Your horses’ stable needs to be strong, well-ventilated, and built for efficiency, protecting your livestock and making it easy for you to take care of your horses each day.
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It is now fast, easy and economical to build a horse stable. Metal building companies such as Morton Buildings offer steel building kits, making it a simple matter to customize and install a metal horse barn.
Why Choose a Steel Horse Stable?
- Strength: A horse stable that is made out of steel offers superior strength compared to other softer materials, like wood. An unruly horse is a lot less likely to damage a steel horse barn than one that is made out of wood.
- Weather-resistance: A steel horse barn is less likely than a wood stable to be damaged by high winds, heavy rain, hail, sleet, snow, falling branches, etc. So, even if you live in an area that is subject to harsh weather conditions, you can count on a metal horse stable to remain in excellent shape.
- Non-combustible: If wood catches fire, it can combust. But this is not the case with steel. So, you do not need to worry as much about the danger of lightning strikes or other fires. Of course, you still would need to get your horses out of the barn if the metal heats up. But at least the structure itself may survive the fire.
- Pest-proof: If you have ever had an infestation of termites or other pests do damage to a wooden stable, you know what a disaster it can be. Repairing the damage can be expensive, and in some cases, the entire structure may end up needing to be replaced. These pests do not eat steel, however, so you do not have to worry about them infesting and destroying a metal horse stable.
- Fast and easy to build: When you buy a horse barn kit from a metal building company, you receive prefab components that can be assembled rapidly on-site with minimal equipment and personnel. As a result, you save quite a bit of time and money compared to what you would have spent on a traditional stick-built structure.
- Quality: Prefabricating metal building components in a construction facility allows for superior quality control compared to constructing everything at the building site outdoors. The result is a horse barn that features more consistency and precision in every component, reducing the chances of structural weaknesses or leaks.
- Easy to maintain: Wood buildings typically require routine maintenance on a regular basis. Every few years, you may find yourself patching leaks and repairing damage. You may also periodically need to treat the wood against the elements. But a metal building is not likely to endure the sort of damage that necessitates this kind of ongoing maintenance and repair work. As a result, you will spend less time and money taking care of your stable, giving you more time with your horses.
- Long-lasting: Because of all of the advantages we just discussed, metal buildings generally outlast their wood counterparts. Decades from now, you should still be able to use your metal horse stable. If you end up selling the property, the superior longevity of your stable may also give your property value a boost.
- Customizable: Metal buildings are easy to customize. Along with being able to choose from a range of features, you can also pick a finish that will complement the other buildings on your property.
Types of Steel Horse Stables
Metal horse stables can come in a variety of configurations. Here are some popular types of layouts:
- Shed row style barn: If you need to build a horse barn in a hot climate, the shed row style is a great option since it offers fantastic ventilation.
- Center aisle stall barn: This design offers sufficient airflow, as well as a layout that has been tailored for maximum efficiency as you go about your horse care routines.
- H-style stall barn: Those with large commercial operations should consider an H-style stall barn since it packs plenty of usable square footage into the floor plan. Like the other style above, it is well-ventilated.
Common Sizes of Horse Stables
Metal horse stables come in a wide range of sizes. At the lower end, you can find layouts that are less than 2,500 square feet. At the upper end, you can find floor plans that are more than 7,500 square feet. Many horse stables fall into the 2,500 to 7,500 square foot range as well.
When determining the ideal size for your own metal horse stable, here are some questions to ask yourself:
- How many stalls do you need?
- What size does each stall need to be?
- How much room do you need in the center of the barn?
- How much space do you need to store equipment and supplies?
If you require four stalls, you could get away with a horse stable that measures 36’ x 48’. If you need to put in twice as many stalls, you would need a stable that is twice that size, and so forth.
During your consultation, you can tell the metal building company exactly how many stalls you need, and more about the equipment and supplies you are storing. They can offer you recommendations for the correct size of horse barn.
What Features Can You Customize in a Metal Horse Stable?
The exact customization options allowed for a horse stable depend on the metal building company you work with. But here are some common features you can customize:
- Doors and windows (including hydraulic doors)
- Porch
- Cupola
- Dormers
- Roof style and materials
- Accents (wood, brick or stone)
- Insulation
- Ventilation
What Does a Horse Stable Cost?
How much it costs to build a metal horse barn depends on a number of factors, including:
- The square footage of the barn
- How many stalls it contains
- Optional features
- Layout
- Material costs at the time you purchase the building
- Construction costs
- Shipping and delivery costs
Still, you are probably looking for an actual number here. As an example, the cost for a metal horse barn measuring 36’ x 48’ could come out to around $140,000-$150,000. But that is based on just one company’s estimate for a building with a particular set of features and options. So, you will see plenty of variance above and below that range, even for a structure the same size.
One more thing that is useful to know is that although a larger horse stable will cost more than a smaller horse stable overall, the cost per square foot for a larger stable is usually lower than the cost per square foot for a smaller stable.
So, larger stables may be more expensive, but they are also more cost-effective in a way, since you are building to a higher scale.
Where Can You Get a Metal Horse Stable?
Our top recommended metal building company for horse stables is Morton Buildings. This is one of the oldest metal building companies around, with a history dating all the way back to 1903. Many of Morton’s earliest projects were agricultural, so barns for horses and other livestock are well within their wheelhouse, and have been for over a century.
Morton is 100% owned by its employees, and has more than 100 construction centers plus seven manufacturing facilities. That means that no matter where you are located, you should be able to get one of their horse stables quickly and affordably shipped to your site.
There are more than 160 equestrian projects you can view in Morton Buildings’ portfolio, covering a wide range of sizes, styles and customization options. You can order a horse stable based on any of these existing layouts or projects, or work with the company’s design team to create one from the ground up. For their reputation, reliability, customizability, affordability and service, Morton is hard to beat.
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