Possibly The Ideal Stabling Solution?

The advantages of having your stabling and working areas under one roof of a Canadian Barn are clear. No driving wind and rain inside your looseboxes, a totally safe and secure building when unattended and much quicker, simpler stable management all result. Add inclement winter weather conditions and you begin to see why a CANADIAN BARN is worthy of careful consideration.

SALTIRE STABLES adopt a different approach to other manufacturers in that we utilise a basic shell structure that gives complete flexibility of layout inside. We construct a special roof structure based around a portal frame constructed from quality Scots Pine or Douglas Fir up to 100 x 300 (4 x 12") section. These are laid at spans of 3.0 - 3.6m (10 - 12') and the walls are conventional weatherboarding panels but with framing upgraded to 4 x 2 CLS.

The advantage of this system is that with no internal supports, the roof has a clear span, and internal stalls can be literally any size. This flexibility means the hardest part is to decide on the layout wanted. The building shell is usually 2.4m (8') tall at the eaves and around 3.6m (12') at the ridge. Length typically ranges over 10.8 - 14.4m (36 - 48') and width is 9 - 10.8m (20 - 36'). On each side are stalls or rooms either 3.0 or 3.6m deep (10 - 12') facing a central corridor wide enough to work in. You can also leave areas clear for feed and hay storage or for jump pole stores.

We recognise the importance of good ventilation. Good access doors help, and we provide a full width sliding door to one end and a side hinged access door to the other end (or optionally a sliding door). We then include substantial louvred ventilators in each loosebox wall and the gables. Also included are opening top half doors to each stall area which further assist good air.

Inside, the barn is bright and airy as we use light colour linings, and usually try to incorporate translucent sheets in each bay within the ONDULINE Roofing system. The lack of kingposts or similar elements assist in helping the open atmosphere.

Given a building of this roof expanse, we would certainly recommend adopting the sarking option. This provides many benefits in terms of insulation which also minimises condensation but principally it gives a rigid, sturdy roof spreading out wind and snow loading and substantially extends the Onduline roofing system life. It also gives you the option to specify the BARDOLINE glassfibre roof shingles which give a tiled appearance, are available in a range of colours and have the benefit of being SAA fire rated, the best possible exterior rating.

Externally, we adopt fully pressure treated weatherboarding for a maintenance free life in an environmentally sympathetic green colour, all benefiting from our 15 year guarantee. The theme continues inside but the theme changes from a horizontal to a vertical pattern.

We normally incorporate our PENTLAND range of stalls. These are economic, strong and rugged. They are timber framed to a height of 1.2m (4') and all internal walls incorporate our standard rugged OSB Sterling Board Kicklining with all exposed corners having heavy duty 25mm (1") metal protectors. The upper portions utilise a special fully galvanised steel bar grill with 12mm (1/2") thick bars at 100mm (4") centres. This gives flexibility of grill location so that a full range of stable hardware can be incorporated and a bright open aspect to the boxes.

Bottom stable doors are 1.2m (4') wide, and are complete with all standard hardware - autolok bolts, kicklatches and full ironmongery. Internally you can specify water, automatic drinkers and power/lighting options together with a choice of kicklinings, doors, floor & walling systems.

A Saltire Stables Canadian Barn is definitely worthy of close consideration!