed inside, the exercise track is 10' outside the back door!
JadeWisc
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That is a lot of stalls! I remember you saying they were filled with junk when you bought the place. How could they? lol They needed to be filled with horses! I am glad I do not have room for ten stalls or I would have ten horses
Have you counted yours lately
Have you counted yours lately
JadeWisc
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It looks so open and airy in there and your horse is gorgeous!
Mrs_Wishkabibble
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Here are mine. although the pic was still work in progress, all finished now but only pic I had handy!
Hubby built these from scratch off my specification.
Had a large lorry arrive with the 4" x 2" timber and the shiplap boarding and away he went.
By the way, me and him did the concrete base ourselves too.
Am really pleased with them, they have internal grills so they can see each other and also back doors as well as front ones.
The overhang walkway is ideal when the farrier comes or for tacking up.
Hubby built these from scratch off my specification.
Had a large lorry arrive with the 4" x 2" timber and the shiplap boarding and away he went.
By the way, me and him did the concrete base ourselves too.
Am really pleased with them, they have internal grills so they can see each other and also back doors as well as front ones.
The overhang walkway is ideal when the farrier comes or for tacking up.
JadeWisc
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Here are mine. although the pic was still work in progress, all finished now but only pic I had handy!
Hubby built these from scratch of my specification.
Had a large lorry arrive with the 4" x 2" timber and the shiplap boarding and away her went.
By the way, me and him did the concrete base ourselves too.
Am really pleased with them, they have internal grills so they can see each other and also back doors as well as front ones.
The overhang walkway is ideal when the farrier comes or for tacking up.
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Ok I am jealous now! Not sure they would be great in the middle fo a deep snow Wisconsin winter but the rest of the year I would die for those! In fact, I want to live in them myself
Here are mine. although the pic was still work in progress, all finished now but only pic I had handy!
Hubby built these from scratch of my specification.
Had a large lorry arrive with the 4" x 2" timber and the shiplap boarding and away her went.
By the way, me and him did the concrete base ourselves too.
Am really pleased with them, they have internal grills so they can see each other and also back doors as well as front ones.
The overhang walkway is ideal when the farrier comes or for tacking up.
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Ok I am jealous now! Not sure they would be great in the middle fo a deep snow Wisconsin winter but the rest of the year I would die for those! In fact, I want to live in them myself
Enfys
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That is a lot of stalls! I remember you saying they were filled with junk when you bought the place. How could they? lol They needed to be filled with horses! I am glad I do not have room for ten stalls or I would have ten horses
Have you counted yours lately
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Yep, 6 of my own, 6 Boarders.
They ALL LIVE OUT
. My stalls are only used for illness/foaling and Vet/Farrier visits. I spent 25 years having horses in for 6 months of the year, mucking out, tied to the clock for bringing in, turning out, feeding...never, ever again. It is great to have stalls if I need them though.
One stall has a goat living in it, one has a community of rabbits (don't ask), and one is full of wood and OH's overflow toys, my beautiful, 11 x 20' wood panelled, heated tackroom is his workshop and where the cats like to sleep! (I don't have enough tack to put in there anyway
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That is a lot of stalls! I remember you saying they were filled with junk when you bought the place. How could they? lol They needed to be filled with horses! I am glad I do not have room for ten stalls or I would have ten horses
Have you counted yours lately
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Yep, 6 of my own, 6 Boarders.
They ALL LIVE OUT
One stall has a goat living in it, one has a community of rabbits (don't ask), and one is full of wood and OH's overflow toys, my beautiful, 11 x 20' wood panelled, heated tackroom is his workshop and where the cats like to sleep! (I don't have enough tack to put in there anyway
Enfys
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Wishkabibble, what a beautiful set up.
Jade, absolutely no good at all for our climate though, we'd spend all our time digging the doors open!
Jade, absolutely no good at all for our climate though, we'd spend all our time digging the doors open!
JadeWisc
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Mine would not be used daily either. NO WAY
I only use them in extreme weather ( especially freezing rain) or what have you
I only use them in extreme weather ( especially freezing rain) or what have you
JoBo
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Well its my parents home, does that count? Not home made but a bit smish mash!
The stables behind Badger:
The school with the stables in the background, ignore my OH!
I dont actually have a photo of just the stables, must take one!
The stables behind Badger:
The school with the stables in the background, ignore my OH!
I dont actually have a photo of just the stables, must take one!
JadeWisc
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Yes, parents houses count
What is that very tall angled building behind the stables with a window in it?
What is that very tall angled building behind the stables with a window in it?
JoBo
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Thats where me and _Gina_ work, the business (or workshop) as we call it! We make stuff for classic Motorbikes. Its a bit of an odd building as it used to be the old pig barn. My parents house is just the other side of that building down the drive.
Everything revolves around my parents house, horses, work, life!
Everything revolves around my parents house, horses, work, life!
cblover
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Mine aren't at home but we bought some land last year in the same town where we live (2 miles away) and we have just completed building a tack room, 3 stables and a storage barn. They are breeze blocked, with a fire proof and insulated roof (from where hubby works) and thick handmade doors. The planning was lengthy and we had some hoops to jump through, but now there up I love them. Here are a couple of pics....................
You forget about the little things like electrics, guttering, drains, water point! All takes time, but so worth it!
You forget about the little things like electrics, guttering, drains, water point! All takes time, but so worth it!
scrumpygus
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OMG They are lovely and the school! That S means thats a long arena aswell - SERIOUSLY JEALOUS!
Mrs_Wishkabibble
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OMG They are lovely and the school! That S means thats a long arena aswell - SERIOUSLY JEALOUS!
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I know I am really lucky! We have done it all ourselves though so it is a bit cheaper and having a handy hubby really helps! Pity I am so rubbish at riding!
OMG They are lovely and the school! That S means thats a long arena aswell - SERIOUSLY JEALOUS!
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I know I am really lucky! We have done it all ourselves though so it is a bit cheaper and having a handy hubby really helps! Pity I am so rubbish at riding!
MrsMozartletoe
Just passing through...
No pictures, and it wasn't mine
, but I stayed on a ranch in Wenatchee for a few months. The barn had stables down the long sides and the menege in the middle. The stables had a door that looked to the inside and one that looked the outside. Each stable had it's own turn-out pen.
Always wanted to replicate it
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Always wanted to replicate it