Horse barn/shelter plans

[WKR]

I'm looking to put together a set of plans for a horse barn/shelter to build this month. Ideally I'd like to put in 4-5 stalls, a place to store feed, and a tack area.

Before I go start my own design, if any of you have been down this road, would you mind sharing what you did and why, as well as pictures, it would be much appreciated.

I have some left over 20' pressure treated 4x6 posts and beams I plan on using for the structural frame. I was thinking along the lines of doing a lean to style to simplify the roof, but not dead set on that aspect.

 

[Pony Soldier]

6x6 treated posts on 12 ft centers. Connected with 2x6 on 2ft centers. Center of the building 18 ft high. I built a 40x60 and made it too small with 10 ft centers. I can store two years of hay, have horse stalls and a shop with tractor storage

 

[huntsman22]

 

[rayporter]

my first barn was 30x30 and 5 stalls and a tack room on 10 ft centers ----defiantly too small. the ally was too small to back a truck in.

the next barn i built was on 12 ft centers. a truck will back in but it is tight to open the door. the tractor fits fine. i would hedge a few inches wider on the ally if there is ever a next time.

i dropped a shed off the side later for hay and tractor.

 

[WKR]

I should mention, this is only meant to be a horse shelter. Ill be building the shop separately.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I built mine as a 20x40 that got me hay storage and tack room. After 15 years I built another 20x40 but 20 ft to the east for more hay storage. 8 years after that I connected the two with a roof that created two 10x40 runs between the other sheds that got me past drifting snow and a place I could work on horses out of the weather.

I am snowed in from sept through may for reference.

 

[Haggin]

We did a typical pole building from one of the major builders (Astro in our case). Planned for 12x12 stalls and a 12x12 space for tack and feed. Our daughter shows two different disciplines, ad my wife has a retired show horse, so we leave horses in when the weather is bad or muddy as to not tear up pastures.

In our case, we only had three stalls to build, so went 40 long by 36 wide and 16 foot sidewalls. Sliding doors in the middle of each end wall with the typical alley down the middle that's right at 12 foot wide. Still have a dirt floor. Riding space is separate (outdoor arena). Two of the stalls open up with "dutch" doors into 12 by 20 runs for the horses to go in and out when the weather is good, the other stall is fully inside. Those runs open into a dry lot that then opens into a pasture we can rotate where the horses graze in the summer.

Reasoning was we'd have two stalls on one wall, one on the other, and plenty of storage for hay inside. We can get about 300 square bales in there, depending on how high we stack them. Alley is mostly open for air flow with space for the trailer and/or tractor in inclement weather. Trailer is a 3H gooseneck with a "supertack" space in the front and its about 34 foot long. We do have an extra shop space we utilize for other storage but the trailer wont fit in there.

Long story short is that its actually smaller than we thought, and we added a "lean to" to one side with 10 by 10 garage doors at both ends. Serves as additional hay storage or for the trailer if necessary. Our trailer is pretty much our tack room now. Tack storage is a great idea, but I'd prefer a enclosed/concrete space that i can control the climate better. We pretty much haul everything to shows as it is, so it'd be empty most of the time. anyway. We'd like an indoor arena for her to ride in, but haul to the trainer/coaches place or local spots when necessary for practice or bad weather.

I feel like 12 by 12 stalls are a good compromise for space, depending on how big your horses are, and agree 10 by 10 is to small. I like the in and out ability we have from the two stalls, so we can leave a horse or two at home and they can be in and out with minor work from somebody and still have access to shelter. We don't breed horses, so a foaling stall is unnecessary (as of today, the wife and kiddo are trying to change that).

In your case, id plan for the stall size you want, then work on the storage needs with possibly some extra space there. We get hay from a couple different people who all make different size bales from the hay we produce at home which always screws up the pile size and count.

Also, plan for natural light. We have a bank of translucent panels on the south side that run the top 3 feet of that wall. While we have power out there, its nice to have a bright space. Plan for ventilation as well, we use fans to circulate air and keep flies off them in the summer.

 

[jmez]

I don't have any plans but i would put outside doors on all of the stalls and make runs off of each. I would store the hay above . It is just wasted space otherwise.

 

[rayporter]

if you live in the south skylights may also provide way too much heat in the summer.

i wired my barn for 220volts and have old air conditioning fans for each stall. most fans are free for the asking.

if i were to build again i would design at least one 4 ft sawdust storage between stalls on each side to have bedding near by.

 

[carlc]

Incorporate a 20' shipping container into it for tack and bagged feed storage. Cheap,secure, and very mouse resistant.

 

[Jamr]

Our horse barn is 36’x48’ on 12’ centers. It has 6 12’x12’ stalls, 3 on either sides of a 12’ isle way. There are sliding doors on either end of the isle way. One end has no stalls, so that is where we store our hay. We only have 2 horses, so the other 4 stalls are used for storage, tack, grain, fencing supplies etc.

 

[WKR]

Incorporate a 20' shipping container into it for tack and bagged feed storage. Cheap,secure, and very mouse resistant.

Not a bad idea there

 

[WKR]

Our horse barn is 36’x48’ on 12’ centers. It has 6 12’x12’ stalls, 3 on either sides of a 12’ isle way. There are sliding doors on either end of the isle way. One end has no stalls, so that is where we store our hay. We only have 2 horses, so the other 4 stalls are used for storage, tack, grain, fencing supplies etc.

Do you have any photos?

 

[WKR]

if you live in the south skylights may also provide way too much heat in the summer.

i wired my barn for 220volts and have old air conditioning fans for each stall. most fans are free for the asking.

if i were to build again i would design at least one 4 ft sawdust storage between stalls on each side to have bedding near by.

High desert over here

 

[Jamr]

I’ll try to get some pictures tomorrow went it’s light out.

 

[elkliver]

I'm looking to put together a set of plans for a horse barn/shelter to build this month. Ideally I'd like to put in 4-5 stalls, a place to store feed, and a tack area.

Before I go start my own design, if any of you have been down this road, would you mind sharing what you did and why, as well as pictures, it would be much appreciated.

I have some left over 20' pressure treated 4x6 posts and beams I plan on using for the structural frame. I was thinking along the lines of doing a lean to style to simplify the roof, but not dead set on that aspect.

You need to connect with the guy that has horse stalls and doesn't know what to do with them!!