Dirt floors are the ideal option when it comes to livestock barns.
Covering dirt floor barn.
Lay the sheets in rows across the dirt floor.
A big con is that you have a big cleanout ahead of you in the spring and you will have to dig out and replace some of the dirt after the cleanout.
Flooring needs to have good traction so that horses and their handlers don t slip and fall.
Cover the dirt floor with a layer of 10 mil plastic sheeting to serve as a vapor barrier which will keep moisture from seeping through the dirt and onto your wood floor.
So make sure adequate ventilation is in your plans.
Rubber and synthetic bricks are other options and these are easy on a horse s legs provide good drainage and are non slip.
While ventilation is always important moisture naturally occurs with dirt floors.
I have a 60x120 ft pole barn in my backyard.
Dust kicks up because it is fine and small enough to be influenced.
Part of the garage we did years ago and it has worked very.
Overlap the bottom of the walls with two inches of the sheet edges raised upward along the wall s surface.
My shop which is a 24x60 ft insulated room with concrete slab floor has been built in one corner of the barn.
When you have animals housed in a barn dirt floors will provide softer ground to stand or rest on than other types of flooring such as concrete.
Dirt well draining soil really can be a good flooring.
If you want to practice compost bedding adding bedding to the top periodically to create a clean surface and allowing the bottom to compost and produce heat all winter then it is probably the best choice.
Interlocking brick or pavers are attractive but present the same problems as concrete floors.
Because of the grooves between the pavers they can be a bit harder to clean.
Since barns are constantly exposed to the mess that goes along with horses including manure dirt and hair the floors need to be easy to keep clean.
Barn flooring is the foundation of a clean and safe barn.
Agricultural equipment can also be stored safely in a dirt floored barn.