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Location: Memphis, TN | Looking for opinions on shedrow style barns. We are looking to build a small barn - 4 stall max- and I am leaning towards a shedrow. I've never seen one in person. If you have one can you post pictures? Likes and dislikes about them? Were they more affordable verses a center aisle full barn? Also did you build with it running east to west or north to south? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | All our barns have shedrows on each side with a aisle in the middle. We train race horses so when the weather is bad we can still jog inside the barn. Our barns run east to west and we have 6 overhead doors per barn. We get an awesome breeze running through them in the summer time so they stay fairly cool. |
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Location: West Tennessee | Amanda -- not that it's close to you but there's a pretty nice one out on Collierville Arlington Road between 64 and Macon. If I can think of the lady's name or her farm name (remember I have CRS) -- I'll pass it on to you. Hers was L shaped -- and the open sides faced West & North (which I did think was possibly a little reversed?) |
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Location: Memphis, TN | Dana I may have to take a drive and check that one out one day. I have an idea of what I would REALLY love but it would cost wayyyyy too much lol. I'm trying to dial down my vision and be reasonable. I go back and forth between L shape versus straight line. Not having any experience with them I just don't know the pros and cons. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | We have a 6 stall shedrow barn. I love it. We also have a 4 stall center isle barn. I dont have any horses in the center isle barn. lol. My horses much prefere the shedrow barn! It's alot lighter, more airflow and less closed in for them. It runs north and south. Each stall has a run off it so with it running N. - S. their stall and including their pen is well shaded from the afternoon sun. I'll see if I can post pics. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | Sorry, my pics wont post.
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Location: West Tennessee | barrelracin85 - 2014-01-30 9:27 AM Dana I may have to take a drive and check that one out one day. I have an idea of what I would REALLY love but it would cost wayyyyy too much lol. I'm trying to dial down my vision and be reasonable. I go back and forth between L shape versus straight line. Not having any experience with them I just don't know the pros and cons.
Well going south from Hwy 64 / she's on the right just a little past the water tower & across the street from a big, fancy, newer home & barn. I am racking my brain trying to think of the name.
I'll PM Foundation Horse & see if he still has her info -- he came up here & bought hay from them a couple of years ago. |
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Location: lexington KY | Here is our barn, as you can see we added on a stall. This was a few years ago, however I love our barn it is nice and cool in the summer time.
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Location: Deep South | Love that you posted this, I'm interested also. Those that talk about how cool it is in the warmer months that is a big plus for me, since it is warm most of the year, very warm. But, are they warm enough in the cold months? What measures do you take, if any, to make them warmer? |
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Location: lexington KY | My horses are blanketed in the winter. You can see from the pic I posted it is pretty open, but even with the very negative temps we have had this winter, my horses are not cold. They are out of the wind so that is most important for me. |
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Location: Wyoming | We have a nice open front shedrow barn. Four 20x32 stalls, a 12 ft cover and with galvanized steel panels. I have the option to make six stalls but at the moment I only need four. It stays very cool in the summer which is what we need in south tx, it is also warm in the winter. I will try to get pics up. The back faces north, and total building cost was around $10,000 that is including labor. Everyone that has seen it really likes it. |
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Location: Memphis, TN | polorunner - 2014-01-30 11:01 AM
Here is our barn, as you can see we added on a stall. This was a few years ago, however I love our barn it is nice and cool in the summer time.
Is that a run in on the back or storage? I don't have a barn now and I don't really have a need for stalls honestly. Mine have been pastured only for the last 5 years or so with no issues. I found this and am considering going this route versus 4 stalls. They have a carport to get under now but I want something 3 sided for better wind protection and I want to hang fans in the summer to help with flies and heat.
This one has one stall between the run in and feed room. I'm thinking I could open that up and do a wash area there instead. |
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Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright, TX | This was our barn in NM. The corner area was a large wash room with a drain and a grooming rack and equipment storage. To the right of that with the window was the tack room.
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Location: lexington KY | barrelracin85 - 2014-01-30 12:32 PM polorunner - 2014-01-30 11:01 AM Here is our barn, as you can see we added on a stall. This was a few years ago, however I love our barn it is nice and cool in the summer time.
Is that a run in on the back or storage? I don't have a barn now and I don't really have a need for stalls honestly. Mine have been pastured only for the last 5 years or so with no issues. I found this and am considering going this route versus 4 stalls. They have a carport to get under now but I want something 3 sided for better wind protection and I want to hang fans in the summer to help with flies and heat. This one has one stall between the run in and feed room. I'm thinking I could open that up and do a wash area there instead.
