Sheeted door ways

[Headless chicken]

How are other people weather proofing doorways? We need to do something on ours this year. Due to location swinging door are probably out. Sliding could be an option. Has anyone got curtain like Galebreaker types to the floor? How do they stand up to stock? There would be a gate between them but im worried heifers would destroy them.
Any other cheap and cheerful ways of allowing acces but not the weather?

 

[TomB]

Not much point sheeting the doors if you haven’t sheeted the roof?

 

[Beef farmer]

Drops the

 

[Beef farmer]

We often think about closing our sheds in a bit, but often the conclusion is I don't want the cows to go to soft when they will be turfed out maybe next week and have to endure all that mother nature chucks at them for 9 months.
You've already turned your cows out, so would the same not apply?

 

[Headless chicken]

Not much point sheeting the doors if you haven’t sheeted the roof?

thinking it might keep some of the rain off!

 

[Headless chicken]

We often think about closing our sheds in a bit, but often the conclusion is I don't want the cows to go to soft when they will be turfed out maybe next week and have to endure all that mother nature chucks at them for 9 months.
You've already turned your cows out, so would the same not apply?

I would normally agree but the major issue is some of the new shed will be loose housed which needs weather keeping out. The other parts are like a wind tunnel and well quite often loose 50-60ft of wet beds. In fact it seems worse in the roofed bit than unroofed bitfor this.

 

[bigw]

We have sheeted gates on one end of the shed and are pretty useless at keeping the weather out so will be putting doors on.

 

[Beef farmer]

I would normally agree but the major issue is some of the new shed will be loose housed which needs weather keeping out. The other parts are like a wind tunnel and well quite often loose 50-60ft of wet beds. In fact it seems worse in the roofed bit than unroofed bitfor this.

Take the roof off and use the sheets for the doorway then.

 

[Water Wheel]

Made a sliding gate to replace broken sliding door.
Standard gate with Box section ends, drop smaller box section in these, cut these to lenght depending on hight, box section across top to take runners, couple of stips of flat to hang middle of gate from top bar, sheet as much as you want.
Ours isn't sheeted as its in a shelted passage way.

 

[LMPom]

Have got galebreaker on some buildings but won't be having any more. Would rather spend the extra and get roller shutter doors.

 

[jerseycowsman]

Hang old conveyor belting on a hinged metal frame. Have the frame high enough So the cows can walk through the belting underneath it. Cows soon get the hang of it. Sawdust used to get blown off first 20 cubicles, now after putting up the conveyor belt gates it’s only the first 3!

 

[Sandpit Farm]

Galebreaker seems like the obvious choice for high up. Even if you could run two wires from one side to the other and just 'shut the curtain' when the wet weather and wind is blowing like crazy.

If its lower down, is there space to put a bale in there? A bale is a useful stop gap in the doorway of a calf shed when the wind blows in the wrong direction, could it not be used for the cows too?

The trouble is there's a difference between a wind break and a wind stop. Anything solid will cause the wind to rush past it causing drafts and drawing weather in (hence sheeted gates on calf houses need rubber skirts to prevent drafts from rush under them. Best way to slow the weather and limit the wind is either Yorkshire boarding (not space boarding, Yorkshire boarding has boards on both sides), Gale Breaker materials or hedges!

 

[farmer1989]

Have a look on ebay for scaffolding nets alot cheaper than gale breaker

 

[martamarti]

The spring finally came and today while doing the cleaning I thought of changing my interior doors as well
any good suppliers know guys?
sorry for bumping the thread, though

 

[rajuk]

The spring finally came and today while doing the cleaning I thought of changing my interior doors as well
any good suppliers know guys?
sorry for bumping the thread, though

have you tried looking at IKEA?

 

[martamarti]

have you tried looking at IKEA?

Thank you for your advice, but the option with IKEA does not suit me very well, because their products are mass-produced, respectively, and the quality leaves much to be desired. I need doors that meet quality standards. My friend advised me one store that specializes in doors. They have many kinds of doors in their assortment, and they are not that expensive, but they are made well. So I'm thinking about buying a couple of cheap doors from this store.

 

[Grassman247]

Thank you for your advice, but the option with IKEA does not suit me very well, because their products are mass-produced, respectively, and the quality leaves much to be desired. I need doors that meet quality standards. My friend advised me one store that specializes in doors. They have many kinds of doors in their assortment, and they are not that expensive, but they are made well. So I'm thinking about buying a couple of cheap doors from this store.

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