Best way to divide up an existing hay barn into a stable?

[kit279]

I've just moved into the most lovely place and now trying to sort out the stables. We currently have two 12x12ft stables and a 12x20ft hay barn, as below.

I've currently got three horses and would like to be able to split the hay barn into another 12x12ft stable and a small storage area for feed and rugs. What's the best way of doing this? I assume you could get internal stabling partitions but I'm wondering what to do with the hay barn doors which are open fronted. I could remove them completely but would prefer to be able to close off the storage area from the elements.

Any advice or thoughts on what would be best to do?

 

[*hic*]

Whether it's the best way or not I don't know but we managed to do it cheaply with stuff we had available by adding more hinges top and bottom and then cutting the left hand door (as you're looking at it now) in half making a top and bottom stable door. Then we used framing the same size as the rest of the construction to make a partition and a slam plate for the remaining barn door. The barn was unlined so we lined the new stable part and the partition with marine ply.

From the look of yours that method is going to give you two 10 x 12 spaces though so you will need to cut some off the other barn door and attach it to some framing and move the partition over a bit to get the extra two feet.

I don't think I have any pictures of the work easily available I'm afraid.

 

[Polos Mum]

Depends on how good your DIY is, I'd take barn doors off and hand gate across the gap boarded on inside with one of the barn doors to stop legs getting stuck in it!
Then I'd section off the feed area on the far right end and cut a new door in the right end wall and use the second barn door as door to feed room where bench is and extend your concrete a bit
Above suggestion is simpler but you'll only get a small stable

 

[9tails]

What a lovely stable block! Is one of the barn doors about the same size as the end panel? I'd put one barn door there, move the end panel along, put a stable door in where the other large panel is on the other side of the left barn door (or chop that barn door in half and strengthen with a Z) then move that panel up and cut a window in it. Internally, douple ply with joists between and L brackets top middle and bottom firmly affixed to the new wall and the front and back walls.

 

[kit279]

Thanks for the suggestions - think we'll probably go for internal partition and make the barn doors into stable doors. Any recommendations for internal stable companies?

 

[mon]

Where are you local probably helps as transport kills price, I used vale stables.