Direction to face a lean too shed?

Muckit

lf you were putting up an open lean to shed on a greenfield site with no shelter, what direction would you face it?

High bike

South, away from the wet and windy northerly winds and the cold easterly's

onyerbikepat

Face it with back to the prevailing wind. The way you'd stand yourself if caught in a bad shower.:D

buffalobilly

Face it east southerly facing gets too much rain
The cold from the East will not do them a bit harm

farmerjj

buffalobilly wrote: »

Face it east southerly facing gets too much rain
The cold from the East will not do them a bit harm

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RightTurnClyde

Dead east

Deepsouthwest

Does it matter what part of the country ur in? As I would only ever face a sheds open side North, we rarely get rain from the north down here in the southwest, and when we do the volume is minute. Most rain comes in off the Atlantic (west or southwest). Very occasionally we get rain from the southeast, but when we do its a deluge

Cavanjack

We have Sheds here open to north or north east direction. Rain rarely comes from that direction.

td5man

Cavanjack wrote: »

We have Sheds here open to north or north east direction. Rain rarely comes from that direction.

Same as that.

Kevin McCloud

Face it the direction of best view, give the cows something pretty to look at.

Count Mondego

South Galway and have the open ends facing north too. Facing south would drown the shed. Alot has to do with location, have mountains on the south side and sea to the west.

Farmer Pudsey

High bike wrote: »

South, away from the wet and windy northerly winds and the cold easterly's

Depending on your yard fist choice is north east, next is north and then east. most wet weather comes from the South West. Do not turn it South, South west or West. Mine is North and i am quite happy with it.

restive

North East. That's the way my shed will be facing (eventually).

I said

South

grazeaway

We have ours facing east, most rain here comes from the west and south. We have it sheltered from the north and north west ( cold driving rain) when it comes that way. The one problem with it facing east is the really cold wind we get. It used to get into the calf pens at the back of the shed even though I have the gates sheeted. There is a gap between the wall and the roof so I put in a wind breaker a few years ago great job.

Miname

All here facing north east. I wanted to turn the new shed facing south so that it could be doubled up in time but luckily the old man talked me out of it. I seen a lad that had to put roller doors over the front of the sheds so that he could let them down to stop the rain blowing in.

blue5000

Have something similar here, open on all sides, but is sheltered on Western side, high side is South, cattle feed on the North side. Main reason I did it this way was to have sun on floor where cattle lie in winter. Only problem is snow from NE. Straw is stacked in one bay at the east end, so there is some shelter from that side too. Teagasc used to tell ppl have it open to NE.

severeoversteer

has to be faced north east
we have all our sheds faced that way and we rarely have wind or rain blow in the door

djmc

Has anyone got any idea of the cost of a small lean too shed for around twenty weanlng heifers

Reggie.

djmc wrote: »

Has anyone got any idea of the cost of a small lean too shed for around twenty weanlng heifers

Hard to tell but if I was building one myself id say around 5000 would well cover it. All work done myself tho