Horse Barn Builders in Minnesota

It comes down to the number of stalls and the size of the building, then the finish inside: tack and feed rooms, a wash stall, insulation and liner, and how much of the floor is concrete. An attached riding arena is a large part of the cost on its own. Site work counts too, especially fill on low ground and the length of the water line trench. We look at your plans and your land and quote it for free.

Airflow first, then insulation. Horses and wet bedding put a lot of moisture into the air, and when that warm air hits a cold steel roof it condenses and drips, so the barn needs eave and ridge venting that keeps working with the doors closed. Condensation-control panels or roof insulation stop the drip. Posts set below the frost line keep doors from binding when the ground heaves, and a pad graded away from the barn keeps spring melt out of the stalls.

Usually, yes. On a hobby farm or rural residential lot, most counties and townships want a permit and set minimum distances between animal buildings and wells, lot lines and neighboring homes, and many limit how many horses a parcel of a given size can keep. Shoreland rules apply near lakes and rivers, and larger herds can fall under state feedlot rules. We check the rules for your parcel before we draw the barn.

Yes. We build clear-span arenas with tall sidewalls and no posts in the riding area, either attached to the barn so you never lead a horse through snow, or as a separate building that keeps arena dust out of the stalls. We excavate, compact and grade the base so it drains, spread the riding surface and line the lower walls with wood kick walls.

Yes, but where you put it matters. A loft over the stalls is handy, but it adds dust to the air the horses breathe and puts fuel over their heads, so many owners keep hay in a separate bay walled off from the stalls or in its own shed nearby. Either way it needs a dry floor, airflow and a door your hay wagon or skid steer can reach. We plan the hay storage around how you buy and feed.