How Important Are Stables?

See you're the same as me now; I have no use for stables over here so although I wanted then to look decent and be seviceable and safe, having them is purely a bonus. They probably get used literally a few days a year and that's it.
 
Not sad I guess for the people who live in it but sad that old, rural uses for buildings are obsolete. And not as sad as my old paddock, which has been converted into an awful Japanese themed garden, complete with plastic looking green ornate fencing that looks as though it would blow over, an artificial lake with a green plastic bridge over it and a mini fake green timber Oriental style temple!
 
Yours look lovely!

We've got our 35 IAE stables now, stored in the barn, waiting to be put up. The stables are made of plastic. Like HH said you can't tell the difference! We went to see some 4yo IAE stables and the owner had both wood and plastic, her sister showed us the wood first which had aged...a lot. Then we asked to see the plastic ones.....we don't have plastic ones. We said well IAE said you had, she took over to another block and said these? They were plastic and looked brand new. She couldn't believe it, she'd worked at her sister's yard all that time and hadn't noticed
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They also need no maintanence, they won't shrink and they won't hold bacteria.

The livery stables are 12 x 12, with swinging doors and a small grille window in each partition. So the window can be covered if a horse really doesn't like having neighbours.

My 5 stables are 12 x 12 with sliding anti weave doors, swivel mangers and a hay door and also have grille windows....my horses will love that.

I can't wait to get them up, so my horses aren't standing out in this darned weather looking miserable
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It's weird how different people have different perceptions of what's safe or not.
I am actually incredibly wary of stables like your Tia because I once saw a horse break a leg by kicking at it's neighbour and getting it's leg stuck between the bars. In theory you would think the metal would be strong enough and a horses hoof wouldn't fit through (these were professionally built stables) ... in reality it ended a horses life.
 
Thanks Enfys.

They do need tidying up a bit. Never got around to painting the doors for instance and I didn't white wash again this summer. With having such a wet summer, the horses were still coming in alot over night to preserve the summer paddocks. Isobel was also part time at school, which meant I didn't have that many hours of free time to be able to paint etc.

Next summer I certainly intend to paint everything up and get it all smart. I did have a kitchen area put in this year though, so some improvements were made.
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I am dying to see your place all up and running!! It's so exciting even for me .... and they aren't even mine, LOL!!!
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Yep horses are pretty dim things and they will certainly find the oddest ways to hurt or kill themselves. Padded cells are the only true safe places for them to be, LOL!!
 
3 years we been doing this in our spare time and we are nearing completion.its been very hard work but i`ve loved every minite of it.i`ve still got the house to do more on and the home stables.


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Yep horses are pretty dim things and they will certainly find the oddest ways to hurt or kill themselves. Padded cells are the only true safe places for them to be, LOL!!


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That is so true. While building this yard I've had so many people telling me not to use this and that as they've know a horse to be badly injured with it. In the end you really do need big rubber padded cells and not use anything that is a danger, lol!
 
my oh has done his back several times,i have done my arm from doing the post and rail.
we saved a fortune on the doors,they are decking wood,glued and screwed onto very thick ply.my son made them(need anti-chew strips to finish off)
here`s a pic of the other side.

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and yes,would do it again!
 
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