what to use for barn floor

rick165 · Oct 1, 2011

gonna have a pole barn built in a couple weeks for the wifes hay burners it will have 4 12x12 stalls down one side the side will be for some hay.should i just leave it dirt floor or put down some screenings or something slong that line.RICK

2cylpartsinfo · Oct 1, 2011

I'm not an expert but the horse barns I have visited use sawdust in the stalls.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 1, 2011

Lots of people up here use poplar planking for their barn floors.

Mike (WA) · Oct 1, 2011

We've got rubber stall mats over compacted gravel. Works fine, cleanup is easy. We don't bed them at all.

VicS · Oct 2, 2011

I have 3 gate stalls on one side of my small barn, they are 10X12. the barn is just 24X30 with the East side open. I use Lime rock chips 5/8 size (same size they use as blotter for oil roads). Put a couple buckets from a small JD in each stall. When it gets nasty I clean it out with the JD and put more rock back. keeps the barn clean and dry. Also they track rock out and it is not muddy getting into and out of the barn. I have did this for 20 yrs and you can walk out there in the winter in your shoes. Also I rocked the pad before they built it, about 6 to 8 in deep. Vic

showcrop · Oct 2, 2011

Well I read your post as asking what to put down on the side where you will store hay. The most important thing is to have it a little high for drainage. I assume that you will put down pallets for the hay to sit on, that's what everyone does around here, so you are asking about under the pallets. I would suggest about 3 inches of 3/4 stone. It will keep moisture from getting to the pallets, and thus the hay.

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