DIY Stall fronts?

[Equibrit]

National Hardware.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Secondary-D…75.c100623.m-1

If you need to stop these being jiggled out you can drill the pin and use an R clip.

[DoubleKFarms]

@TheOtherHorse

We built the stalls in our old barn with hog panels at the tops. It was affordable, safe, and looked pretty good.

http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr144/TheOtherHorse/oldbarn.jpg

I know I am very late to this thread, but TheOtherHorse, the picture you posted of your stall is exactly what we are going for. We just got our pole barn kit in and once we get the pole barn up, we will be building stalls. I cannot find a floor lock mechanism like that. Could you tell me where you got your hardware? We have a couple of escape artists so I’d really like to do a floor bolt latch system on the stall doors.

[DoubleKFarms]

@Bluey

Assuming you are talking about sliding doors and that you want some kind of stopper that holds the bottom of the sliding door tight when closed, consider something like this little metal loop from Classic Equine.
On the picture, that stopper is on the other side of the door, but you can install that on the frame of the door, on the side where the door closes, as low as you want to, even flush with the floor.

Thanks for the reply! I have actually seen floor latches that you step on to dis-engage and unlock the sliding door. It’s just a bolt mechanism where the bolt latch goes through a hole. So, not the stopper I was inquiring about, but the latching system itself. I have a horse that can open any kind of latch she can reach, so far. We have to put a bungee cord on our round pen when she is in it and she can even get pins and clips out. I am always in disbelief. After she lets herself out, she goes around letting everyone else out. A floor latch on the exterior of the stall, that she could not reach from inside the stall would be great. I like them being able to put their heads out, so I don’t want to close up the stall door completely where she cannot look out into the hallway.

I also want something quick and easy with a sliding door, so I’m not having to fiddle with latches and locks for so long to get her in and out. I guess I’m trying to look for a convenient, safe, hack-proof system.

[DoubleKFarms]

@Bluey

That sounds like the kind of horse full doors are for, so they can’t get in trouble.

We too had a horse that would unpin panels and push them so he could slink thru them to get out.
We wired panels after that and he never did figure how to get a wire loose.

I was assuming you had a horse that pushes doors and panels open, so all you needed was something to keep door firmly in place.

Here are two internet pictures of horses that decided open top in stalls were invitations to see if they fit thru them, why such are not the greatest idea:

Goodness, what a mess those horses got themselves in! Fortunately, my Lady has never tried that in a stall or pen. She is super lazy, but has good mouth work on latches!! But you are correct, I wouldn’t want to press the luck! She has been in half-door stalls before with no issues other than having to tie halters around the door so that when she inevitably opened the latch, the door wouldn’t swing open for her.