"Cheap" run in shed options

[DiablosHalo]

I priced out materials to build our sheds. They were all 12x36.

6 6x6 posts in the ground. Framed out w/ 2x6’s. 5’ kickwall made of 2x12x12s. Tin shell and roof. Materials were $1400 and labor for someone else to install was $1000 (friends construction crew).

You may be able to build a permanent one that you won’t have to worry about colts eating apart (!) for around $700 if you can build yourself. 2 colts surely wouldn’t need a 12x36. Maybe a 12x20 if they are realllly friendly!

If you know any contractor friends- I’m sure they would be willing to help out squaring the building and such for pizza and beer!

Good luck!

[Laurierace]

Lots of great ideas everyone, thanks! Meredith might just be my hero though, we’ll see.

[Fairview_Horse_Cente]

This is the little barn (10 x 16) that we built (still needs a bit of work to be winterized, but perfect for summer)

We used (not including the divider wall, and front that is not needed for a run-in)
6 = 6x6 posts (3 10’ + 3 8’ tall)
9 = 2x10 x 10’ boards for each end/side
10 = 2x10 x 8’ boards for the back
6 = 2x10 x 8’ boards for the top and bottom of the front
4 = 2x4 x 12’ for the inside diagonal braces
12 = 2x4 x 12’ boards for the roof supports (+ the hangers)
6 sheets of waffle board
2 or 3 rolls of roofing

This is free standing, and the only thing we needed to cut was for the finish diagonal braces. (Could have bought them a bit shorter and not needed a saw at all)

It went together like a puzzle, just off the truck in about 6 to 8 hours.

I have a side piece not in place to keep horses out of it until we get it fenced. The high gaps in the wall, I love for summer, and can be plugged with tapped in 2x2s in the winter. It still needs the top of the sides finished for winter, but I am thinking of using heavy road fabric instead of wood to block most of the weather, but still let some air thru.

Less than $800

<We built it last June, so it did hold up well to all of those blizzards last winter.> :dead:

[EquineAdventure]

These guys out of Vermont helped us out. They were easy to work with and shipped fast. Pricing was cheap. I was surprised of how heavy and rugged the shed was when we assembled it. They gave us a discount as a non profit which was very much appreciated and another one for purchasing two identical units. www.JamaicaCottageShop.com

[StGermain]

Reported.