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Post by qse on Mar 11, 2008 7:02:40 GMT -2
Is there a specific down side to wooden stables, especially if you are in a bit of a warmer winter climate?
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Post by tigger on Mar 11, 2008 7:21:00 GMT -2
I have found them to be quite hot if not built in the shade. I prefer the more open type like Saxon has to the enclosed ones, I'd rather rug my horses in winter than have them in airless, muggy stables in summer, we have such long summers.
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Post by saxon on Mar 11, 2008 7:56:33 GMT -2
QSE, maintenance-wise, you need to be careful of rot, particularly at the bottom where the walls would be covered by shavings. Otherwise, they're quite nice, but can become quite hot if not built in the shade.
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Post by Nandi on Mar 11, 2008 8:46:35 GMT -2
they can be kicked to pieces. Our yearling kicked at a chicken and two panels were in pieces. Maintenance to high. We have open wooden stables with shade cloth. Rain and wind proof. they have been in use for 2 years and quite good otherwise.
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Post by Macluke on Mar 13, 2008 9:51:16 GMT -2
Aren't wooden stables illegal?
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Post by qse on Mar 13, 2008 10:08:37 GMT -2
I doubt that, macluke, else Houses4Horses would surely not exist. There are huge yards that use wooden stables. I think the maintenance is just a bit higher than brick stables.
What makes you think they are illegal?
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Post by Macluke on Mar 13, 2008 10:24:02 GMT -2
Ok let me check I'll tell you now
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Post by Macluke on Mar 13, 2008 10:59:18 GMT -2
Ok I will post the laws tomorrow I'm just double checking the laws. And I know this because we're busy doing renovations to our stables and we got told by building inspectors etc you can't have anything wooden! Everything has to be rat proof etc.
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Post by Macluke on Mar 14, 2008 10:44:44 GMT -2
Ok this is what I got told from health inspector, he couldn't remember the law exactly or where I could find the regulation but basically.... There was/is a regulation that stated that you can construct the stables out of a certain type of wood... like for house... but the floor obviously had to be solid cement slab and there had to be a 400mm high brick work above which the wooden walls would then be built. There is controversy because wood isn't a ideally rat proof so this goes against the rat proofing law.
So I suggest you phone your local health inspector to find out what they allow.
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Post by qse on Mar 17, 2008 6:05:19 GMT -2
Very interesting. I will ask the gentleman from houses4horses about it. Fortunately my mom is an architectural technician and she can also check it out for me.
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Post by qse on Mar 17, 2008 6:06:50 GMT -2
Just as an aside, rats can get into brick stables too, quite easily... and does this law affect wooden stable doors as well (which most stables have)?
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Post by featherfoot on Mar 17, 2008 9:12:21 GMT -2
i built my own wooden stables. icovered the bottom with kickplates and since i have a big tb that likes to kick, they havent been broken yet.
i also leave three to four planks out on the top on each side to have the hot air pass through.
one plank open at the bootom for the urine smell to escape.
all my roofs have a long overhang so the sun doesnt come right into the stables.
they arent hot at all.
i made sure the uprights are 150mm/200mm poles. they arent cemented in so that makes them not a permenant fixture and doesnt need building plans.
every 12 planks have a wooden pole 125mm/150mm in to make it even more sturdy.
i hope i explained the plank thing properly.
i have built 6 like these myself and they have been there for years.
you also get a liquid, not sure of the name that i apply once a year. when it rains the water just drips off the wood. excellent stuff so there is no need for cresonite or cabalinium (spelling)
by having some planks not there makes good ventilation and not drafts on the horses.
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Post by Macluke on Mar 17, 2008 9:47:51 GMT -2
I think they allow wooden stable doors but they have to have steel piece on bottom of the door and I think the top too not 100% sure tho
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Post by Rhythm on Mar 17, 2008 13:19:42 GMT -2
Thats weird. When we had the building inspector about a year ago he said that what we had built was perfectlty acceptable. He said that the health inspector would like rat proof materials but that no stable yard goes without the odd rat. We dont have cement floors as we use the deep litter method and our stables are made out of pine poles and pine palets (like the fencing). They do have to be in the shade unless you use the corigated material that seems to be quite new on the market that reflects the sun and keeps the stables cool.
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Post by featherfoot on Mar 18, 2008 8:56:44 GMT -2
just living on a plot without stables have rats.
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Post by qse on Mar 18, 2008 10:23:47 GMT -2
LOL that's true featherfoot, best defense is cats and jack russels...
Have just chatted with houses4horses and they have never encountered the wooden stable law here in Gauteng. Perhaps it is specific to the Cape? Anyways, with the price of wood suddenly climbing thanks to the power issues in our country, it may be cheaper to build brick stables... will let you know what we decide to do.
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Post by aimz on Apr 2, 2008 8:55:09 GMT -2
I think the liquid you are talking about, featherfoot, is probably polyurathane (sp)
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