| e champions deserve royal treatment. Someone who | | | | and horse traffic for less inconvenience. In doing barn |
| helps you in your work needs must be treated the | | | | layouts, Hough shares his trick. He suggests minimizing |
| same as well. So why put your horses in barns that | | | | steps or the distance between barn workstations |
| are not liveable? But before moving them from their | | | | literally. This means that water stations, feeding |
| makeshift barns to the most expensive and priciest | | | | stations, and grooming stations must be within reach |
| horse barns you could find, there's a lot of things to | | | | or near each other. He also recommends, confining or |
| consider. Well-structured, well-constructed horse | | | | isolating potentially messy areas like stalls and bathing |
| barns are well-ventilated, light, roomy, comfortable to | | | | areas to reduce dirt in the general barn. Clustering |
| work and stay in. Top horseman and horse barn | | | | stalls is a good option. |
| builder Champ Hough even suggests that horse barns | | | | Horse barns are usually built with 12 ft aisles but |
| should be as homey to your horses as your house | | | | Hough insist that it is better if you give your barn |
| feels like home to you. He shares several tips from | | | | aisles another couple of feet. This will enable |
| over thirty horse barn building experience. | | | | machinery to enter the barn, and will give horses and |
| Hough suggests that before deciding on your plan, an | | | | caretakers ample room to maneuver inside. A wider |
| appropriate site must be first decided. By appropriate, | | | | doorway will also let in more light and improve air |
| it means a site that would give your horse barns the | | | | circulation. Installing screens on windows and sliding |
| much-needed air circulation and proper drainage. This | | | | doors will reduce fly population while installing exhaust |
| would prevent epidemics within your barn. A good | | | | fans would let hot air out to be replaced by cooler |
| site would also provide your barn easy access to | | | | air. Hough suggest the use of pavers and asphalt on |
| utilities, your driveway, or the road. Hough | | | | horse barn floors for better drainage. Plus, these |
| recommends orienting barns with these in mind. For | | | | materials are easier on your horses' legs.In time, you'll |
| aesthetic purposes, keep useful but unsightly | | | | get the benefit of having less vet bills, less upkeep |
| features like the manure bin or can far from roads | | | | and maintenance costs, and an increase in property |
| and your house but near your barn. Delivery docks | | | | value. With proper horse barns, your horses will be |
| and ramps should also be situated in the same | | | | healthier, breed better, and have champion quality |
| manner. He also reminds builders not to mix delivery | | | | offsprings. |