The back area is storage for our hay and mowers. We added a hitching post on the end and have mats down for a make shift wash rack and a place to shoe. If it the weather is bad, we just shoe in the aisle. Our entire barn was just a run in shed we closed in, so we had to work with what we had. |
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Location: Deep South | Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 11:59 AM
This was our barn in NM. The corner area was a large wash room with a drain and a grooming rack and equipment storage. To the right of that with the window was the tack room.
I really like this design. Is that three stalls? How big are they? Do you mind sharing how much this cost you to build? |
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Location: Deep South | perfectturns - 2014-01-30 11:29 AM
We have a nice open front shedrow barn. Four 20x32 stalls, a 12 ft cover and with galvanized steel panels. I have the option to make six stalls but at the moment I only need four. It stays very cool in the summer which is what we need in south tx, it is also warm in the winter. I will try to get pics up. The back faces north, and total building cost was around $10,000 that is including labor. Everyone that has seen it really likes it.
Can you post pics? $10k sounds very reasonable!
ETA: Sorry, I just saw where your post said you would try to get pics up. :)
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Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright, TX | BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-30 12:45 PM Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 11:59 AM This was our barn in NM. The corner area was a large wash room with a drain and a grooming rack and equipment storage. To the right of that with the window was the tack room.
I really like this design. Is that three stalls? How big are they? Do you mind sharing how much this cost you to build?
It was only 5k. The stalls were 12 x 12. |
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Location: Northeast, KS | Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 2:23 PM BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-30 12:45 PM Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 11:59 AM This was our barn in NM. The corner area was a large wash room with a drain and a grooming rack and equipment storage. To the right of that with the window was the tack room.
I really like this design. Is that three stalls? How big are they? Do you mind sharing how much this cost you to build?
I love this barn as well!!! 5K-was that all inclusive? That seems awfully inexpensive? Maybe I am misunderstanding. |
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Location: USA | I originally was going to build a shedrow barn but the cost was more expensive than a center aisle barn. At least around here it was. I wanted 3 stalls and a tack/feed room. I was quoted almost double what a center aisle was. |
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| We are going to build a barn when the weather clears and have found the following is helpful unless you want to spend tons of money: 1. Go online where most state colleges share barn building plans free of charge.
2. Decide on a style of barn and take note of plan details you can incorporate into your barn.
3. Buy a pad of graph paper and plan out your barn. ( This will save $$$$ )
4. Keep your stall, feed room, all measurements in even numbers ie: 10, 12, 14, this will save $ in wasted lumber.
5. Determine the lumber you need and check with local saw mills to price your lumber as a package. They will be
cheaper than retail stores and will give an additional discount for providing the entire package.
6. Go direct to metal manufacturer for the roofing and or siding. They will do everything for you if you provide
barn dimensions.
7. Consider using metal trusses in lieu of wood. They save in labor and material. Some metal truss manufacturers
have how to videos and will coach you through the whole process
8. Spend the extra money to install hurricane straps. High winds can make missiles out of anything.
9. If you decide to let a contractor quote a price, make sure he does it in writing. Insist on the labor and material
be quoted separately. Most building quotes have a tremendous markup in material.
10. Check on local building codes first and make sure you are not too close to your property line. We had to be
25 feet back from our property line.
11. We were quoted 17k to 19k for our barn, we are doing it for 7k. Mssg me if you have questios. |
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Location: Deep South | Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 2:23 PM
BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-30 12:45 PM Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 11:59 AM This was our barn in NM. The corner area was a large wash room with a drain and a grooming rack and equipment storage. To the right of that with the window was the tack room.
I really like this design. Is that three stalls? How big are they? Do you mind sharing how much this cost you to build?
Ohhhh, you can't just leave us hanging with that!! Lol! How on earth did you manage that?? What is constructed with? PLEASE, give me details! |
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Location: Memphis, TN | Thanks for all the info! I love any recommendations for building at a lower cost. |
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Location: NC | BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-30 9:22 PM Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 2:23 PM BamaCanChaser - 2014-01-30 12:45 PM Tilt The Kilt - 2014-01-30 11:59 AM This was our barn in NM. The corner area was a large wash room with a drain and a grooming rack and equipment storage. To the right of that with the window was the tack room.
I really like this design. Is that three stalls? How big are they? Do you mind sharing how much this cost you to build? Ohhhh, you can't just leave us hanging with that!! Lol! How on earth did you manage that?? What is constructed with? PLEASE, give me details!
