[AT] OT Barn floor question

[Mark Greer]

You will not want a horse on a plywood floor-concrete under it or not. The
urine will delaminate the floor in short order. I have never seen a horse
stall that wasn't dirt/clay/crushed limestone with bedding material on top.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew" <matthewx at dogod.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Barn floor question


> A few points...
>
> First, I use the term Amish barn loosly.  I would call the sheds  they
> sell at Lowes or Home Depot Amish sheds.  There are so many Amish builders
> around here the term has become generic.  AS it happens the folks building
> my barn are Amish, but the reason I went with them was they charge a lot
less.
>
> The folks building mine will do on-site building but that is much more
> expensive.  They have quite the setup going, and I had a 15 week leed
> time on the barn I got, built at their shop.
>
> They say they they drop a lot of these on lawns with no problems, I have
> concerns that an 1100 pound horse may go through the plywood floor.
> I thought filling between the joists with cement would fix that.  If
> my math is near right I would need about 1 cubic yard.
>
> --Matthew
>
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