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The Saddle-up 'Home'
Renovations - Large
Barn
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As soon as you start accumulating
horses, the age-old problem arises. Not enough stabling!
So my eyes turned to the 'big barn'! Not ideal for the purposes,
having been built on two levels to suit a sloping site - but needs
must!
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This pic shows the difference in level - the lower
section of the barn is just 15' wide and the upper section is about 19
feet wide. The length is 60 ft. Even the two sections were
'divided' by a concrete ridge in the floor.
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Looking down the lower section a week
after starting work. A large 15'x15' box is under construction, and the
ridge in the centre of the floor has been dug out and smoothed over
with new concrete.
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For the upper section, we decided on 4 x 12'x 12'
boxes using internal partitions supplied by West of England
Stabling. This small family firm got the business because the
specification of the boxes was very robust, the price was very
competitive AND they could deliver quickly!
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Being on a budget, I selected the unpainted option and spent two weeks
painting the 'bits': with hindsight, it might have been better to get
them already painted as it took a LOT of time. I was not quite
finished when the builders arrived to start erecting them.
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The front partitions came with the steelwork ready made up with
just the very thick (and heavy!) hardwood panels to be fitted.
The sides and backs came as separate components made up of steel
channel and the hardwood panels - a heavy job, but they quickly took
shape.
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The boxes in the top section have
their backs to the middle of the barn (and to the lower boxes.)
This arrangement was partly dictated by the change in floor levels -
and also to provide extra shelter. We hope that full cladding of
the short wall will not be necessary - ensuring the stables stay cool
and well ventilated in summer.
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See the completed stables here.
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