New barn recommendations

[case895]

I live in the East Midlands and am looking to build an american barn for 4 horses, tools, feed, etc. So floor area 11m x 11m approx. I am not sure whether to get one of the stable companies to build an all wood structure, or get a steel & cinder block barn built, then fitted out with stables inside. Any thoughts?

 

[Slightly Foxed]

11m by 11m total floor space? That's a bit twitchy isn't it??

 

[Asha]

I live in the East Midlands and am looking to build an american barn for 4 horses, tools, feed, etc. So floor area 11m x 11m approx. I am not sure whether to get one of the stable companies to build an all wood structure, or get a steel & cinder block barn built, then fitted out with stables inside. Any thoughts?

Personally I would choose a steel building, and add internal stables.

Depends on your planning permission though, as they usually stipulate in that what your allowed

 

[Spring Feather]

I have 3 types of stabling. One is concrete block with internal concrete block partitions and grills above, the next is stone built with wooden internal partitions, the last is wooden built with full metal grill partitions. The concrete block building is by far the coldest. The stone built one is next coldest and the wooden one is warmest. If I build another internal stable block the outer skin will be wood with full metal grill partitions as that is my favourite out of what I have atm. I have huge steel hay buildings and they're cold too but maybe that's because they're so big.

 

[case895]

My neighbours have wooden stables, a steel garage and a brick garage, so the planners should be fairly accommodating.

 

[Asha]

My neighbours have wooden stables, a steel garage and a brick garage, so the planners should be fairly accommodating.

Not necessarily.

The hoops we had to jump through to get out steel building was unreal. Even though we are surrounded by farms. Planners tend to prefer to give permission for wooden stables for equine use.

Good luck with your plans, just be prepared.

 

[*hic*]

I have 3 types of stabling. One is concrete block with internal concrete block partitions and grills above, the next is stone built with wooden internal partitions, the last is wooden built with full metal grill partitions. The concrete block building is by far the coldest. The stone built one is next coldest and the wooden one is warmest. If I build another internal stable block the outer skin will be wood with full metal grill partitions as that is my favourite out of what I have atm. I have huge steel hay buildings and they're cold too but maybe that's because they're so big.

Interesting. I found that my brick stables with half height brick partitions never had a frozen bucket of water in them but the wooden ones with full wooden partitions did freeze.

I currently have a block built 6 stable barn which seems warmer than the run of wooden stables.


OP, if I were building from scratch I'd go for the most fireproof and get round any problems of coldness in other ways.