Ordered a mobile stable - last bits of advice needed!

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Hello, I think I have finally, after hours of straining my eyes on a tiny screen (computer broken), ordered a mobile stable/field shelter/tack room combo.
Last bits of advice needed!

Timber skids or steel?
Was going with timber due to price - anyone had any experience? Won't be towing far (I hope), just around field.

Box profile steel roof or onduline?

Any extras really advisable?
Eg chew strips, etc etc

Thanks! C x
 
Only comment is that box profile roof is much noisier than onduline. I would add kick boards so they don't spdamage interior and guttering running to water butt.
 
Brilliant thanks, guttering to waterbutt already ordered and I think kick boards too, but will check! Good point re noise - I was just worried onduline wouldn't last very long?
 
I have a mobile field shelter and I got it on metal skids because I thought they would last much longer. Onduline roofing is very good, it's on my shelter and I had it on my old stables which I had for over 20 years. When I sold the stables it was still sound and all the boards went back on when the new owner re built them, so very durable. I would have chew strips on the door tops and the sides of the door frame too. Make sure it is well fastened down.
 
Think about the wind - mobile stables and shelters do get lifted up by the wind and there have been photos posted on here of them being found crashed in another field having been lifted right over the hedge.

So consider ventilation, so the wind can escape, rather than get trapped so that the building lifts and maybe get some of those big corkscrew ground ties.
 
I would go with steel skids. The timber skids will rot pretty quickly. As per, Faracat, have you considered the wind? Is the site in an area where the wind could cause damage? I would consider Yorkshire boarding to take some of the pressure off. What sort of roof it is going to be and what will the pitch be?
 
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Not sure of the pitch, I will check, but I went with the more expensive apex roof rather than a pent roof because it is supposed to be stronger in the wind. Rats, re the steel skids, they are far more expensive! But if necessary....
 
Lplates said:
...I went with the more expensive apex roof rather than a pent roof because it is supposed to be stronger in the wind. Rats, re the steel skids, they are far more expensive! But if necessary....
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Hmm, yes, in theory but my lovely apex roof took off last night so no guarantees. Was just thinking yesterday how lovely my shelter was looking (it had a couple of coats of wood preserver last week).

Onduline's great (steel's noisy and drippy) and would definitely recommend steel skids over wooden ones.
 
Lplates said:
Not sure of the pitch, I will check, but I went with the more expensive apex roof rather than a pent roof because it is supposed to be stronger in the wind. Rats, re the steel skids, they are far more expensive! But if necessary....
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Considering the initial cost, I would say it makes sense to plump up the extra for the steel skids.
 
Fantastic, learning loads from this. Going to change to steel skids and go for onduline roofing. Talking to the company re some sort of wind vent to hopefully stop it taking off and get the spiral ground screws - spira...?
Due to needs of current ponies I am getting 26 x 12 shelter, partitioned in 3:
a 10x12 loose box with stable door in the middle, with a 6ft tack room on one side and a 10x12 open fronted shelter with slip rails on the other.
 
I've been tasked with making a mobile stable for one of the paddocks by the mrs. This is the progress so far (it was a beautiful and misty morning). I am just waiting for another delivery of timber to complete it.

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Make sure you're clear on which way you want the fence to face - posts to the fields and rail to the outside, or vice versa. Rail to the outside looks better, imo, when looking at it from the outside, but rail to the inside will be stronger against kicking out and so forth

Ask the guy to use screws and not nails to affix the rails to the posts. It will be sooo much easier to fix a damaged rail with screws. 6x100 screws are sufficient. There is no need to go for wider, or longer, screws, as they start to become silly expensive after 6x100.

Consider how you will protect the fence from chewing and scratching. This has been discussed on here recently. You can use screw in insulators and polywire or galvanised wire along the rail. I prefer galvanised wire because it is easier to keep taut and then it looks neater in my opinion. I use the Gripple system to keep the wire tight.
 
Last queries - I have been told I can have the following extras: any opinions? Don't really want to spend any more!!!

Celotex roof insulation in the stable for £125.
4 x 2 tanalised CLS framing instead of the current 3 x 2 for £200
Galvanised frame protection for £70

The galvanised skids will cost me about £330.
 
That's sounds like a good price for the skids, for the size you are having. I know a firm that charges £200 for a 12x12 stable. I would add to my previous post that my shelter has a pent roof. It also has vents at the back and a top door which can be opened in high winds. It is anchored to the ground with four metal stakes that came with it. I can honestly say its never moved, in fact when we wanted to move it this year we had a job getting the stakes out.
 
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PS Buddy's Mum - is your shelter repairable?! Poor you - hope no horses nearby.
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Thanks! Yes, repairable (and no horses around, thankfully) but we'll have to take the roof to bits and start again. Whole thing came off in one piece. We moved it to a new position during the summer and I was worried it might be a bit exposed...I was right :rolleyes:
 
I have one and would deffinately go for steel skids to avoid rotting taking place. My onduline roof has served me well for over 8 years now, however I would recommend having the roof lined with ply - this makes the onduline last longer as it does not sag and also insulates the space a whole lot more.
I would advise a kick strip over the wooden frame on the bottom, my horse kept knocking it as he walked in and would have destroyed it without a metal place. Chew strip on the door top.
 
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