Sliding Stall Doors by Armour Companies

Armour Horse Stalls February 4th, 2012

Sliding Stall Doors manufactured by Armour Companies have set the pace in the horse stall manufacturing industry for many years. Please allow us the opportunity to share with you some of the value of owning Armour Stall Components.

First, we’ve got exciting news! All sliding doors are manufactured with aluminum extrusions. “What is the value of purchasing aluminum stall components?” You might ask.  Aluminum does not rust! So this means more time doing what you enjoy, riding and caring for your horses, rather than maintaining or painting stall parts to keep the rust from ruining your barn! Also a non rusting stall product means no replacement in 5, 10, 15 or 20 years. Aluminum does not rust or break down. Not only are our products manufactured from a non rusting metal, when you receive them, they are assembled! “What do you mean by assembled?” You might ask. When you receive Armour products, you pull them off the shipping pallet and each product is a completely welded unit. We ship them to you that way!! So there are no tubes to be inserted into holes, no rubber grommets to install, no extra lumber to add to the top or sides of the doors, no channels to fasten. That’s exciting news for those of you who don’t like to put together monkey bar swing sets! We ship you a completed aluminum non rusting frame with or without the lumber in the door bottom. We even pre-drill the holes at the top for you to slide the rollers into, so you don’t have to!! Our doors take approximately 16-18 fasteners to install the entire door assembly, including its hardware, into your barn!!

The overall size of our sliding stall doors is of major importance since we realize our components are typically used to house a much larger animal, the equine. Armour’s Sliding Door height is standard, 8’, and width measures 4’3-1/2”. This door size is unique in the way that it overlaps a 4’0” width opening. By increasing the width of the stall door it also provides a means of insuring the door does not ever swing into the stall from its aligned and closed position. Armour can also accommodate custom size doors when special size requirements are necessary. Both door sides have a full length of vertical square tubing for added stability, strength and structural integrity. So please consider Armour stall doors do not require lumber pieces on the sides or top because we weld heavy gauge non rusting aluminum into its place! Each of these vertical reinforcements is securely welded to the adjacent door parts and the welds are concealed for aesthetic purposes, therefore providing you with a stronger, more durable and aesthetically pleasing stall door.

Armour’s Door Top options are numerous. The different styles in which you can choose include a Lift-Out Panel, Spring Loaded Fold Down, Gossip Top, Herringbone, Lattice Top or our Standard Bar Top.  The Lift-Out Panel is a section of bars in the door top which is completely removable. A Spring Loaded Fold Down door has one bar in the door’s top, center, which is spring loaded thereby retracting the bar, a 2’ wide top section allows the horse to hang it’s head out into the aisle way. A Gossip Top allows a horse to hang its head over the top of the stall door at any time. The Herringbone and Lattice Top are aesthetic features on both the right and left side of the stall door and have no actual function accept to make the doors desirable to view. Our recommendation is to choose a Bar Top if you are simply looking at your purchase from a price perspective. The Bar Top Door is our standard base model. Choose a Lift Out Panel if you intend to leave the bar section open a majority of the time for the horse to hang its head out. Choose a Spring Loaded Fold Down if you plan to open the door top and retain the horses head from hanging in the aisle on a frequent or daily basis. A Gossip Top should be chosen if you never plan to retain the horse from hanging its head into the aisle way. If you are looking for something special to make your barn unique, consider our Herringbone or Lattice Top doors they can be integrated into doors with a Lift-Out Panel, Spring Loaded Fold Down Panel or our Standard Bar Top.

Not only can Armour’s doors be ordered in a wide assortment of Door Top styles but unique bottom fascias are available as well. Once again if price is your purchasing power than our SDSO model door is the best option. This door allows you to purchase your lumber locally and install it into the assembled door frame bottom. This is a great option when you are trying to match a specific stall lumber species or type. If installing your own lumber into the doors is not an option, then we recommend our Crossbuck Sliding Door. The Crossbuck Sliding Door arrives with the “X” design fascia lumber installed in the door. If the traditional “X” isn’t your style then consider our Tongue and Groove fascia lumber option.  We install 6” T&G lumber into the door bottom, so you don’t have to! Amongst our most popular with boarding facilities and veterinarian clinics are our Coolbreeze model doors which are equipped with 1” bars that have a 1” between bar spacing throughout the door’s bottom and reinforcement 2’ high from the bottom. The advantage to the Cool breeze door is that they allow air to flow in the lower 4’ of the stall and they are great for visibility into any stall. Miniatures benefit as well, when it is necessary to house them in a “standard” size stall configuration.

Armour’s sliding doors are priced and shipped with all the necessary hardware for installation, so you don’t have any additional hardware kits to purchase. The sliding door hardware includes: a self cleaning, self aligning galvanized round overhead door track, heavy-duty, adjustable, ball-bearing trolleys, aluminum non rusting door stop, heavy duty, zinc plated Super Latch, adjustable door keep stay roller and fasteners for all hardware installation into a standard lumber construction barn. Doors arrive with predrilled trolley holes for easy “roller” installation.

All sliding doors are manufactured with aluminum extrusions that do not rust. A non rusting stall product means less replacement and maintenance in the long run. Armour Sliding Stall Doors are finished, which means they are completely welded together when you receive them and all the hardware is included in the price we quote you! Doors can be ordered in a wide assortment of styles and custom sizes which will accommodate your preferences.

Our experienced staff is available, via toll free or email, to answer any questions you may have concerning our sliding doors or any other type component that may interest you.