How to Build Horse Stalls
Horse stalls give your horse protection and shelter. It also serves as a barrier between them and other horses which prevents fighting and injuries. Being in a stall will also teach your horse patience if you are planning to make it a show horse. If you are handy, then building your own stalls can save you quite a bit of money.
- Position your corner posts in place. Lay two 4-by-4 corner posts at a distance of 12 feet apart.
- Nail your boards together. You need to make sure that the boards touch each other and have no gaps. Any gaps in the board could injure the legs of the horse.
- Position your walls. Stand your walls up in the location that you wish to have the stalls and then connect them to the beams with 3.5-inch lag screws.
- Construct the front of the stall. Place three 4-inch corner posts on the ground at a distance of 4 feet apart. This will allow room for a window and door for feeding the horse.
- Create your feeding window. Nail five 8-foot long boards to the post on the left and the center of the post. The opening above that will serve as your feeding window for the horse.
- Frame the door for your stall. Using the rest of the 4 foot boards, make your door for the stall. Make your door into two sections and hang the bottom and top sections by screwing hinges on both the door and the posts. Next, connect the slide bolt using screws.