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