Sliding Door versus rolling door

Tomjim

The front of my shed is exposed, just 2 gate on it so when cows start calving it can be quite breezy on the new born calf.

I am looking at putting in a sliding door or a roller door to prevent the breeze / draught. The measurements are 12 ft high x 13 ft wide and the second one is 12 ft high x 14 ft wide.

Any advice about costs benefits etc greatly welcomed, or maybe direction to a website

candor

Tomjim wrote: »

The front of my shed is exposed, just 2 gate on it so when cows start calving it can be quite breezy on the new born calf.

I am looking at putting in a sliding door or a roller door to prevent the breeze / draught. The measurements are 12 ft high x 13 ft wide and the second one is 12 ft high x 14 ft wide.

Any advice about costs benefits etc greatly welcomed, or maybe direction to a website

Would it not do to board the gate up with ply? The calf wouldn't suffer from the breeze and there would still be good air circulation.

Muckit

You won't have the option to half open a roller door as you'I have draught coming in under it.

Boarding or sheeting off your existing gates would probably be the best and cheapest option IMO

denis086

id go for just a bit sheeting on the gate we have sliding doors in some shed and we took the top row off them to omprove ventilation one of the best shed for never having problems with cattle getting sick used be a bit stuffy in the middle span but when we took the sheets off the door in it its a great job. They say a draught or breeze at ground level its the worst thing for cattle

irishh_bob

candor wrote: »

Would it not do to board the gate up with ply? The calf wouldn't suffer from the breeze and there would still be good air circulation.

better still , flat galvanised sheeting

sliding doors would be much cheaper than roller doors but IMO , more prone to giving trouble

dar31

irishh_bob wrote: »

better still , flat galvanised sheeting

sliding doors would be much cheaper than roller doors but IMO , more prone to giving trouble

better still, tie a few pallets to the gate, cheaper again:D:D:D

TUBBY

How ye folks
Just to let ye know I got a roller door for a shed there lately, it was a henderson one. It worked out to be EUR1100 for 12foot wide by 12 foot high. Can claim vat back also.
Only thing is that any of those doors would be fairly flimsy if they got a kick of a contrary cow. Not really meant for hardship.
As for the sliding door, they give trouble and if they warp at all, they are useless. Could ya not rivet some sheeting to the gates and that would do the trick.

Tomjim

so what height would I go with the plywood 5 foot or 6 foot. This would leave an opening of 7 to 6 foot. Also what sort of plywood would I use

Bizzum

It would be my opinion that a 4' sheet would suffice. I'd be inclined to affix some rubber belting to exclude a draught to the bottom.
That would give you about 4'6'' of a barrier, snug right down to ground level.

Pat the lad

I just drop 3 4x4 straw bales inside the gate(shed side). It stops the draft at ground level (especially when bedding level rises) and allows a good flow of air in over head. The calves all lay against them - nice and cosy. In the last week with the driving wind and rain I put another 3 bales on top - it stopped the rain blowing in and there was still a 4 or 5 foot gap at the top to allow air circulation. Didn't have any trouble with sick calves, phenoia etc in a few years now - touch wood!!!

denis086

Pat do you have any problems with animals pulling tags out on the twines/net on the bales or do you have something inside them.
Tomjim id go for marine ply is what we call it made for being exposed outside the ordinary stuff wouldnt last anylength but like irish bob said flat galvinised sheeting is on some of our gates and doors with years and no trouble from it and easier to tex screw onto the gates

Pat the lad

Hi Denis,

No I have no trouble with the calves loosing tags in the twine/net. In fact I used to have pallets in front of the bales, and I found that I lost more that way. so I took them out - no problems since!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

funny man

denis086 wrote: »

Pat do you have any problems with animals pulling tags out on the twines/net on the bales or do you have something inside them.
Tomjim id go for marine ply is what we call it made for being exposed outside the ordinary stuff wouldnt last anylength but like irish bob said flat galvinised sheeting is on some of our gates and doors with years and no trouble from it and easier to tex screw onto the gates

I'd go with the galvanised sheeting as wood tends to hold diseases (crypto,coccosidiosis, etc.) , i teked an old rubber coveyor belt across the bottom of the gate also to keep out any draft.

jeff greene

I had a safety inspection and he didn’t like my sheeted gates:rolleyes:. Conveyor belt is good but heavy, only suited to homemade gates. I agree wood holds disease, flat galvanized sheeting is the best and looks tidier too

funny man

jeff greene wrote: »

I had a safety inspection and he didn’t like my sheeted gates:rolleyes:. Conveyor belt is good but heavy, only suited to homemade gates. I agree wood holds disease, flat galvanized sheeting is the best and looks tidier too

ah no belt isn't that heavy, i used it on the bottom of heavy duty galvanised gates (but make sure it's put on with a lenght of flat or it will pull through the teks), shur they are the only job when stock are in close confines, i suppose your right about the flat galvanise sheeting as i have the roof sheeting and it's an eye sore in the yard

Tomjim

Thanks for the advice, I went with it, put 6 foot sheets of cladding up today