Loosing bedding out of stable

[flying_high]

I need to bed stable up to the door. But I don’t want to keep losing bedding out the door. Any easy suggestions to make a door stop / door lip? I have rubber mats to just before the door. Ideally something I can do myself with limited DIY skills. I was wondering about something bent with a lip that sits under the mats, and then rises up to make a short lip / step? What do other people do?

 

[meleeka]

I just screwed a bit of wood in the doorframe to make a step. If you have mats down anyway, why not just not bed to the door?

 

[ihatework]

Plank of wood / sleeper

 

[flying_high]

I just screwed a bit of wood in the doorframe to make a step. If you have mats down anyway, why not just not bed to the door?

I had been doing this. Physio and trimmer have suggested that I should put a full thick bed to the door, to provide more packing support to the front feet, as I am trying to improve the digital cushion. Horse like standing at the front of the stable with just the door chain across door. I foresee lots of bedding being kicked out. Trying to find a way that I can install myself to stop this, but still allow door to shut.

 

[AFB]

My old stable had a single row of bricks and a wooden strip across the top. I don't see why a well fixed piece of wood wouldn't work alone though.

I have this issue with my current stable as it's the last one on a sloped row, and so has a small step down to get out.

 

[flying_high]

OOh just noticed the typo in the title! Losing!

 

[flying_high]

My old stable had a single row of bricks and a wooden strip across the top. I don't see why a well fixed piece of wood wouldn't work alone though.

I have this issue with my current stable as it's the last one on a sloped row, and so has a small step down to get out.

I could maybe screw a plank of wood to the wooden walls from the inside? The floor is concrete making fixing difficult.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Piece of scaffold board cut down to fit, screw (not nail) to inside of doorway.

 

[Petalpoos]

As other have said, just screw a thick plank of wood (about 20cm high) across the inside of the door frame. I have done this on my stables as they have no doors and it keeps all the bedding inside. You need really big screws to make sure it stays there when a horse kicks it coming in or out.

 

[Leo Walker]

Its an easy DIY job. Go to B&Q or similar and buy a bit of wood in the thickness you want. But self tapping screws 1.5 times the width of the wood. It wont cost more than £20. If you dont have access to tools you can cut the wood to size with a hacksaw. It will work up a sweat, but its only one bit of wood, its easily doable. Then borrow a drill. Drill a small pilot hole through the wooden baton and into the frame. Then use the drill to screw the screws in. You probably want 4 each side in a square shape. Buy treated wood so you dont have to do that but yourself. Should take less than 10mins to do.

Or keep an eye out for a small sleeper. It will be a bit of a faff getting it lifted and in place but doable with 2 people, then theres no screwing or cutting to do.

 

[KittenInTheTree]

Draft excluder fitted to the outside lower edge of the door. The bristles will stop bedding escaping whilst the door is shut, and also sweep any that escape when it's opened back in as the door is closed again.

 

[flying_high]

Draft excluder fitted to the outside lower edge of the door. The bristles will stop bedding escaping whilst the door is shut, and also sweep any that escape when it's opened back in as the door is closed again.

Horse probably spends a few hours a day in stable with the door open and just a chain across the door. He likes doing that. He can interact with his neighbours etc. Only getting 4.5 hours out in the field a day at the moment. I try to have the door open as much as possible.

 

[flying_high]

Its an easy DIY job. Go to B&Q or similar and buy a bit of wood in the thickness you want. But self tapping screws 1.5 times the width of the wood. It wont cost more than £20. If you dont have access to tools you can cut the wood to size with a hacksaw. It will work up a sweat, but its only one bit of wood, its easily doable. Then borrow a drill. Drill a small pilot hole through the wooden baton and into the frame. Then use the drill to screw the screws in. You probably want 4 each side in a square shape. Buy treated wood so you dont have to do that but yourself. Should take less than 10mins to do.

Or keep an eye out for a small sleeper. It will be a bit of a faff getting it lifted and in place but doable with 2 people, then theres no screwing or cutting to do.

There are 2m sleepers available locally, but they do look quite big width wise?

What about this? Heavy enough to stay in place? http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/treated-post-75mm-x-125mm-x-21m

 

[Leo Walker]

That would do the job, but you would need to screw it in place.

 

[phizz4]

Buy a length of steel or aluminium u shaped channel from b and q or wickes. Cut it into two pieces and screw them to the inner frame of the door each side. Measure and cut a piece of suitable wood to slide into the channels so it can be removed easily and quicky. It would look something like a flood defence door.