Price difference center aisle vs shed row barn and show me your "souped-up" shed rows

[Bluey]

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Thanks for giving me so many ideas and a lot to think about! I did get a quote from Woodtex which is 40% less than any center aisle barn quotes I have gotten. I am going to have them extend the lean to/aisle to 12’ per your suggestions, and I also had them add dutch doors to the back of the stalls as well so they can have attached runs, which will open to the pasture.

I figure with a 12’ overhang, barn chores will be totally doable even if its raining or snowing (I’d hope 12’ would block the elements!), especially since I’ll only have two horses to take care of and they’ll be able to come and go from their stalls whenever they please.

GoForAGallop I would love to hear more about your experience with Woodtex, they don’t have any buildings near me so I haven’t been able to see one in person, unfortunately. I am also having a local builder send me a bid to build the same structure on site, curious to see what will be more cost effective.[/QUOTE]

Nope, 12’ won’t stop rain and snow from getting in there, up to inside the stalls.
We have 28’ overhang and rain and snow wrap-around winds gets it wet clear to the back of that.

Now, you can work around that like we did in our old shedrow racing training barn, we added canvas to the open front, so as to make a protected aisle out of the overhang.
Be aware that screens of any kind will be costly also.

If being open to the elements becomes a continuous problem, you can even later enclose part of that overhang with a solid wall.

[enjoytheride]

If money is an issue you can drop a two stall shedrow now and then in a few years drop another one 12 feet away and run a roof between the two. Many modular barn systems work this way.

[tpup]

Nestor, I love your barn. It’s adorable and looks so nice and functional! I built a 36x38 center aisle on 10 acres. The barn was reasonable and stick built but electric, plumbing and cement will get ya’ in the end. I do think 36x36 on 3 acres would be way too much barn for the property in terms of expense, size, value. Regarding a 12 foot aisle. We did one but if I had to do it again I would have been perfectly happy with 10 feet. Less to sweep!! We do pull our gator in alot to do stalls in winter and think I could still do that even w/10 foot. Whatever you do, make it FUNCTIONAL first. Protect yourself from the weather. Position it to protect horses and you from wind and weather. Make sure your plumbing WILL NOT FREEZE in winter if you can. Make overhang large enough to do the same. And absolutely have your dutch doors open into paddock. One of the best parts of my barn is that we never, ever have to lead a horse in or out. They always come in through the dutch doors. Plan for fans in summer (plugs, mounting up high!) If you can ditch cement you’ll save ALOT. Try it for a year without. Your plan sounds great!

[Hermein]

I’m in the process of deciding whether to buy a breezeway or to add another shed row. God, barns are expensive now!!! :eek:

My shedrow has sliding doors, front and back, which open into individual runs or the front overhang.

If ventilation is going to be a problem (or not) in your climate, be sure to site it to take advantage of prevailing winds.

[Mukluk]

If I were thinking resale. I might consider a building that is open on the inside (no built in stalls). Perhaps this reflects the “inner redneck” in me- but why not just put in pipe corrals? Easy up, easy down. And when it comes to selling, many folks would be happy to have a multipurpose open building. That said, I do really like the woodtex building you linked. Hope is will all work out great for you!

[Jumper_girl221]

I built my barn using the carport.Com structure, put in a 40x30 building for about 8k, then built stalls inside. It’s one of the metal garage buildings not a carport.

If you are worried about resale, somsomething a buyer could convert to a big garage would probably have more appeal and value.

[Jumper_girl221]

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Stalls
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Barn (I put it along one side of the ring).

It’s an engineered structure, rated to 130 mph, we lined stalls with 2" rough sawn lumber then plywood and reused rhe kick boards from the shed row barn. This is going to be 6 10x12 stalls, with 2 4’ storage areas for shavings and hay, with a detached tack and feed room.
Sorry on my phone so hope the links aren’t wonky.

[Hermein]

Did you have to get a building permit for this? And how is it attached to the ground/foundation? I went to the website and there isn’t very much information that I need in my particular situation–the county regs are pretty stiff here.

Did you have to have a snow load rating?

[Lucassb]

This is not mine (I wish!) But I love this barn and grabbed a few pics because it is the design I’d like to build some day. I was a die hard center aisle fan until I saw this… but I live in the south and just loved the way this was designed for great ventilation as well as being super pretty and very functional.

Front http://bit.ly/1LrC5PL

Back http://bit.ly/1HD7zlh