Building a ménage or riding arena

focussed

Member
Any top tips?

Basically it's a old tennis court that I am going to convert into a "cattle and sheep handling area" but have decided to build it to ménage spec....

Drainage will be by soakaway.
 

chaffcutter

Moderator
Arable Farmer
Location
S. Staffs
Agree with above about drainage, ours has a full length drain every six feet. On the other hand if it's a sand school you need to be able to water it when it dries out too much in the summer so lay some water on.
 

rob1

Member
Location
wiltshire
Arena flex is the stuff we have laid very nice but dear. Key to a menage is drainage cock it up and your regret it forever.
Built several in very wet areas by using rubble to create deep soak aways, never had any ponding on any of them, get laughed at by "professional" menage constructors but it works and my prices were much cheaper, one person had an almost free one after the tipping fees, not sure how the new regs would affect that now tho
 

RhysT

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Swansea
Rubber is out of fashion nowerdays. You want to use shredded carpet fibre, that's what the best surface suppliers sell. Big variation in price though. Contact me for a quote. Based South Wales. Nationwide delivery.
 

Hesston4860s

Member
Location
Nr Lincoln
Rubber is out of fashion nowerdays. You want to use shredded carpet fibre, that's what the best surface suppliers sell. Big variation in price though. Contact me for a quote. Based South Wales. Nationwide delivery.

Yeah I redid one last year that was rubber but when it was all put back they had fibres and harrowed them into the sand !.
Rubber makes the horses feet black or summut and the horsey girls don't like that !.
 

chaffcutter

Moderator
Arable Farmer
Location
S. Staffs
We have tried using rubber, and als wood chip, but have stuck with silica sand, but make sure it's the right stuff as ordinary grades of sand don't work.
 
An idea of the size of rubber chip we used .
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