Tack Room Alternatives - Ideas Please!

[Kate23]

Hi Guys,

I need your help! I currently have a big metal barn partitioned in to two stables, one HUGE (15x12) and one 7x12 (narrow but long) and a little tack/feed room partitioned next to the smallest one and a hayloft above. My Sec D colt is rapidly outgrowing his small stable and my Spaniard is too big to move to the smallest one too, so my plan is to pull down the divider between the tack room and Colts stable..... But I am then without a tack/feed room>

Anyone have any alternative ideas? Metal shed? Shipping container would be ideal but our access is too small.

 

[Fiona]

A garden shed type structure??

Well secured obviously, if you leave saddles etc there.

Fiona

 

[AFB]

Could you move the partition wall between the two stables and make two 11x12's?

 

[Britestar]

Shipping container? A small one.

 

[Kate23]

Could you move the partition wall between the two stables and make two 11x12's?

I thought that AFB, but would then need to make the door bigger - Hard to explain without photos but sadly that idea wouldn't work.

 

[Cecile]

Caravan with wheel locks and alarms?

 

[Antw23uk]

I would go for a nice large shed or container. You can pick up small used but excellent condition containers for a few hundred quid now and they are much more secure than a shed or caravan (seeing caravans at yards just makes me cringe, sorry!) The container could then be painted to the same colour as the barn?

 

[SEL]

Is the barn big enough to put a shed inside it? Not sure how much free space you have in there. Sheds can be picked up pretty cheaply.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Shed for feed & gubbins.
Can you put a tack locker in the back or front corner of one of the 2 stables?
Or even build one in across corner? A local livery yard has this in every box (as well as a tack room for sharing too)

 

[Kate23]

Is the barn big enough to put a shed inside it? Not sure how much free space you have in there. Sheds can be picked up pretty cheaply.

Sadly not...... Maybe I should bulldoze and start again

 

[SEL]

Headroom in the hayloft? Could you get a tack locker up there?
Otherwise I'd go for a more secure shed on the outside of the barn. Just ensure the hinges are designed so the door can't be lifted off them. You could even put a metal tack locker in the shed for added security.

 

[AFB]

I thought that AFB, but would then need to make the door bigger - Hard to explain without photos but sadly that idea wouldn't work.

Shame, I thought there would be a reason as it seemed too easy a fix!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Hi Guys,

I need your help! I currently have a big metal barn partitioned in to two stables, one HUGE (15x12) and one 7x12 (narrow but long) and a little tack/feed room partitioned next to the smallest one and a hayloft above. My Sec D colt is rapidly outgrowing his small stable and my Spaniard is too big to move to the smallest one too, so my plan is to pull down the divider between the tack room and Colts stable..... But I am then without a tack/feed room>

Anyone have any alternative ideas? Metal shed? Shipping container would be ideal but our access is too small.

What about one of these https://www.screwfix.com/p/yardmast...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CIaP8cSJt9kCFUIS0woduCsCOQ

It is flat pack so access not a problem

 

[Lintel]

Wooden hut