Creating my horse barn

[EddieWalker]

I went with James Hardie lap siding for the exterior and trim.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

The interior walls of each stall are 3/4 inch plywood


Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Yesterday I sprayed primer and paint on the inside of the stalls. A friend told me that horses will pee on the walls and I needed to protect them. I didn't know this, or even think about it, so I caulked all the seams first, then painted them to help protect them from soaking up the pee.

It's raining today, so I can't finish painting the trim. Once that's done I can put on the edge flashing for the roof and the gutters.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

The fence has been done for awhile, but it's not perfectly flat. Some holes are deeper then others and from a distance looks pretty bad. It's a simple matter of pulling the posts up and filling the inside of the post with a couple scoops of readi mix concrete from a coffee can and some water. Once it cures, the post is locked into that height. Karen's son Chad came over with a friend and spent the day doing this for us while I was working on siding.

Eddie

 

[Trillium Farm]

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The interior walls of each stall are 3/4 inch plywood

A horse with shoes will kick through the plywood. I've always used at least 2" full to 2.1/2" oak boards. You could still line it with oak boards over plywood

 

[Trillium Farm]

Yesterday I sprayed primer and paint on the inside of the stalls. A friend told me that horses will pee on the walls and I needed to protect them. I didn't know this, or even think about it, so I caulked all the seams first, then painted them to help protect them from soaking up the pee.
It's raining today, so I can't finish painting the trim. Once that's done I can put on the edge flashing for the roof and the gutters.
Eddie

Eddie horse don't pee on the walls. you may have some splash if there is no bedding, but with straw or shavings no splashing at all. You should consider instead if the paint could be toxic to horses

 

[EddieWalker]

I used exterior grade latex paint, so that should be safe if anything eats it.

After I was told about horses peeing on the walls of the stalls, I did some searching online and there are quite a few products out there to deal with it. I'm assuming it's the female horses who do this. And I'm also guessing that it's just some of them. My thought is to be safe then have to deal with it after it happens. Sealing the wood and putting some paint on it wasn't very hard or time consuming.

Eddie

 

[DT86]

Eddie, 2,000v isn't bad at all, you could grab it bare handed and hold it. I freak out it mine drops below 6.5-7k.

 

[ultrarunner]

Around here most use either full 2x material or concrete knee walls in the commercial barns about 4 to 5' tall...

 

[ustmd]

We have the 3/4 plywood on out four stalls. Over the last 13 years, my has had 3-4 mares and so far we have not had an issue with the plywood rotting out.