Colorado horse barns have come a long way, baby! Today, a horse barn includes different types of architectural add-ons to ensure that your animals are safe, healthy and, yes – happy.

Raised Center Aisle

This barn configuration offers several advantages which your horses and their care-takers will appreciate including excellent ventilation, better lighting conditions and a weather-protected area for their care.
Proper ventilation in horse barns Colorado is of utmost importance for your horses and you. John Blackburn or Blackburn Architects, P.C., states, ““To keep both horses and humans healthy, a barn should act as a circulation machine, constantly replacing stale, damp air with fresh, clean air from outside,” (equestrian professional. com) Animals defecate in their stalls and these must be cleaned out. One of the cleansers of choice is ammonia. Inhaling ammonia fumes is detrimental to everybody’s health. With proper ventilation these fumes are expelled away from the stalls and barn ensuring that your animals and their caregivers do not suffer respiratory problems.

Well lit and ventilated horse barns in Colorado make for happier and healthier animals. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Hardt, Flickr.)

Both additional ventilation and lighting are achieved through sliding windows which are installed between the upper and lower roof line. Another option is to have an opening at roof level that runs the entire length of the horse barn.
Lastly, having a raised center aisle in horse barns in Colorado, allows you to mount your horse inside, if the weather outside does not permit such.

Deluxe Dutch Doors

This addition is primarily for aesthetics giving your horse barn in Colorado that European look. The Dutch doors come split in half where the bottom half remains shut while the top is opened in order for your animals to be able to see outside versus being cooped up in their stalls all of the time. It also allows for what in the horse business is jokingly referred to as “gossip time”, where the animals are also able to see each other and socialize, yet still remain in their respective areas.

Additions which owners of Colorado pole barns should consider, when installing Dutch doors are to add a chew guard and a hook on the barn wall and a screw eye on the outside of the door. The former prevents the animal from chewing on the top of the bottom half of the door, thus damaging its teeth as well as the structure. The latter involves safety. Since Dutch doors are actually exterior doors, In case of a fire, this allows another exit for your animals. (horizonstructures.com)

Post frame horse barns in Colorado offer many advantages including savings. (Photo courtesy of rockymountainbarns.com)

Post Frame

Choosing a post frame pole building for horse barns in Colorado is an excellent idea. Some of the advantages include speed of construction which equals financial savings, flexibility in structural design allowing you to employ better finishes for your building, less materials and durability which mean even more financial savings.

Porches

Porches for horse barns in Colorado are not only for aesthetic purposes. They also have functional purposes, also. When coming in from exercising your horse(s), the porch is a great place to wash them down and brush them.
Also, porches serve as a cover for you (or your employees) to take care of any business, should it be raining or snowing outside. It’s also a place to rest and relax and yet still be close to your beloved animals.

Custom Sliding Doors

Custom sliding doors for horse barns Colorado may be placed in different places, according to your needs and budget. They may be placed at the entrance of the barn as a single or double door set-up. If your pole barn is large enough to store equipment, a double sliding door is what you want. This will allow you the extra room required for those larger, wider loads.

Single sliding doors are normally installed in the individual horse stalls. These may come with railings, feeds, and other attachments according to your animal’s needs and your budget.

Walk Doors and Windows

Should your horse barn be a commercial operation, then most likely you will
have an office next to it. Walks doors and windows, in these cases, are essential. The installation of windows is for obvious reasons – ventilation and visibility. The walk doors are for access to the office area independently of the barn area.

Green Horse Barns

Green construction has taken off and Colorado horse barns are no exception. What better way to keep your animals cool in the summer and your utility bill down?

Solar panels installed on the roofs pole barns in Colorado may be used not only for air conditioning purposes (maximum comfort temperature for horses is 65 degrees F) but also for powering lamps and any other specialized type of equipment, such as treadmills if your horses are professional racing thoroughbreds that require regular exercising.

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