DIY/Custom stall fronts

[jrscomet]

I am building a foaling barn right now and plan on installing nine 12x12 stalls (8 of these will have swinging partitions to make them 12x24s for foaling)

My question to you…who has built their own stall fonts? Can anyone show me what they have done?

I am looking for options that are not the pre-fab/standard stall fronts from a site/catalog.

I prefer a full solid front (not European) as I worry about a couple of my horses trying to jump over a half front. opinions and experiences with that would be great.

What has everyone done to keep cost down but still have professional/ nice looking stalls?

[NaturalSelection]

Beautiful stalls! Reviving this not-too-old thread because I’m finally ready to start planning for summer projects.

Where did folks purchase the galvanized u-channel material for the stalls? I’ve only found it through stall manufacturers so far and it feels like price gouging.

[mmeqcenter]

@Bluey

This good enough for what you want?

We made them ourselves, but any welder can make some like this.
Tractor Supply here sells that 2’ x 4" wire mesh.
Ideally, the thicker 2" x 2" wire mesh is better for horse use.
We could not find any locally, would have to be ordered from far away.
This is our quarantine barn, that we are making regular use of right now.
First two pictures from the aisle, third one from the horse’s side:

You used the 14 gauge 2"x4" welded wire from TSC for this? Not a 4 or 6 gauge horse panel?

[kathy_s]

@Bluey

This good enough for what you want?

We made them ourselves, but any welder can make some like this.
Tractor Supply here sells that 2’ x 4" wire mesh.
Ideally, the thicker 2" x 2" wire mesh is better for horse use.
We could not find any locally, would have to be ordered from far away.
This is our quarantine barn, that we are making regular use of right now.
First two pictures from the aisle, third one from the horse’s side:

Very nice, Bluey.

[kathy_s]

Our stalls are somewhat similar to Bluey’s but our doors are 5 feet wide instead of the usual 4’. We have a foal every year or so and the 4’ door seems too narrow to me.

[beau159]

^^there is a barn in my area that did the same thing and made the entire stall front be the door. They did that so that they can use the Bobcat to strip/clean stalls quickly and easily.

[DoubleDown]

@NaturalSelection

Where did folks purchase the galvanized u-channel material for the stalls? I’ve only found it through stall manufacturers so far and it feels like price gouging.

I went and priced out several local welding supply companies for my angle iron for the dividing wall between stalls. The U-channel that they had was a LOT more money, and if I remember right the depth was shallower than the angle iron. I wanted the deeper angle iron. IIRC it was a 1/2’-1’ difference in depth. I borrowed a friends drill press and put the holes in then put them up that way. It was pretty easy.

[OregonHorseGirl]

I’m building new stall fronts. I will put the 2"X4" no climb horse fence on the fronts with a drop down on the door. I’ll post some pictures when I’m done. A few years ago I put solid 2X8 decking between the stalls, so I’m going to leave that. BTW, my National Show Horse once jumped over his 4 1/2 foot stall door under pressure from a snapping shorted-out electric fence outside his stall. Wasn’t hurt at all, but he’s probably not going to have the top of the door dropped down!

[Bluey]

@FencePro

This is great information for my next project.
@ fence service san diego gives my fence designer examples of what I need.
Great resource!

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[mellsmom]

Our first two barns we built the stalls ourselves using pieces we bought from Woodstar products. Basically we bought the u channels, grills and door rollers pre-made and built the rest ourselves. It all depends on how much DIY you want to do!

[Moderator_1]

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[RolltopTX]

@Brian

When we bought our place, there were 8 modular stalls in the barn. When we wanted to add more (God only knows why), I priced the original stalls out…they were well over $1000 each not including wood. It’s been more than 15yrs , but if I recall correctly, the ones I built were less than $350 each plus about 30 hours of work.

They looked simple enough to build, so I ordered steel in 24’ lengths, bought a wire feed welder and went to work building 10 more.

Here’s two photos. The photo with the stalls on the left are the ones that were there when we moved in. The photo with the stalls on the right were the ones I built from scratch.

I realized this was posted a year ago, but did you buy galvanized metal and weld it or did you paint them? If you bought the metal galvanized, any tips welding on galvanized metal for this type of project?

[clanter]

@RolltopTX

I realized this was posted a year ago, but did you buy galvanized metal and weld it or did you paint them? If you bought the metal galvanized, any tips welding on galvanized metal for this type of project?

welding galvanized steel has special problems

When welding galvanized steel, a respirator is required so that the zinc oxide fumes from the galvanizing are not inhaled. Inhalation of zinc oxide fumes can cause metal fume fever. This acute overexposure to zinc oxide through the respiratory system causes flu like symptoms that can be severe.

https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/welding-galvanized-steel/

[Bluey]

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