Disinfecting and Preserving wooden stables...

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Thanks for the quick advice on the overgrazed fields, next question is how to clean/ disinfect the stables and whats the best presevative to use on the wood - outside and inside?

Its all very exciting and we havn't even had the place surveyed yet!

Thanks you
 
I still prefer a good scrub out then sprinkle some Jeyes Fluid on the floor, scrub it into every nook and cranny, sweep the excess out and leave all windows and doors open to dry naturally. You can scrub the walls down too, just don't get them too wet. Leave it a few days and then paint inside and out with creosote or creosote substitute. Smells wonderful and looks great and professional too! Try not to cover the bolts with creosote, it's horrid to get off and use your oldest things you can probably bin afterwards too, you will pong!
 
I'm not sure your history, sorry - are you looking to buy a house with stables? I have to say that when I bought my house I was very lax and didn't disinfect the stables
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After the first winter I just pressure washed it, didn't disinfect it. Inside, I used Cuprinol garden shades. It was semi-expensive but it treats and colours at the same time and is safe for pets. I did a maroon colour on the bottom (to half the stable height) to tie in with my monarch partitions, and white on the top. Before I did this they were just the ply-wood, and were very dark, so I was really happy with how much better they looked when painted.

On the outside, I used Cuprinol Fence and Shed preserver, in Golden Brown. It's really runny so sloshes on very quickly, I did a four stable block including fronts, backs and doors in 6 hours. My Dad's OH has been using this on her wooden stables every year and they are still in great nick after 15 years!!
 
We used the ducks back on our fence alongside the road (2m high and about 100m long - that was a LOT of painting
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) but I wouldn't have wanted to try putting that on my stables. I think it would have taken a lot longer to do, plus I found it "coloured" the timber, whereas the shed preserver just seemed to stain the wood, which looked quite natural.

All down to personal choice in the end though!
 
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