Protective Carriage Garages Can Help Prolong Lifespan

Whether you run a small horse-drawn carriage business for tourism or special occasions, or else maintain a carriage for historical interest, for racing or even as an eccentric turn of personality, you need to protect your vehicle. Perhaps even more so than a car, a carriage is susceptible to the elements and other external hazards. As such, you should consider constructing or converting a carriage garage. Such structures help protect your carriages and keep them functional for longer. Fortunately enough for you there are a plethora of places from which you can acquire such a structure.

The problem with carriages can be found in a number of things. Most principally, they tend to be made of wood, leather and other organic materials. This makes them very vulnerable to moisture, and as such they must be stored somewhere dry if they are to last for more than a few years. The metal components for the wheels, steering mechanism and suspension can also be highly susceptible to damp, and rust will destroy a carriage just as readily as rot. As such, you must ensure that your carriage garage is dry and warm, so that your carriage can be stored safely for long periods of time.

If you’re maintaining an original antique, then the need for a dry, warm storage area is especially important. Old, dry wood is particularly sensitive to environmental changes. After a certain period, it will need to be carefully maintained.

Carriage garages can also provide a place for you to store all the necessary parts for maintaining and running a carriage, from spare wheels to supplies for cleaning the upholstery. This cuts down on the amount of storage space you need to make elsewhere, and improves the efficiency of keeping the carriage. If you already have a stables for housing the draft animals, a wooden carriage stable can be constructed to be attached to the stables themselves. This further improves the efficiency of the stables and garage both. Wooden carriage garages also have an advantage in that they can easily be expanded and renovated, as the walls are more easily removed. Such materials also tend to be lighter and cheaper, as well as easier to build in general.

There’s also an advantage behind wooden carriage garages that can be found in the overall aesthetic. Particularly for carriages that are modelled on historical makes -- or are historical themselves -- wooden environs can help compliment this history more readily. Many wooden storage buildings can be tailor made to specific eras and architecture, allowing for greater architectural freedom.