teeny tiny stable door update - with photos

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hiya

the other day i posted about a house i'm buying... which comes with a couple of outbuildings and a little bit of land...

long term, we intend renting a neighbouring field and hopefully putting up a stable yard... but shortterm we need to make do with what we have there.

so, there is a stone outbuilding, which used to be two stables (in about 1750), each stable is 12ft by 12ft... the doors are 170cm high and are quite wide. i'd have to have special doors made for them i guess...

but.. is 170 going to be tall enough? bearing in mind he's a very sensible horse, and not spooky... can we use it as a stable?!?
failing that... there is a 'car port' type thing... could this be turned into something?!?!

outbuilding:
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carport:
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bowl of steaming hot semolina with jam if you get this far....
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ceilings all high enough
door is 170cm high.... this was my worry

carport is high enough but has no 'walls' on any side....

horse is 15.1hh
his companion will be a titchy tiny shetland or section a...

p.s. yes, it;s lovely. house is thatched though and we're struggling to find someone who will insure it...
 
I'm sure he'll be fine, my two have to bob their heads to get into the barn, but once inside the roof is high enough to accommodate them. Also, don't make special doors, block up part of the doorway (say with blocks, faced with wood) and put normal stable doors on.
 
Have you tried Zurich for insurance? I seem to remember them being willing to insure the more unusual.

Dizz ducks to go in, but the overhang means that when she sticks her head out I have to be careful not to startle her or she donks her head. Special hoss
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170cm is about 67inches (isn't it??) which is 16hh so he will have three inches of wither space clearance under that door frame (so he will fit!!). Whether his neck is very long/short and very high/low set will also impact how succesfully he can look out once he is in there
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Have you tried Zurich for insurance? I seem to remember them being willing to insure the more unusual.

Dizz ducks to go in, but the overhang means that when she sticks her head out I have to be careful not to startle her or she donks her head. Special hoss
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ooh, i'll try zurich. also found out this evening that NFU do insurance for thatched houses. so i'll ring them both up in the morning.

p.s. my horse is also 'special' just not in a spooky-head-donking way... if he donks his head it'd be because he forgot to duck...
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p.p.s. here's a view of the house from the back... i forgot to take one of the front... it's in kind of two halves... an old thatched bit and a newer 'normal' bit... be nice, we've fallen in love...
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170cm is about 67inches (isn't it??) which is 16hh so he will have three inches of wither space clearance under that door frame (so he will fit!!). Whether his neck is very long/short and very high/low set will also impact how succesfully he can look out once he is in there
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yay! good maths! thank you!
p.s. i love your sig!
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I'm not being funny but you could adapt the roof line at the front and put a sort of gable/dormer over his door so you could raise the height of the lintel. I would put him in the side with the narrower door (less work) and leave the other one as it is for tiny hoss. If I had my scanner plugged in I could do you a sketch....
 
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I'm not being funny but you could adapt the roof line at the front and put a sort of gable/dormer over his door so you could raise the height of the lintel. I would put him in the side with the narrower door (less work) and leave the other one as it is for tiny hoss. If I had my scanner plugged in I could do you a sketch....

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this was my original idea... but my husband thinks we may have problems as the house is grade 2 listed. i don't know if that covers the outbuildings... we're going to see the planning people at district council next week to ask about putting stables and/or field shelter up, so can ask then.
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I would just get a door guard thingy for one of the stables for the teeny and adapt the car port for your biggie, block up the rear wall with blocks or, for a temporary job do a timber framework with ply facing and weatherboard on the outide. You then have the other brick stable to use for tack etc. Another thought would be to get a field shelter with a door kit, and put rubber matting down on the floor, then, if and when you build pemanent stables you have the shelter to use as a shelter. Additional point, would you shettie need to come in at all?
 
The house is lovely!! I wrote on your original post, I think you'll definately be able to do something with those outbuildings, good luck with it all, you must be so excited!
 
Oh it's absolutely gorgeous!
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TBH - Unless you want more than 2/3 stables I wouldn't worry about building another yard, I thinkg these buildings are lovely :O)

IMHO - you have a lot of choices! :O)

I'd try your boy in the stable with the current height and see how he manages - I know a lot of horses in old stables that have to duck - especially ducking out of low windows to see out!
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As long as the height of the ceiling inside is ok (which it is) you'll be fine
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You could either alter the height of the current door (as someone has already suggested) or you could add a door on the gable end? - also you could easily convert the carport into a loosebox - Easiest/quickest way would be to put gates up on three sides! (board them up so that your horse wouldn't get caught up in the bars when rolling). If you do this then you've got a third spare stable (always helpful
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Absolutely love it - you'll be so happy there I can just tell!
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Kate x
 
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