[Illustration: FIG. 46—A stable for a suburban place.]
A convenient and well-arranged stable is greatly appreciated, and we
present plans for a stable for four horses, with carriage room, harness
room, man’s room, etc., hay-loft, platform for drying the bedding, and
other accessories of a modern stable for a suburban home. It is built
without cupola or other ornamental features, is just a plain, simple
stable.
This building is forty-four by twenty-four feet in size, the sides and
roof rough boards covered with Paroid Roofing. There is a basement
under the whole.
[Illustration: FIG. 47—Second story plan.]
[Illustration: FIG. 48—Floor plan.]
The walls and ceiling of the entire lower floor are sheathed with hard
pine, a wooden partition separating the stalls from the carriages, and
abundant windows give light and air to all parts. The ventilation of
the horse room is such that no gases reach the carriages, and “Hydrex”
waterproofing felt between the floorings of the carriage room cuts
of the steam and gases from the manure pit. The iron gutter along
the rear of the stalls is covered with maple or birch plank, and the
stall floors are either maple or birch. Running water is piped to the
water basin in the horse room, and a hose cock on the other side of
the partition receives the hose for washing carriages, or a revolving,
overhead hose-fixture can be installed, just above the washing floor,
if desired. A hot-water heater may be installed on the main floor, but
better be in the basement, where the coal bin would be; radiators may
be set as desired, with one at least in rear of the box stall and one
on the carriage floor, and a small one in the man’s room on second
floor. The roof is drained by galvanized iron pipes emptying into blind
wells. The carriage room floor is concreted, and a drain pipe leads
from the depression where carriages are washed to a blind well. At one
end is a platform for drying the bedding, and ventilation is so well
provided for there are almost no odors. As it is planned this is a
practical, convenient, well-arranged stable, adapted to the needs of a
family of moderate means on a suburban place.