[AT] OT Barn floor question

[charlie hill]

What kind of wood Steve?  Oak I suspect.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Barn floor question


> Want me to take pictures of the stalls in the horse barn next door? All
> 2" rough cut plank floors.
> My FIL had horses and the original owner had horses (and buggies but
> they are gone) The barn has 4 stalls and all are 2" plank.
> The bedding and hay was tossed in and they cleaned them every two days
> (complete cleaning once a week)
> No problems with any of the horses.
> 
> Steve Williams
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Barn floor question
> 
> 
>> 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>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> 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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