RUBBER IN A BADLY DRAINED STABLE

[poiuytrewq]

For the last few years i have kept my horse on rubber matting and shavings in a big stable with excellant drainage however have just moved to a yard with a much smaller slightly rough stable with rubbish drainage.
Presently i am using strw there as it was a temporary stay but i am thinking of moving there permanantly.
I would like to go back to rubber and bedmax but how will this work out with the drainage issue?
Is there any rubber companies than design mats for this type of stable?

 

[merlinsquest]

I suppose you would need seam free mats so that the wee doesnt get under them....

Previous experience of rubber mats in a badly drained stable is that it will stink..... even if you lift the mats every week

which is no mean feat!!

I tried everything... inc green gloop from fieldguard, which is supposed to kill the smell for months...... well it didnt

 

[Gucci_b]

dito, i have a lovely yard, lovely BIG stable and no drainage in the stable. I use on my mats a thin layer of MegaZorb and toped with shavings. The MegaZorb is brill for soaking up all the pee, and does not smell. try it????

OR failing that, buy the liquid rubber so you have a seam free rubber stable floor (if the y.o does'nt mind you doing it!!)

 

[Kallibear]

How about having a little hardcore (or similar) put down onto of the existing floor to give a flat surface with a slight slope and having a couple of mats sealed down on top (would have thought some normal mats sealed with liquid rubber would work). If you have a little more money to spend, you could even put another layer of mats on top (even if it's just two in the middle), so the wet drains down onto the bottom layer.

Or you could get a sloped concrete floor put down. Don't think it should cost you too much, esp if you do it yourself (or better still, have you OH do it

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[poiuytrewq]

Good idea's thank you!
I was kind of hoping someone would come up with a miricale answer that required very little effort or output!
Guess that was wishful thinking