Barn Flooring

Doc-t August 6, 2015
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Most floors of barns are either dirt or a simple concrete slab.  Some barns have more elegant floors or built-in features to help you and your horse.  This gallery has them all. 

From personal experience, wood floors offer a pleasant and unique hoof fall sound, especially when there is another space below it.  It sounds like something from the past.  However, the wood planks become polished over time and slippery, especially when wet.

Standing and working for an extended period on the new hard foam floors is very comfortable.  It must also be comfortable for the horses.  Workers say that cleaning these stall floors is very easy.

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This stall floor is made of 2×6’s on end. It is hard to see here, but 1) there is a central 4 inch section of wood running perpendicular to the 2×6’s across the stall dividing the floor into 2 sections and 2) the top edge of the boards have become worn with soft edges. The bedding looks dirty but there was no urine odor detected. I like wood flooring because it is soft yet firm for the horse to stand on, but I dislike how slippery they are and how urine gets trapped below the boards. This arrangement seems to be a solution to both of these problems.
This stall floor is made of 2×6’s on end. At the stall door you can see the spacers made of 2×6’s on end for about 6 inches. The gap is filled with bedding material. I was unable to determine if there was stone dust between the boards with only a top layer of bedding or if there was some other strategy.
Honeycomb flooring is laid flat on top of a stone dust base and filled with stone dust. This owner hates this flooring because the stone dust is replaced with bedding that can’t be removed without picking out each hole. This leaves uring soaked bedding. Her solution is to cover the honeycomb with rubber mats.
A brick aisle-way in a barn.
Asphalt flooring with a continuous level between the stall and the aisle.
This farm uses asphalt for a stall floor which is actually a perfect stall floor because of good hoof traction, it is softer than you think when covered with deep straw, and very easy to clean. Cleaning it thoroughly every day is essential in it working well as a stall floor.
This solid rubberized fabric covers the entire floor of the stall making cleaning easy while not allowing waste to penetrate the ground below. The edges can become worn and fray.
This solid rubberized fabric covers the entire floor of the stall making cleaning easy while not allowing waste to penetrate the ground below.
This solid rubberized fabric covers the entire floor of the stall making cleaning easy while not allowing waste to penetrate the ground below.
This solid rubberized fabric covers the entire floor of the stall making cleaning easy while not allowing waste to penetrate the ground below.
A cross section of the rubber flooring showing the thickness.
Stall floor is sealed in a rubber flooring material.
Rubber mats cover the stall floor and are interlocking
Rubber mats cover the stall floor. This is an unused stall where the urine salts and lime have crusted the rubber mat flooring.
The flooring throughout the barn – A famous barn in CT that was built in the 1940’s by the same archetect used in the building of Grand Central Station in NYC.
Wooden stall floor
Rubber tiles laid into a cement frame
Rubber mats on top of hand laid bricks.
Rubber mats are poured and glued in a frame of textured stone designed cement.
Rubber mats are laid in a cement frame.
The center of the barn. Stall interior with rubber brick flooring
Stall interior with rubber brick flooring
Stall interior with rubber brick flooring
Stall interior with stone flooring
Metal trim in a brand new barn and poured concrete and inlaid rubber stall mats.
Metal trim in a brand new barn and poured concrete and inlaid rubber stall mats.
Hand laid brick in a grooming area. Note the worn areas where the horses and people have stood over the years.
A wood floor in a herringbone pattern. These floors can become very slippery.
A wood floor in a herringbone pattern. These floors can become very slippery.
Hand laid brick in a herringbone pattern.
Inlaid brick provides texture and a less slippery surface.
A rare wooden floor underneath shavings. Urine can soak under these boards causing them to rot and smell. They are also very slippery especially when dry and polished from wear.
Flooring
Rubber floor mats are locked together with tabs and are set within the concrete edged to prevent moving.
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