The Biggest Mistakes Horse Owners Make When Building a Barn

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If you’re planning on building a horse barn, then you want to make sure that you do it right. Before you start building your barn, take a look at these common barn building mistakes so that you can be sure to avoid them.

Opting for Cheaper Stalls

In an attempt to save money, barn owners may choose to buy cheaper, lesser quality stalls to put into their barns. The issue arises when these cheaper stalls may need to be completely replaced within a matter of years, leaving you to buy new stalls and eating into what money you may have initially saved.

When deciding on the stalls that are right for your barn, remember that in buying a low-quality stall, you may be bringing in safety issues. A low-quality stall will not have the strength or durability that a higher-quality stall will have. It also may not have been designed with the attention to equine safety that will have gone into the creation of a quality stall. For instance, the spacing on the grill bars may be large enough that a horse could catch his hoof in the grill. Classic Equine Equipment stalls feature top grillwork bars set on 3” centers, and lower grillwork bars set on 2 ½” centers to prevent even the smallest hooves from getting caught.

Working with an Inexperienced Builder

Whenever you do any building project, you always want to work with a builder who is highly experienced. However, when you’re building a barn, it’s important that the builder has experience specifically in building horse properties. The construction of a horse barn must meet very different specifications than the construction of a storage barn, and working with a builder who knows the ins and outs of horse barns can help ensure that the end product is the barn of your dreams.

Poorly Positioning the Barn

The exact location and position of the barn has a major effect on its functionality and your ability to expand the barn in the future. For instance, you want to avoid locating the barn in a low-lying area, since this can result in all sorts of mud issues. You will also want to carefully consider how delivery trucks, horse trailers, and farm equipment can access the barn. Security should be another factor – locating the barn right next to a road can make it an easier target for thieves or vandals.

If there’s any chance that you, or a future property owner, might want to expand the barn, even by just adding on a few stalls, then you will want to carefully assess where you position the barn so that an expansion could be possible.

Lastly, make sure that you choose the right piece of land for your barn. Issues such as zoning, soil quality, and utility access are all considerations when selecting a piece of land for your barn.

Still have questions? We at Classic Equine Equipment would be delighted to help you with your barn building project; please call us so that we can help you bring your dream barn to life.

Original Source: http://blog.classic-equine.com/2015/06/the-biggest-mistakes-horse-o...

 

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