Horse Barn Door Height

Consider these door widths for everyday uses.

Horse barn door height.

Most stall doors either swing or slide open and closed. Many rvs or campers require a minimum of 12 clearance to get inside a door. Entry doors are for people and can be located wherever you need access to the barn. This offers plenty of room for two horses and handlers to pass by one another safely.

Stall door manufacturers typically supply a doorway opening of slightly over 7 feet with a 42 to 45 inch width. End doors are the large doors usually located on either end of the barn that open onto the barn s center aisle. Most horses can kick as high as 7 feet. An 8 tall and 4 wide door is ideal with 7 3 5 being the minimum recommended size.

If you were building the barn from scratch stalls should have a minimum 12 foot clear height. The standard opening for end doors is twelve to fourteen feet wide usually split between two doors. 13 6 is the legal height for highway overpasses so a semi can fit inside a 14 door. Most barn door sizes fall anywhere between 36 wide on the shorter side by 96 tall on the longer side.

A rearing horse can hit his head on a ceiling that is lower than this. Although this is not often seen in stables. 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. For passenger cards go for at least 9 wide.

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.