Cleaning stalls?

Question

I just bought a house with an 8 stall barn for my two horses. I dont think there has been a horse stalled there in about a year. I would like to clean the stalls before moving them home with me due to the fear of secondary grain. The place is pretty clean, but i just want to be safe. The barn has a concrete floor and the 2 stalls i will be using have rubber mats in them. What do i use to clean the stalls with before putting my bedding down? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Clean everything down to the concrete. Remove the mats, scrub them with warm soapy water that has a touch of bleach in it. Set them out in the sun to dry (make sure to do both sides). Rinse the stall floors and walls with the same type of water and let dry. Do that as many times as you see fit. When it is nice and dry, sprinkle barn lime down before putting your mats back in to help control any lingering bacteria, odor, and moisture.

P.S. Congrats on buying a place! : )

Answer 2

If I were you I'd clean it all the way down to the concrete and disinfect the stalls totally. You don't know what was in those stalls before you moved in , and you don't know what parasites, virus or bacteria could remain there.



You should absolutely remove ALL and any bedding.

Clean down the walls and cement with a Dettol solution, THEN and only then, would I install my rubber mats and new shavings, etc.

Answer 3

Clean everything out and pressure wash the concrete and hose the walls of stalls (if they have walls). I worked at a large scale breeding facility in California and we also steam cleaned the stalls.



You may also want to inquire about getting the soil on your property tested. Many bacterias can live for years on end in the soil and can be potentially dangerous to your horses.

Answer 4

well first you want to swep out the stalls before you do anything then go out and get pine sol for the rubber mats pour the pine sol all over it and then let it sit for 1/2 hour before doing anything it will clean and disinfect any bacteria that are there then rinse it off with a hose the next step is putting down the bedding down then you get all roomy for the horses

Answer 5

Go to your local farm store and find a spray disinfectant. They use them in dairy barns and hog barns if you are really concerned about this. This spray can be sprayed on everything the walls, and the floors. Just read the directions carefully. If it was me just make sure all old feed is out. All old hay and grain and burn it or trash. Make sure that you don't have a mouse problem and keep grain in a barrel with a lid.



Lora :)

Answer 6

you can use a bleach/water solution to clean them. remove all the old bedding, strip out the mats (but you'll want to wash them too), & just get a scrub brush & bucket & go for it. the bleach will rinse out cleanly, & once the stall is dry, you can sprinkle lyme on the floor to help with odor control.



good luck!!

Answer 7

For me once I prevalent a job wherein i wiped sparkling stalls it replaced into an somewhat confusing activity. yet after words it replaced into fullfilling becuase whilst your executed you no longer basically helped your self via working confusing yet you alse helped an animal that should get very unwell from the micro organism. i could say based on the administrative the activity is demanding or no longer. I dont think of that's worse then cleansing places of work. The horses cant sparkling the individuals interior the places of work can.

Answer 8

I would use hot soapy water. But that's just me. You could put some bleach in the water and hose the stalls down afterward. Also, I would use sawdust for bedding.

Answer 9

I cleaned my stalls from top to btm.with a pressure washer.It turns out great.I do this once a year before summer.

Answer 10

use bleach and rinse with LOTS and LOTS of HOT water for about 2 days. let them set for a few days and rinse once more. rinse until they smell clean but not bleached.