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | We have a 8 stall plus feed room shed row barn. I like it because I can leave my stalls open for the horses to get out of the weather. The only thing I have against a shed row barn is that in 12yrs we're on our 3rd one. Fist we lost in hurricain 2nd tornado/straight line wind. When we built it the 3rd time we left about a 2ft gap between the roof and back wall because what was happening is the wind was getting under the barn and hitting the back wall and didn't have anywhere to go so the gap gives it some where to go. It had a over hang on front and back to keep the rain out so no problems with that. Only thing I might do differnt is put some type of over hang on the 2 sides because my end stall and feed room do get a tiny bit wet if it rains hard. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | We have a Barnmaster 4 stall barn with raised roof and center alley. Waste of money if you don't live in cold country IMO. |
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| This is what I call a shedrow barn, pasture run-in or loafing shed ... without the peak in the roof or the fancy little overhang on the front which costs as much money as the whole shed does ... lol ...
Think of building 1/2 of a real barn as your first building project. Look at these pictures and you can see that you can add another shedrow barn facing the first one and end up with a barn with an alleyway sometime in the future or if you build something like a 30 ft deep by 60+ feet long you can end up with a covered exercise pen and add a shedrow to one side for stalls etc etc ... or you can make a raised alleyway barn with no difficulty ... lot of ways you can go with this simple shedrow ...
Rule of thumb on barns ... place your fully covered side to block your north or coldest storm winds and usually the open side to the east or south for summer breezes and almost no blow in from rain or snow. Your fully covered side should have 6-12 inch gap between top of wall and roof for air flow which is what horses need year around ..
For cooling or keeping a barn warm have your back walls 10-12 ft tall and no ceiling fans to suck the 150 degree temp off the metal roof into your barn ...
Use the standard dimensions that will be compatible with 12x12 stalls ... this is the industry standard and most horse barn gear is in 12 ft lengths which makes it easy to use panels for stalls or the fancy ones or build your own...
Do a freeze free water faucet and locate it at the end of the barn so if it gets broken it does not flood your barn and you can easily build an overhang if you want a covered wash rack near the spigot ... save on electricity by having switches that will only light up half of the barn at a time .... and a real convenience is to have a motion sensor light at feed room door to light up when you walk into the barn ... most times this is all the light you need to groom a horse better or see your way around when checking on horses ...
Keep in mind when you look at these pictures to have 10-12 ft rear walls and you can run sheet metal down the face of the higher front horizontal to the ground and use these if you increase the size of the barn in the future ... also think .... I am building one half of my future barn ... lol ...
As you can see you can build one as nice as you want or gather up scrap and build a good horse shelter ... also think of using 12 ft swing gates for stall fronts ... easy to use a tractor or whatever to clean stalls etc etc ...
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | Don't forget drainage! It has rained here so much that I would have to find different footing around the barn to keep mud at bay. |
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| cowgalsissy - 2014-05-09 10:33 PM
Don't forget drainage! It has rained here so much that I would have to find different footing around the barn to keep mud at bay.
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I have seen so many people that did not raise their barn pad with dirt prior to building acting surprised that they have a river running down the center of the barn or a crawdad pond inside the barn .... YOU CAN'T CHEAT MOTHER NATURE ... lol
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | cowgalsissy - 2014-05-09 10:33 PM
Don't forget drainage! It has rained here so much that I would have to find different footing around the barn to keep mud at bay.
Not sure how much higher it is but we put ours on a built up clay pad. Never have a problem. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | if I build dirt up and stop it at the edge the water will come to the edge as well. Make sense? If I concrete the floor like a barn the water and mud will be waiting at the edge of the concrete. Not forever but for sure in our rainy season. Horse hooves carry dirt out and eventually the shed would be a low spot. The rain falling off the edge of the roof will dig a trench around the edge. Etc. Just be mind full is all. |
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Location: NC | good info  |
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| Came across this thread and thought I'd bump it back up. I'm curious if anyone has any of the smaller ones. I of course can afford a 15k barn. So I'm looking into something around the 6 k mark at most.
Something along these lines, anyone own anything like this? Do you love it? Pros vs cons?
I'm going to be doing 1 to 2 stalls 10x12- with a tack room
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Location: Texas | cowgalsissy - 2014-05-09 10:33 PM Don't forget drainage! It has rained here so much that I would have to find different footing around the barn to keep mud at bay.
YES! I highly suggest gutters and good drainage!
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