wooden stables???

[Quest]

i am trying to get planning for my stables and dont know whether to get wooden or block stables. wooden stables would be erected quicker and seem to have a warmer feel but block stables would be more sturdy and would not have to be treated each year. does anyone have wooden stables that have lasted well or should i just go for the block planning.

[KarinUS]

We have wooden stables in a galvanised steel frame. But we also aren't in a very wet region and we used a wood stain that's supposed to protect longer than a year. I expect to repaint only every 5 years.

[Gabrielle]

Hi charlette

Yes we have wooden stables. We had to buy them late last autumn because our planning hadn't come through by then, it has now and its been refused even though no-one objects! We are appealing. They are fine stables 12 x 12 and look lovely once they have been creasoted. I will, however, amend my planning to concrete block stables because they are more sturdy. So really I am, yet again, no help to the person who has posted. :mad:

Nevermind, at least youknow now! :p

[~Bethan~]

We have wooden stables, again witht he steel frame, i've been in one for 3 years and have yet to need for a re-painting!

[Holly B]

Also, remember there is a bigger fire risk with wooden stables.

[trieste]

I have a wooden field shelter. I had it built to stable specification, shiplap, 3ft overhang with onduline roof. We had the company who built it move it last year (lost our field) - it was 16 years old and only needed a new ground beam and roof. I had used Cuprinol on it every year - this did not take long as it was in good shape. Hope this helps.

[Chip]

I know of wooden stables that have lasted for many many years. we have planning permission to build in block, mainly because where we are there is a big risk of arson :mad:

I think, weighing up sturdyness, safety (fire), maintenance as opposed to speed and cost of wood, I would choose block.

wood or blck, you must get planning permission.


Gabrielle, sorry you have your permission refused. The fact that nobody objects doesn't come into it. You won't make that mistake again eh? :D

[KarinUS]

ARSON!? :eek:
How horrible!

I have to say of course I like how affordable and fast wood was (especially using the steel frame) but I also like how 'giving' the material is.
We used 2" tongue and groove board of course for stability so no horse could kick through it and injure itself that way. But if a horse does kick the wood wall it has a little bit of flexibility which a concrete wall would not have...

At the same time I am glad we got the steel frame. Ours is ankered into the ground with 12 concrete blocks. In case of a tornado the barn would be more likely to survive than our house... :o

[Dales_Lover]

Get block ones - saves you pushing the stable back onto where it should be after having a very heavy pony leaning on the side of it :D

[teegee]

We have a block of 12 wooden stables. They were treated with something by the suppliers so only need to be done every few years. They have been up for 4 years now - no problems. We did put an extra layer of wood on the inside for reinforcement.

Again we chose wood because of planning restrictions in the area. Once the foundations were down it only took 5 days to erect them. By choice we would probably have gone for block built - but we have no complaints.

In winter they are very warm - but we did have to put extra side vents in each block - before that they were roasting in the summer. If you do go for wood insist in far more ventilation than the manufacturers recommend!

[eventerbabe]

my two stables are made of breeze blocks and are nice enough. i do love wooden stables though, our old yard had lodden boxes which were just gorgeous and lasted really well. they had been up for some 7 years.

NOTE: block stables are only more sturdy if built properly. my friend was nearly crushed by some block stables which had been incorrectly built(they had just built walls and not put interlocking joints at the corners) and the whole lot came crashing down.

[LinzCos]

Ours are wood and have been up for about eight years without showing wear. However the ondaline (sp?) roof does sag, whatever the walls are made of make sure that the roof is well supported or made out of something less bendy than ondaline.