Choosing a Stable for your Horse

When it comes to providing a home for your horses it can be difficult knowing which one to choose with so many shelters out there, so it’s good to look at options on unique stables.

Jon Williams have been manufacturing stables since 1983 and have revamped their original designs with the help of their vets, horse trainers, equestrian champions and many other customers. This has resulted in a large number of unique timber stables which include the Intro, Ideal, Bespoke timber and Elite ranges.

Whether you need one or two stables, it’s not just stables that they can provide you with you can also  have a commercial complex with tack rooms,storage barns and offices to suit your requirements.  

Intro Range

The Intro range provides a robust stable, manufactured starting point for you stabling using the same high quality materials used in the Ideal and Elite ranges offering cheaper alternatives.

Your horse can enjoy extra ventilation with top doors that open and windows so you can air your stable.

If your horse tends to chew on the door or window frame or has other habits that prevent keeping the top door open, consider investing in a mesh door; as this will provide both ventilation and appropriate confinement.

The stable should have windows to the front and back aspects with closure facilities should the weather turn windy causing draughts. Windows are important when purchasing a stable because they give your horse more viewpoints which helps prevent boredom.

Ideal Range

The Ideal range of timber stables includes many features that are considered as optional extras by other stable manufacturers. The range offers a high specification at exceptional value. You can opt for a stable with pony doors, rear guttering, extended canopy’s or buildings with storage to suit both you and your horses or ponies.

The Elite Range

The Elite range is a build that is manufactured to the highest of design specification providing style, creativity and practicality to satisfy the most discerning of customer. The timber building features strong steel framed doors will withstand the test of time. Together with the 100mm x 50mm (4” x 2”) framework, 2.4m (8’) height and an optional feature of a felt shingle roof.

Bespoke Timber

The Bespoke range offers a state-of-the-art layout designs which include, garages, workshops, offices, chicken coups, kennels, lean-to storage units to the sides and loose boxes from 10' x 10' up to 12' x 18'. Roof designs include felt shingles, metals tiles and much more.

Jon William Stables provide a wide range of customisable equestrian stables, which can be built to specifications to suit you. For more information on the range of stables available for your horses, contact Jon William Stables today on 01380 850 965.

Carriage House Garages

In the middle of the 1800s (19^th Century), the population in Britain turned a new corner in its history. For the first time in its history, more people in Britain were living in the new cities than there were living outside the cities (according to the 1851 countrywide census). A similar landmark moment appeared in 2007, when, globally, it became apparent that there were more people living in the world’s cities that there were living outside of them in rural communities. 

This may seem insignificant, but the growth of cities across the world has created a massive shift in the way people live and interact with each other. One of factors affecting the change is the fact that people in cities live so close to each other. Originally, the first cities comprised of over-sized towns, with row upon row of terraced houses being built. Nowadays however, architects are turning to the sky for space when they build houses; the newest cities around the world are being built with skyscrapers that are mostly living accommodation. The benefit of this is that you can more people living in a very small ground area, but it still has negative implications. For example, one implication that seems to go unnoticed frequently is the inability to have a garage for most people nowadays. Many people no longer have the space to park their car on the road, let alone in a part of their own home!

Perhaps more surprisingly, some people even waste their garages, turning them into a dumping ground for unwanted items. Treasure it, fewer people are having garages than ever! However, if you’re looking to give your garage a redesign, why not turn to John William Stables, a timber construction specialist that can construct a new garage built almost entirely from high quality timber. 

The carriage housegarages that they offer are especially awesome, as they encompass a traditional carriage house with a garage. The result of this is a space large enough to park a car in, but with one end opened up, so that the car is still visible and accessible, but also protected from the elements. The carriage house garage you buy can be built to one of their own carriage house garage ranges, or to one of your own designs, giving you the opportunity to create your own personal garage that is unique to yourself. 

In their carriage house garage range, there are two categories. The Ideal category range covers the most popular timber buildings, designed with attractive, practical and robust features. The elite categoryrange is a much more prestigious range, and is concerned with the aesthetics of a beautiful timber framed building too.