Cubicle shed conversion

[farmer pickles]

I have a v roofed cubicle shed that's coming to the end of its useful life. I have a replaced the valley gutter in the roof a number of times but it's a job to keep it from leaking.
It was built in the 70s for milking cows with the cows walking out to slats to eat.
I was thinking of putting a lean to roof over it but I'm keen for any ideas for how I could get more use from it.

 

[dinderleat]

Can you put a small apex instead of a lean to that would be better air flow

 

[pine_guy]

Can you put a small apex instead of a lean to that would be better air flow

Yes, with vented ridge

 

[farmer pickles]

Can you put a small apex instead of a lean to that would be better air flow

The main reason for the lean to would be to keep the job as simple as possible. I'm thinking of knocking it and putting down a slatted tank instead of the cubicles. I'm not rightly sure yet so I'm open to ideas.

 

[dinderleat]

The main reason for the lean to would be to keep the job as simple as possible. I'm thinking of knocking it and putting down a slatted tank instead of the cubicles. I'm not rightly sure yet so I'm open to ideas.
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build the shed around the cow Not put the cow in the shed if that makes sense

 

[dinderleat]

Yes, with vented ridge

Just made my own vented light ridge got a fabricator to bend some galvanised sheet with some cut up sky lights will get some picks when finished should give me 300mm by 18m worth of outlet

 

[farmer pickles]

It's all beef cattle here now so the cubicles are sort of obsolete.

 

[dinderleat]

We’ve beef cattle in cubicles on mats they are clean as a whistle. I much prefer them to a fully slatted shed, 2 bales a week does 70 cattle

 

[dinderleat]

It's all beef cattle here now so the cubicles are sort of obsolete.

 

[puppet]

What do you want to do with the shed apart from sorting the roof? Sounds like you still have cattle. As above, all our beef cows are in cubicles scraped to a slatted pit so that would be your cheapest option. Ours are on mats with no straw or sawdust and pretty clean.
Once you put slats in you have limited the future use of the shed.
Looks like you have plenty height at far side for a lean-to but we found standard apex shed was cheaper and better ventilation

 

[jendan]

I have a v roofed cubicle shed that's coming to the end of its useful life. I have a replaced the valley gutter in the roof a number of times but it's a job to keep it from leaking.
It was built in the 70s for milking cows with the cows walking out to slats to eat.
I was thinking of putting a lean to roof over it but I'm keen for any ideas for how I could get more use from it.

Dont know much about your sheds,but you have some great Friesian steers there!

 

[jendan]

Great picture that!

 

[dinderleat]

Great picture that!

That shed has another row on the right with the feed trough in the middle that was full up aswell but couldn’t get all in one picture

 

[farmer pickles]

What do you want to do with the shed apart from sorting the roof? Sounds like you still have cattle. As above, all our beef cows are in cubicles scraped to a slatted pit so that would be your cheapest option. Ours are on mats with no straw or sawdust and pretty clean.
Once you put slats in you have limited the future use of the shed.
Looks like you have plenty height at far side for a lean-to but we found standard apex shed was cheaper and better ventilation

Yes there's cattle in the shed atm. The slurry is already been scraped into a slatted tank at the front of the shed. Looking at @dinderleat picture above extra feeding space would be a bonus as currently the cattle are walking out on slats to eat so that limits how many that I can carry on the cubicles iywim.
I have two slatted units in the yard already and with rubber on the slats I reckon that the cattle are as comfortable as the cattle on the cubicles.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Yes, with vented ridge

Get the ridge in the right place and just don’t have a ridge at all!

 

[pine_guy]

Get the ridge in the right place and just don’t have a ridge at all!

I inherited my main cubicle shed, ridge is directly over a head tk head run of cubicles

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I inherited my main cubicle shed, ridge is directly over a head tk head run of cubicles

Bugger!!!