Has anybody built a run-in shed?

In my area you need to have 72 square feet per horse. I can't remember if that is a law or just a recommendation. Some areas are really picky on what type of materials you use also - you might want to check if you need anything (permits) in your area. A friend of mine built one only to find out his township said the siding on the run in had to match the other out buildings - it ended up costing him twice as much to do it all over.

I would also suggest a high opening in the front. A high clearance in the front lets air circulate through better which will help keep things more dry and less smelly.

12 x 24 is a great size, but depending on your materials, and how well you build it - it could easily jump to twice that.

Well, the run ins that are at my place were put up by the people that owned it, so materials were the only cost. It has a 12X24 area for the horses. A wall that goes up about 2 and a half feet from the ground. The other side is a floor that is about a foot and a half below the half wall. Tack, feed bin and hay that they eat goes there. This is also a 12X24 area.

Materials ( lumber is a commodity and prices vary)

9 6X6-15 (15 feet is a guess, the ceiling is about 10 ft high and I don't know how far into the ground the posts go.

36 2X6-24 (used for the half wall, floor and supports for the floor. and trusses)

36 4x8 T-1 11 panelling pieces.

Tin roof and guttering across the part where the horses can go.

Whole thing was stained for weatherproofing.

The part with the floor has a double door - big enough to put a square bale in - this is just cut panel pieces with hinges and a clasp.

total cost for materials is about $2500.

Labor to have someone else do it, probably about $4000

So total would run about $6500 - but prices for lumber and labor vary with location.

EDIT: These were not kits, just so you know. Kits may be cheaper, and come in varying qualities. They may be more expensive and I think you have to put them up yourself, so it depends on your faith in your own building skills.

12 by 24....Hmmmmm You need 6 post 3 12 footers, 3 16 footers, 3 in a row, 12 feet apart= 210.00

500 square feet of cladding.......=wood=275.00 (slated)

. =metal=410.00 (includes roof)

Support strips......1 by 6 rough cut, Oak pref = 160.00

Use your strip supports for roof structure as well, You need 27

And time babe. Then you have it. Could be a 100 off either way or so, depending on where you live and buy your material. Metal right now is gonna be your biggest cost, But buying it instead of wood, will give you a good roofing material as well.

Well thats the size it needs to be for 2 horses. If you have one it only has to be 12x12 so half of that cost. $1000 is about right depending on what you buy. A cheap tin roof is good enough sense it isn't the actual barn. And wooden boreds are better.

A fence is a stupid idea in the first place. The fence they propose building can be compromized in 2 minutes by an illegal with tin snips and wire cutters. What we need is better enforcement of the existing laws, more border guards and electronic monitoring!

I put several up in my pastures because they are quite large and my horses are turned out in the day and then brought in at night. My largest run in shed is about 24x40. Its quite large and my smallest one is about 16X26.

My large shed is like this one http://www.horizonstructures.com/images/single-run...

and my small one is like this http://www.northmountainstructures.com/images/run-...

Im not sure how big mine are - ill have to look at the bill. My husband ordered them. I had four put into my four different paddocks.

ill add soon - im gunna go look at the bill and get back to you

higher an architect?