Build Your Own Stables

[simonr]

We've recently moved to a property with land and our equine buddies have moved in with us. However, we've not got any hard standing or stables up yet. I am thinking of getting a friend to level some earth and then lay the concrete myself then erect some wooden stables (either home made or from a stable supplier - like prime stables)

Question is, laying the concrete well enough to support stables and the horses (4 stables and a feed room to build). Someone suggested laying 4inch breeze blocks down in a 12 x 12 square then filling in the middle with fibre re-inforced concrete. Looks like a good idea - a 4 inch base should be thick enough. Anyone else done this or built thier own stables?

I'm looking for a check list really, don't want to badly plan the job, or start something and end up with some surprises!!!

Advice please . . .

thanks in anticipation

 

[miller]

Our concrete is 8" thick reinforced with those metal grid things. Make sure you buy concrete up to agricultural spec as standard conctrete won't stand up to the ammonia in the urine.

we had whole lot of concrete done in one go by local contactor - dug out and levelled base, put in reinforcing grids then ready mix extra tough conctret poured in and levelled.

We did 2 runs, one the 13ft wide section for stabling, left that to set then 2nd run for apron and round to gate.

Hope that helps

 

[air78]

We layed a massive concrete float 8'' thick and with deeper foundations for where the walls were going to go (block stables). This was on top of about 18'' of hard core.
Skimping on the thickness of the concrete is not worth it, it will break up eventualy.