Horse Barn Door Height

Stall door manufacturers typically supply a doorway opening of slightly over 7 feet with a 42 to 45 inch width.

Horse barn door height.

Many rvs or campers require a minimum of 12 clearance to get inside a door. Another important structural design is the doorway to the stall. Although this is not often seen in stables. A rearing horse can hit his head on a ceiling that is lower than this.

This offers plenty of room for two horses and handlers to pass by one another safely. The average truck or pickup can fit inside an 8 door. Most horses can kick as high as 7 feet. In other words nothing should protrude down below 12 feet.

An 8 foot tall by 4 foot wide stall doorway opening has been the recommendation for years. Entry doors are for people and can be located wherever you need access to the barn. The standard opening for end doors is twelve to fourteen feet wide usually split between two doors. An 8 tall and 4 wide door is ideal with 7 3 5 being the minimum recommended size.

13 6 is the legal height for highway overpasses so a semi can fit inside a 14 door. It should be big enough for the horse and handler to safely enter and exit. If you were building the barn from scratch stalls should have a minimum 12 foot clear height. Most stall doors either swing or slide open and closed.

Most barn door sizes fall anywhere between 36 wide on the shorter side by 96 tall on the longer side. Generally most standard barn doors are approximately 36 x 84 or 42 x 80 with enough extra lip to overlap most standard door frames 36 x 80 by an inch or so.