building a barn

JennR2005 · 02-14-2005, 07:03 AM

I don't know what type of wood to use as I build a barn . I read that some horses have bad reactions to certain types. What type of wood do I avoid and what wood should I use?
-Jenni

stablebum · 02-14-2005, 07:19 AM

If you are talking about stalls, We have 2" rough oak in our stalls. the horses can kick it and it doesn't move! Just make sure that when you're building the stalls, make sure it's wet because once it dries, you'll never get a nail through it!

EquineAlberta · 02-14-2005, 12:34 PM

Black Oak is the only one I have heard of as being a bad one to use with horses (can be toxic if they eat it). And some pressure treated wood can have arsenic in it, so you do not want to use it were kids will be in contact with it (it will leach through the skin).

ToveroMom · 02-14-2005, 12:56 PM

Good news-they have changed the formula and pressure treated wood no longer has arsenic[generally..ask your lumber guy,some companies are slow to get with the program but it is available]

EquineAlberta · 02-14-2005, 12:57 PM

Interesting...I wonder if that is true up here too? I will have to find out!

Kinsey · 02-14-2005, 01:12 PM

Our barn is a pole barn with rough cut oak. It works like a charm. ^^ you can buy it for really cheap for a lining then put in treated for the outsides. We did layers. One was rough cut, then a few treated, and so on. I would suggest putting a little venting on the wall of the stalls (if they're facing outwards like ours.). Maybe half a foot-9 inches. It works really nice.

JennR2005 · 02-14-2005, 03:31 PM

thanks for the ideas

ToveroMom · 02-14-2005, 04:43 PM

DOH I forgot EA-please let me know what you find
BTW I am a 1/2 canuck mutt bred
Mom was a French Canadian Jewess and Daddy was a redneck from Texas..I was confused a lot as a child

EquineAlberta · 02-14-2005, 05:37 PM

They can still use arsenic on stuff that is meant for farm use, but not for residential use.

Some old treated lumber may still be on the market though, so you need to ask to be sure it is arsenic free!

TXCowGrl82 · 02-15-2005, 02:22 PM

Toveromom, my grandfather was from Canada who married a Jershey girl!

02-14-2005, 07:03 AM
JennR2005 Newborn Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 35	building a barn I don't know what type of wood to use as I build a barn . I read that some horses have bad reactions to certain types. What type of wood do I avoid and what wood should I use? -Jenni

02-14-2005, 07:19 AM
stablebum Halter broke Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 79	If you are talking about stalls, We have 2" rough oak in our stalls. the horses can kick it and it doesn't move! Just make sure that when you're building the stalls, make sure it's wet because once it dries, you'll never get a nail through it!

02-14-2005, 12:34 PM
EquineAlberta Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,417	Black Oak is the only one I have heard of as being a bad one to use with horses (can be toxic if they eat it). And some pressure treated wood can have arsenic in it, so you do not want to use it were kids will be in contact with it (it will leach through the skin).

02-14-2005, 12:56 PM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 17,059	Good news-they have changed the formula and pressure treated wood no longer has arsenic[generally..ask your lumber guy,some companies are slow to get with the program but it is available] __________________

02-14-2005, 12:57 PM
EquineAlberta Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,417	Interesting...I wonder if that is true up here too? I will have to find out!

02-14-2005, 01:12 PM
Kinsey Halter broke Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Carolina! Posts: 86	Our barn is a pole barn with rough cut oak. It works like a charm. ^^ you can buy it for really cheap for a lining then put in treated for the outsides. We did layers. One was rough cut, then a few treated, and so on. I would suggest putting a little venting on the wall of the stalls (if they're facing outwards like ours.). Maybe half a foot-9 inches. It works really nice.

02-14-2005, 03:31 PM
JennR2005 Newborn Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 35	thanks for the ideas

02-14-2005, 04:43 PM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 17,059	DOH I forgot EA-please let me know what you find BTW I am a 1/2 canuck mutt bred Mom was a French Canadian Jewess and Daddy was a redneck from Texas..I was confused a lot as a child __________________

02-14-2005, 05:37 PM
EquineAlberta Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,417	They can still use arsenic on stuff that is meant for farm use, but not for residential use. Some old treated lumber may still be on the market though, so you need to ask to be sure it is arsenic free!

02-15-2005, 02:22 PM
TXCowGrl82 Greenbroke Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Huntsville, Texas Posts: 3,242	Toveromom, my grandfather was from Canada who married a Jershey girl!