What do I need to build a stall for my horse?

horsegal08: What do I need to build a stall for my horse?
I am making a pole-barn into a horse and cow barn. Right now it only has the metal on the roof and the exterior and dirt on the floor inside. What materials do I need to build some horse stalls, approximately 4? Is it recommended to cement the floor, or should I keep it just dirt? I want to make the each stall about 10×11(so there is enough room for the horse to move around). If you think it is cheaper to just buy the stalls premade and I put together my self with my family, where can I get these premade stalls at? Also, where can I get the cheapest, yet most quality horse supplies? Thanks. Please don’t reply if your just going to say something like” you should know what and where you get your horse supplies” because that doesn’t answer my question and that’s what answers website are for, to get ANSWERS!

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Answer by mks 7-15-02
With A Hammer And Nails

Answer by Lauren
wood
nails

check out
lowe’s
or
home depot

Answer by pammie
It’s not good for horses to be standing very long on cement, unless heavily covered w/shavings.

Answer by hlhorsenaround
Well, we have premade stall kits. The kit includes the door frame and the framing for the wood. Still needed to go and buy the wood for each stall.
As to finding kits, I would look in the back of horse magazines. There are usually a lot of different companies. Classic ewuine is what I used. www.classic-equine.com
As to concrete. Well, we didn’t concrete. It’s time consuming, and more money than we had, BUT it does cut down on dirt, and is easy to clean. Stalls can have concrete so long as there are mats and plenty of bedding, shavings, or straw, or both. Concrete can also be slippery for the horses with shoes. Again, might just want to go with dirt.
We have 11×11 stalls, and they have plenty of room so long as they’re not draft horses.
Well, I hope that helps. You can e-mail me if you wish if you have more questions.

Answer by Lotus
I would suggest a type of wood that does not peel easily and prevents cribbing, you will obviously need nails. Cement is fine, as long as you lay rubber mats or some kind of flooring on top. For really cheap horse supplies, go to horse.com, here: You are certainly welcome! If you want other links I would be happy to email them to you contact me at [email protected]

Answer by nokhada5
Its more expensive to buy the stalls premade. Rural King sells them. I don’t remember if Tractor Supply store sells them. RK is usually cheaper than TS.

I made my own, you can buy the lumber at the lumber mill cheap, get the rough cuts. Then all you need is something to cut the wood neatly with, measuring tape and hammer and nails. I put my 30 ft round pen in for $ 130.00 using posts from RK and boards from the lumber mill. RP Lumber told me it would cost $ 800.00 to buy my stuff from them. (they’re high anyway)

As for the floor: if you use concrete you have to put mats down under your bedding. If you use mats, then you’ll be ok. Plain old dirt floor is ok too. I’ve only have dirt floor and homemade box stalls.

Maintenance and repair: It is easy to repair a stall you made yourself. pick up board and nails and hammer it back in. It a board is broken on the premade stalls, it could be difficult to replace. But it is harder to break those boards, I believe.

Hope that helps.

Answer by angel
what u should do is leave with dirt in the stall and just build the rest of the barn around it because if u do put cement in u will most likely hurt the hoofs of the horse and i would also build the stalls in yourselves. you would also need to get wood long enough for the horse barn also a gate for a wooden door to keep the horses in at night but u should at least make a whole in the door where u can get these is at a horse place they would be the cheapest to get it from

Answer by Cowgirl
We kept ours dirt floor you could put cement floors in but it would be more priceyer, and if don’t kept shoes on your horses it would be better to kept dirt floors.

Answer by nontatertot
A quick, fairly inexpensive way to make stalls is to go to your local farm store and by 10 and 12 foot panels. To make a 10 by 12 stall, you will need to set 4 square posts in the ground (I used railroad ties so the horses wouldn’t eat them) with concrete at the base of the post (2 posts if your barn walls have uprights that will support a panel hanging on them), then install eye screws into the posts at the levels of the panel attachments. Put the panel between the posts and bolt to the eye screws. This works well for me when I need to expand a stall for foaling, yet can “shrink it” back to original size, as you unbolt the panel and take it out. You will need 2 12′ panels (or 10′ if 12″ is too long…haven’t seen an 11′ panel yet) and a 10′ panel to use as an access gate. (cut the attachment hooks off one end and it turns into a great gate…can buy a wheel support for the end that will swing in and out to support gate). I’d leave the floor dirt, myself, and bed it with bedding pellets, covered by shavings. Easy to clean and can use a tractor without messing up that pretty cement. It also ends need for rubber mats, though I would suggest 1 in the stall where you will feed hay if you are not using a hanging feeder. This will help reduce possibility of colic. You may also consider using a 1-2″ layer of sand per stall, under the bedding pellets and shavings, to help absorb moisture from urine, keeping bedding drier and odors down.