How to Build a Single Horse Stall

Owning horses doesn't require a large barn with rows of stalls. One horse can be safely kept in a single horse stall. A single horse stall has much less maintenance than a large horse barn and can be inexpensive to build. Two horses may be able to share a single horse stall, if the stall is built wide enough and they are not closed in together.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lumber
• Hammer
• Nails
• Tin or wood siding
• Plywood
• Measuring tape
• Level
• Post hole diggers
• 1 bag of cement
• bucket of water

1. Find a flat, high area of pasture for the single horse stall. Make sure the area doesn't flood, so water doesn't sit inside the stall, creating a mud-hole.

2. Measure for the stall using a measuring tape. A single horse stall should be at least 12 feet x 12 feet in size.

3. Dig four holes in each corner for the corner posts. Set the corner posts in the ground and fill the area around them with cement and water. Allow the cement to dry overnight before continuing with building the stall.

4. Build a frame around the top of the four corner posts by nailing a board from each corner post to the other, making a square.

5. Nail four boards, three feet apart and parallel with the front of the stall, between the two boards on each side of the top frame. Nail tin across these boards to make the roof of the stall.

6. Put up the frame for a wide doorway for the gate of the stall. Put up additional brace boards around the other sides of the stall.

7. Place the wood siding or plywood around the sides of the stall and nail them to the brace boards. This will close in the stall except for the gate, which can be left off or added later.

Tips & Warnings

• Always pick up dropped nails from around the horse stall. The horse may step on a nail and get hurt.
• Never leave nails sticking out in or around the horse stall. This may catch on the horse and cause a gash.