The recommendation is that the stable height should be between 9 feet and 11 feet with a minimum roof clearance of 3 feet.
Stable door height for horses.
For normal riding horses 11 is the minimum safe height for stall ceilings same as aisles.
Bottom doors are lined with 11mm osb bs5669 moisture resistant board fitted with an anti bite strip and kick over latch.
A pony will need a shorter and narrower standing stall than a larger draft breed which again will need more space.
The lower half of the door should have a height of 0 8 times the height of the horse to its withers on average 1300mm.
There is usually a manger for hay at the front of a standing stall so the width of this should be considered.
An 8 foot tall by 4 foot wide stall doorway opening has been the recommendation for years.
Partition height needs to be at least 7 1 2 feet to prevent horses from getting legs over the wall.
The stables themselves should be at least 3600mm by 3600mm.
Depending on the size of the horse they should be at least 4ft to 5ft 1 5m wide and 8ft 2 4m long.
Sliding doors are also suitable.
A rearing horse can hit his head on a ceiling that is lower than this.
Most horses can kick as high as 7 feet.
Any lower and a horse could reach the wood to chew and a rearing horse could injure his head.
The complete door should have a height of 1 5 times the height of the horse to its withers on average 2500mm.
Doors should be at least 1 2 m wide and 2 4 m high with no protrusions that could injure horses.
The doors should have a width of about 1200mm.
In other words nothing should protrude down below 12 feet.
Stall partition and doors this should be at least 7 5 feet otherwise there is a danger that a horse will get its legs over the wall and the stall doorway should be at least 45 inches wide.
Standing or tie stalls need to be wide enough for a horse to lie down in comfortably.
Intro range bottom doors are 1235mm wide with a height of 1220mm and 62mm thick.
Making life better for your horse.
Miniature horses and small ponies could be safe with 7 ceiling clearance while warmbloods and draft breeds might need ceilings 12 or higher to be safe.
These can be made with or without yoke openings.
Interior stall doors allow for ventilation into the stall but does not allow the horse to leave the stall.
Hinged doors should open outwards and where half doors are used the bottom door should be at least 1 4 m high.
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If you were building the barn from scratch stalls should have a minimum 12 foot clear height.
Latches should be strong and have no protrusions that could injure horses.
For extra large horses warmbloods etc a 14 foot ceiling should provide extra safety.
Although this is not often seen in stables.
