Most horses can kick as high as 7 feet.
Horse barn door height.
In other words nothing should protrude down below 12 feet.
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.
13 6 is the legal height for highway overpasses so a semi can fit inside a 14 door.
Consider these door widths for everyday uses.
Although this is not often seen in stables.
The average truck or pickup can fit inside an 8 door.
The standard opening for end doors is twelve to fourteen feet wide usually split between two doors.
A rearing horse can hit his head on a ceiling that is lower than this.
If you were building the barn from scratch stalls should have a minimum 12 foot clear height.
This offers plenty of room for two horses and handlers to pass by one another safely.
Most barn door sizes fall anywhere between 36 wide on the shorter side by 96 tall on the longer side.
End doors are the large doors usually located on either end of the barn that open onto the barn s center aisle.
Most stall doors either swing or slide open and closed.
It should be big enough for the horse and handler to safely enter and exit.
Entry doors are for people and can be located wherever you need access to the barn.
For passenger cards go for at least 9 wide.
Another important structural design is the doorway to the stall.
An 8 tall and 4 wide door is ideal with 7 3 5 being the minimum recommended size.