Building stalls-pre made or diy?

[ironbessflint]

We built ours…
You can see the whole thing here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102425780283878&type=1&l=f7c170269c

The barn was originally finished out to be a house, so there was a lot of demo before we got to the building part

Stalls are framed out with 4x4 corners and 2x4 studs, lined with plywood. Bars are conduit held between 2x4s with holes drilled. There is an outlet run to each stall, and there aren’t pictures on the album, but there are also fans above each stall that are all wired to one switch. So happy!

We did the whole project around $1000. Some material was reused from our first build…

Which is here - roughly the same idea. This barn was smaller and taller and so were the stalls. The other big difference was wood deck spindles for the grills, and solid dividers between stalls rather than the additional grills we did in the new version.

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Both were retrofitted to existing barns on a tight budget

[airhorse]

Woodstar doors and grills, rest DIY.

[Therese]

Last spring I paid $15K for 6 oversized stalls, tack/feed room and custom doors. That price included everything; all materials, labor, and repairs to the tobacco barn I had them installed in. Because I was building in a 1930s tobacco barn and wanted to maintain the original structure, it was a fully custom build. If it was in a new metal building like the one you have, you could cut $5K off the price. I had an Amish crew do all the building, they were amazing and worked with me on details. I found them through my local Southern States. I had 2 Amish crews and a couple of “barn builders” come to give me quotes on what I wanted. The crew I chose wasn’t the cheapest, but I liked how they asked specific questions and I felt confident they would do it right w/o add ons.

So long story short, make sure you shop around. This should take you to a view down the aisle.

http://www.leadofffarm.com/files/cache/263183d38827deeed022b04358b713aa_f81.jpg

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=Therese;8037248]
Last spring I paid $15K for 6 oversized stalls, tack/feed room and custom doors. That price included everything; all materials, labor, and repairs to the tobacco barn I had them installed in. Because I was building in a 1930s tobacco barn and wanted to maintain the original structure, it was a fully custom build. If it was in a new metal building like the one you have, you could cut $5K off the price. I had an Amish crew do all the building, they were amazing and worked with me on details. I found them through my local Southern States. I had 2 Amish crews and a couple of “barn builders” come to give me quotes on what I wanted. The crew I chose wasn’t the cheapest, but I liked how they asked specific questions and I felt confident they would do it right w/o add ons.

So long story short, make sure you shop around. This should take you to a view down the aisle.

http://www.leadofffarm.com/files/cache/263183d38827deeed022b04358b713aa_f81.jpg[/QUOTE]

Looks spiffy!

So many pictures here do.

One question, how do you like having the back half of the divisions between stalls so horses can see each other, rather than a “window” type space in the middle, as I have seen?

[Therese]

[QUOTE=Bluey;8037258]
Looks spiffy!

So many pictures here do.

One question, how do you like having the back half of the divisions between stalls so horses can see each other, rather than a “window” type space in the middle, as I have seen?[/QUOTE]

Sorry - I’ve been dealing with the d@&%$ Snow here… I like having stall partitions solid by the buckets so that during feeding there are fewer reasons to act up. BUT, I like there to be as much air flow and openness as possible. This arrangement seems to be the best compromise. Everyone can see each other, but they can have a bit of privacy to eat.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=Therese;8046920]
Sorry - I’ve been dealing with the d@&%$ Snow here… I like having stall partitions solid by the buckets so that during feeding there are fewer reasons to act up. BUT, I like there to be as much air flow and openness as possible. This arrangement seems to be the best compromise. Everyone can see each other, but they can have a bit of privacy to eat.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for the answer.

Seems that the whole half open or a window, both would work fine for horses seeing each other.
Then, the more open, the better airflow, guess that would be a consideration.